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As a Principal Systems Architect within the Capacity Infrastructure Services organization, you will evolve platforms and tools used to expand Azure into new locations. This role focuses on meeting rapidly changing customer needs, particularly those related to AI, by ensuring infrastructure is deployed in a predictable, efficient, safe, and secure manner. You will guide virtual teams through identifying dependencies, developing design documents, and managing project plans while acting as a Designated Responsible Individual for system monitoring. Your daily work involves optimizing, debugging, and refactoring code to improve performance and maintainability. The role requires expertise in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. Candidates must possess experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to solve complex problems related to scaling products to meet demanding customer requirements and performance expectations.
Leverage AI and Copilot to evolve platforms for expanding Azure infrastructure to new locations.
Determine user requirements by partnering with stakeholders across different teams.
Lead virtual teams in identifying dependencies and developing design documents for products and services.
Optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance and maintainability.
Drive project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with project managers.
Act as the Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to monitor systems for degradation or downtime.
Lead product development and scaling to meet customer requirements and performance expectations.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other required security screenings.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
5+ years of engineering experience with distributed systems, problem-solving, and design skills (preferred).
Engineering experience in Cloud Infrastructure (preferred).
Azure
Python
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
C
Distributed Systems
Cloud Infrastructure
Machine Learning
DevOps
Software Architecture
Telemetry
High Availability