Senior Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Top Secret | Microsoft Careers

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Redmond, WA Posted 11 days ago $119,800–$234,700 / year
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As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s Defender engineering team, you will be responsible for ensuring 24x7 service reliability by leading incident response and resolution in an on-call rotation. You will support and automate deployments, build scalable systems with automation for monitoring and alerting, and drive compliance and security to meet stringent standards. Additionally, you will collaborate across teams to align reliability goals with customer needs and foster a culture of continuous improvement through postmortem analysis. The role requires proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, or Python, experience with CI/CD pipelines, and hands-on expertise in debugging complex distributed systems. This position is crucial for delivering cutting-edge cloud security solutions to highly sensitive government environments, addressing the evolving challenges of cyber threats at scale.

Skills

Python C# Go Java Kubernetes Terraform AWS Azure CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL SQL Linux Windows Server SSL/TLS Network Protocols Security Standards Compliance DevOps

What you'll do

  • Ensure 24x7 service reliability by leading incident response in on-call rotations.
  • Design automation to streamline manual operations and deployments across environments.
  • Develop scalable monitoring, alerting, debugging, and deployment systems to reduce manual effort.
  • Drive compliance with Microsoft’s security standards for new technologies and existing systems.
  • Conduct postmortems to share insights and implement preventive measures for continuous improvement.
  • Partner with engineering teams to align reliability goals with customer needs and deliver seamless experiences.

What we're looking for

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 2+ years of technical experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of technical experience.
  • Active TS clearance with eligibility to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph).
  • Experience applying software engineering principles to production systems.
  • Proficiency in programming languages like C#, Go, Java, or Python.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling.

Market check

Salary context

This $119,800–$234,700 range sits above 72% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$119,800–$199,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$180,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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About Microsoft

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

Microsoft currently has 451 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 417 roles with salary data.

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