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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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The Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly joins the Microsoft Defender engineering team, a combined DevOps unit responsible for cloud design, service architecture, and data platform development. In this role, you will build and improve scalable, reliable services for Sovereign and Government Clouds. Day-to-day responsibilities include automating service scale features, investigating production issues, and participating in an on-call rotation to ensure high stability and performance. You will utilize coding skills in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, alongside experience with Kubernetes, Git, and Azure DevOps. The work involves solving complex technical problems within government environments, ensuring that cloud solutions meet strict performance service level agreements and security requirements while protecting against active attack attempts across diverse digital technology platforms.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Build and improve services to be scalable and highly reliable.
Improve engineering systems and practices to deliver services in complex cloud environments.
Design and automate service scale features and customer requirements.
Investigate pre-production and production issues and deploy necessary fixes.
Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation within a secure facility.
Operate production services and conduct regular business reviews.
Ensure services are highly stable and meet performance Service Level Agreements.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
Must be able to pass a Microsoft Cloud background check.
Understanding and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git (preferred).
2+ years of hands-on Windows or Linux system experience (preferred).
Experience debugging issues ranging from the operating system and application to the cloud (preferred).
Experience with Kubernetes, Kubernetes satellite technologies, and Azure DevOps or GitHub tooling (preferred).