Senior Cloud Hardware Storage Engineer

Microsoft

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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
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2 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Mar 15, 2027

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Cloud Hardware Storage Engineer

As a Senior Cloud Hardware Storage Engineer within the Azure Memory and Storage Center of Excellence, you will join the Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering team to scale fault self-healing and failure prediction systems. You will own the end-to-end technical design and execution of the fault prevention ecosystem, which includes telemetry, automation, isolation logic, firmware interactions, and repair workflows across millions of nodes. Your daily work involves building fleet resiliency systems for storage devices, developing live monitoring capabilities, and designing features for SSDs, HDDs, and Storage Accelerator firmware deployment. You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, and software teams while working with suppliers to ensure high-quality products. The role requires expertise in NVMe, PCIe, and storage device resiliency to solve critical problems regarding customer uptime and fleet availability within a massive hyperscale infrastructure environment.

What you'll do

  • Design and build fleet resiliency systems for storage devices at hyperscale.
  • Develop scalable live monitoring capabilities and fault detection solutions.
  • Create automated workflows to improve repair efficiency for production fleet operations.
  • Design firmware features for SSDs, HDDs, and Storage Accelerator components.
  • Collaborate with suppliers to develop high-performance and reliable storage hardware.
  • Analyze data to identify and implement technical improvements for Azure system predictability.
  • Own the end-to-end design of fault prevention systems including telemetry and isolation logic.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree in Engineering or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check and meet government security screening requirements.
  • 10+ years of SSD firmware engineering development experience (preferred).
  • 6+ years of NVMe and PCIe experience (preferred).
  • Deep expertise in storage device resiliency, fault analysis, and live-site operations (preferred).
  • Experience leading end-to-end design decisions for detection, prediction, mitigation, and repair of SSDs in a hyperscale environment (preferred).
  • Ability to design component reliability frameworks across different components (preferred).
  • Proven ability to build automation-heavy systems that operate safely at hyperscale (preferred).

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