Site Reliability Engineer II

Microsoft

Quick summary

Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WAReston, VA
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 25 days ago
Closes: Nov 29, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k

This role $152k

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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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Join our dynamic Live Site Operations team as a mid-level engineer responsible for ensuring service health through 24x7 monitoring and incident response within SLA timelines. You will contribute to automation efforts, validate code functionality in non-production environments, and support compliance processes by verifying security standards during technology onboarding. Your day-to-day involves applying engineering best practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and conducting postmortems to document learnings. This role requires proficiency in languages like C#, Go, Java, or Python, experience with CI/CD pipelines, and hands-on debugging of complex distributed systems. Ideal candidates have a background in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration, with expertise in large-scale cloud environments and a commitment to continuous learning for improving system reliability at scale.

Skills

Python Java Go C# CI/CD Terraform AWS Kubernetes Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Linux Git Ansible Nginx SSL/TLS OAuth RESTful APIs JSON

What you'll do

Monitor service health 24x7 and respond to incidents within SLA timelines.
Contribute to automation efforts for smooth non-production code validation.
Verify security, privacy, and accessibility standards during new tech onboarding.
Address complex live site issues and document learnings through postmortems.
Apply engineering best practices to meet performance and customer requirements.

What we're looking for

Master's degree or equivalent 3+ years of technical experience in software engineering.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent 5+ years of technical experience in network/systems administration.
Active TS clearance and willingness to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph.
Proficiency in programming languages like C#, Go, Java, or Python for production code.
Experience automating systems to reduce manual steps and improve reliability.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing, deployment, and reliability tools.

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