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About Microsoft
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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Listed pay typically runs
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As a Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly within the Specialized Cloud team, you will design, implement, and maintain cloud-scale services and platform components for security-critical and highly regulated environments. You will build features supporting security, compliance, management, and reliability for both internal platforms and customer-facing offerings while participating in 24x7 on-call rotations to ensure service health. The role involves solving complex problems in distributed systems, security engineering, and reliability using a secure-by-design approach including threat modeling and defense-in-depth practices. You will work with languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python while utilizing DevOps tools for CI/CD pipelines and source code management. This position addresses the technical challenge of protecting mission-critical environments that demand high levels of trust, compliance, and operational excellence in a fast-paced agile setting.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196000 from 2031 postings across 144 companies.
Design, implement, test, and maintain cloud-scale services for security-critical and regulated environments.
Build features that support security, compliance, management, and reliability for internal and customer-facing platforms.
Apply secure-by-design principles including threat modeling and defense-in-depth throughout the development lifecycle.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following established engineering standards and best practices.
Investigate and resolve live-site issues to ensure high service reliability and operational excellence.
Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations to respond to incidents and restore services quickly.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
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 provide verification of U.S. citizenship.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years of experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Experience building and supporting large-scale production services including logging, monitoring, alerting, and ensuring reliability and availability (preferred).
Hands-on experience with DevOps systems, source code management, CI/CD pipelines, and code review tools (preferred).
Familiarity with cloud computing, virtual machines, networking, and security disciplines like detection engineering or vulnerability management (preferred).
Azure
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
CI/CD
Azure DevOps
Git
GitHub
Linux
Windows
Full Stack Development
Cloud-Native Architecture
Monitoring
Logging
Alerting
Scripting