Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly | Microsoft Careers

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$85,400–$168,100 / yr
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Dec 14, 2026

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This role $127k
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This role pays less than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $155,000–$207,350 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $127k versus about $181k 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 · Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly | Microsoft Careers

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As a Software Engineer at Defender, you will join our dynamic team focused on enhancing security within government environments. Your primary responsibilities include building and improving scalable, reliable services while contributing to the design and automation of service scale features based on customer requirements. You will work with Docker, Kubernetes, and other containerization technologies, as well as debugging issues across various levels from operating systems to cloud infrastructure. Additionally, you will support large-scale production services by implementing logging, monitoring, alerting, and reliability metrics. Familiarity with Azure DevOps and GitHub is beneficial, along with strong communication skills for collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, program managers, security researchers, and data scientists.

Skills

Docker Kubernetes Azure DevOps GitHub CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Python Go PostgreSQL AWS Terraform

What you'll do

  • Design and implement scalable and reliable software services.
  • Automate features for service scalability based on customer needs.
  • Debug issues across operating systems, applications, and cloud environments.
  • Build and support large-scale production services with robust monitoring.
  • Utilize Azure DevOps and GitHub tooling for efficient development processes.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of experience as a software engineer or equivalent.
  • Strong background in building and supporting large-scale production services.
  • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in debugging issues across operating systems, applications, and clouds.
  • Knowledge of Azure DevOps and GitHub tooling.
  • Excellent communication skills for multi-disciplinary team collaboration.

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