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The Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly joins the Azure AI Platform air-gapped engineering team to deliver advanced AI capabilities for security-sensitive government workloads. In this role, you will lead engineering projects from design through deployment, building and improving infrastructure for Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure AI Services. You will work across multiple codebases to resolve complex production issues involving networking, identity, and infrastructure while developing reusable automation, deployment tooling, and observability solutions. The position requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in Docker and Kubernetes. You will mentor fellow engineers and provide technical guidance while ensuring reliable AI infrastructure within sovereign and air-gapped cloud environments.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?
Median $165000 from 125 postings across 23 companies.
Lead the design and implementation of software and infrastructure for Azure AI services in air-gapped environments.
Own engineering initiatives from problem definition and technical design through testing, rollout, and operational follow-through.
Integrate capabilities across multiple codebases by resolving challenges in networking, identity, and infrastructure dependencies.
Develop reusable automation, deployment tooling, release validation, and observability to improve engineering efficiency.
Participate in on-call rotations to investigate production issues and coordinate fixes with partner teams.
Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and technical documentation.
Apply AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot to improve workflows while maintaining security standards.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
Verification of U.S. citizenship via a valid passport, other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance.
Experience designing, developing, and operating production cloud services or distributed systems using C#, Python, or another general-purpose programming language (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to become productive in unfamiliar codebases and apply software engineering fundamentals across different services, architectures, or technology stacks (preferred).
Experience making architectural tradeoffs involving reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability, including understanding dependencies between systems (preferred).
Experience deploying or troubleshooting containerized services using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes on Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or comparable platforms (preferred).
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Rust
Azure
Azure DevOps
Bicep
Terraform
ARM
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
Distributed Systems
Telemetry
Observability
Threat Modeling
secure‑by‑design
Azure
Network Engineering
Systems Engineering
Distributed Systems
AI
Automation
Incident Resolution
Security
Compliance
Service Management
Air-gapped Environments