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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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The Software Engineering II - CTJ - Poly role sits within the Microsoft Specialized Clouds Power Platform team. This position operates at the intersection of software engineering and site reliability engineering, focusing on building, deploying, and operating Power Automate services within air-gapped and sovereign cloud environments. You will own live-site operations, participate in on-call rotations, and drive incident response while developing CI/CD pipelines and automation to reduce operational toil. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting performance and security issues, contributing to system architecture, and ensuring feature parity with public cloud offerings. Required technical skills include proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. The role addresses the complex challenge of delivering reliable, compliant, and secure workflow automation within highly regulated, isolated, and mission-critical infrastructure.
What does a Software Engineering earn?
Median $178325 from 38 postings across 15 companies.
Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for service components to ensure availability and reliability.
Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot issues, mitigate customer impact, and lead root cause analysis.
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, repeatable, and automated software releases.
Design and architect Power Platform components that meet strict security, performance, and air-gapped constraints.
Use telemetry and monitoring tools to identify trends, detect anomalies, and proactively improve service health.
Automate manual operations and use AI-assisted tools to reduce operational toil and improve engineering efficiency.
Collaborate with Public Cloud teams to onboard features and align services across different cloud environments.
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.
Equivalent experience to the required degree and years of experience.
Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
U.S. citizenship is required due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
Ability to pass a Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
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