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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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Sr. Software Engineer -CTJ- Poly joins the Microsoft Specialized Clouds Power Platform team to build, deploy, and operate Power Automate services within Air-Gapped and Sovereign Cloud environments. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and site reliability engineering, requiring the candidate to manage live-site operations, incident response, and root cause analysis for distributed systems. You will design system architectures, develop CI/CD pipelines, and automate deployments to ensure high availability and performance in highly regulated settings. The work involves ensuring feature parity between public and sovereign clouds while maintaining strict security and compliance standards. Candidates must be proficient in coding languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will also utilize telemetry for monitoring, manage service reliability, and collaborate with teams to integrate Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power Apps.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 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 analyses.
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, automated, and repeatable software releases.
Design and architect Power Automate services that meet strict security and performance requirements for air-gapped environments.
Use telemetry and monitoring tools to identify anomalies and proactively improve service health and observability.
Collaborate with Public Cloud teams to align features and resolve dependencies across integrated platforms.
Reduce operational toil by automating manual processes and improving engineering efficiency.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
6+ years of technical engineering experience with a Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
8+ years of technical engineering experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
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 the Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.
Must provide verification of U.S. citizenship due to legal restrictions for government agency support.
Experience in site reliability engineering, distributed systems, and CI/CD pipeline automation is preferred.
Power Automate
Dataverse
Power Apps
C#
Python
Java
JavaScript
C++
C
SRE
CI/CD
Distributed Systems
Observability
Telemetry
Root Cause Analysis
Site Reliability Engineering