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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 while ensuring service reliability in highly regulated, mission-critical settings. Responsibilities include designing distributed systems, developing CI/CD pipelines for automated releases, improving observability, and collaborating with Public Cloud teams to align features across Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power Apps. The ideal candidate possesses a degree in Computer Science and experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. They will solve complex problems regarding security, compliance, and performance for isolated environments while utilizing modern tools like AI-assisted development to enhance engineering efficiency.
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 Platform services that meet strict security and compliance 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 onboard features and align capabilities across different cloud environments.
Reduce operational toil by automating manual processes and improving engineering efficiency.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements.
Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
Verification of U.S. citizenship is required due to legal restrictions for supporting government agency customers.
Experience in site reliability engineering, including incident response, root cause analysis, and service monitoring.
Proficiency in developing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment systems.
Ability to design and implement distributed systems within air-gapped and sovereign cloud environments.
Power Automate
Power Platform
Dataverse
SRE
CI/CD
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
C++
C
Distributed Systems
Observability
Telemetry
Root Cause Analysis
Site Reliability Engineering