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

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 10 days ago
Closes: Nov 29, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $152k

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer II - CTJ - Top Secret | Microsoft Careers

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As a Site Reliability Engineer II on the Microsoft Defender team, you will play a crucial role in delivering robust cloud security solutions to meet the stringent requirements of government environments. Your daily responsibilities include serving as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in a 24x7 on-call rotation, ensuring service stability and compliance with SLAs, while also contributing to automation efforts and validating code functionality for smooth deployments. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance reliability, performance, and observability at scale, applying best practices in software engineering and collaborating effectively to deliver user-centric solutions. The role requires proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Go, Java, or Python, along with experience in CI/CD pipelines, testing, deployment, and reliability tooling, all within the context of large-scale cloud systems and highly sensitive government environments.

Skills

Python C# Go Java CI/CD Terraform AWS Azure Kubernetes Docker PostgreSQL SQL Prometheus Grafana Git Linux Windows Server Network Engineering System Administration Cloud Security Incident Response

What you'll do

Serve as DRI in 24x7 on-call rotation, monitoring service health and responding to incidents within SLA timelines.
Contribute to automation efforts and validate code functionality in non-prod environments for smooth deployments.
Support compliance processes by verifying security standards during onboarding of new technologies.
Address complex live site issues, implement mitigations, and document learnings through postmortems.
Apply proven development practices to meet performance and customer requirements for cloud solutions.

What we're looking for

Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3+ years of technical experience.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent 5+ years of technical experience.
Active TS clearance and eligibility to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph.
Experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
Proficiency in programming languages like C#, Go, Java, or Python for production code.
Demonstrated ability to automate processes for improved system reliability.

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