Site Reliability Engineer II

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: —
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 101 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes: Nov 29, 2026

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k

This role $152k

$87k most similar roles pay here $239k

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $146,633–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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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 · Site Reliability Engineer II

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Site Reliability Engineer II - CTJ - Top Secret joins the Microsoft Defender engineering team to provide on-call operational support and improve the operational posture of products within US Government clouds. This role involves operating production services, monitoring service health, responding to incidents within SLA timelines, and performing postmortems to document learnings. The engineer will contribute to automation efforts, validate code in non-production environments, and ensure systems meet performance standards through engineering best practices. Key technical requirements include experience with large-scale cloud or distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines, and reliability tooling. Candidates should be proficient in programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, or Python to develop production-quality code. The role focuses on delivering high-scale cloud solutions and robust protection within highly sensitive, secure government environments to counter evolving cyber threats.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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Skills

Site Reliability Engineering Distributed Systems C# Go Java Python CI/CD Automation Incident Response Monitoring Observability Network Engineering Systems Administration

What you'll do

Monitor service health and respond to incidents as part of a 24x7 on-call rotation.
Execute automation efforts and validate code functionality in non-production environments for smooth deployments.
Verify security, privacy, and accessibility standards during the onboarding of new technologies.
Improve system reliability, performance, and observability by staying current with industry trends and internal tools.
Apply software engineering principles to build and scale production systems that meet performance SLAs.
Resolve complex live site issues and document findings through formal postmortems.
Manage and maintain high-security standards for products within government cloud environments.

What we're looking for

A Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology with 1+ years of technical experience is required.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology with 2+ years of technical experience is required.
Candidates must possess an active TS and be eligible to upgrade to a TS/SCI with polygraph.
Candidates must maintain a TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance for this role.
Experience with large-scale cloud or distributed systems is preferred.
Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, or Python is preferred.
Experience with automation, CI/CD pipelines, and reliability tooling is preferred.
Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates.

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