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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
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As a Senior Software Engineer - HW/SW in Fleet Infrastructure, you will join the Operating Systems and Server team to improve the reliability, security, and compliance of the Microsoft 365 Core Platform. You will design and operate large-scale distributed systems to analyze fleet telemetry, identify security risks, and drive automated remediation across hyperscale infrastructure. Your daily work involves building telemetry platforms, creating automation workflows for firmware upgrades, and developing AI-assisted experiences to investigate patching failures. You will utilize C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to manage lab environments, including top-of-rack switches, load balancers, and VLANs. This role solves critical problems regarding operating system lifecycle management, vulnerability remediation, and fleet compliance by ensuring hardware and software configurations remain secure and up to date.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196000 from 2512 postings across 144 companies.
Design and build large-scale distributed services to manage operating system, firmware, and security patch freshness.
Develop telemetry and analytics platforms to measure fleet compliance and vulnerability exposure.
Build intelligent services to detect infrastructure risks and automate remediation workflows.
Create automated systems for staged rollouts, health gates, and configuration enforcement.
Build AI-assisted tools to accelerate the investigation of patching failures and live-site incidents.
Manage lab infrastructure including server inventory, capacity planning, and network configurations like VLANs and load balancers.
Diagnose and resolve complex issues across server, firmware, operating system, and network layers.
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, or equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
In-depth knowledge of operating system internals with strong Windows expertise and practical Linux experience, including debugging kernels, drivers, and system services (preferred).
Experience collecting, correlating, and analyzing diagnostic data at scale, such as event logs, traces, and networking telemetry, to identify root causes (preferred).
Proven ability to build or leverage pipelines that aggregate and analyze data, such as Kusto/Azure Data Explorer, to detect systemic issues (preferred).
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Service Fabric
Distributed Systems
Telemetry
Real-time Data Processing
Inference Serving
Resource Scheduling
Embedded Systems
C
C++
Linux
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
JIRA
GitLab
Ansible
Artifactory
UML
SysML
Cameo
MSOSA
Automated Testing
AI
Model Based Systems Engineering