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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 Defender engineering team to build and deliver cloud solutions for high-scale environments. This role involves developing scalable, highly reliable services within complex cloud environments while improving engineering systems and practices. Day-to-day responsibilities include designing and automating service scale features, addressing customer requirements, and investigating or deploying fixes for pre-production and production issues. The candidate will work with technologies including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, alongside tools like Git, Docker, and Kubernetes. The role focuses on the cyber-security domain, specifically providing holistic protection within government environments to counter evolving threats. Candidates must possess a technical background in computer science and be able to meet specific U.S. Government security clearance requirements, including Top Secret with SCI and Polygraph, to support federal agency customers.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
Build and improve services to ensure they are scalable and highly reliable.
Improve engineering systems and practices for complex cloud environments.
Design and automate service scale features and customer requirements.
Investigate pre-production and production issues to implement and deploy fixes.
Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation within a secure facility.
Develop and deliver cloud solutions to protect against active cyber-attacks.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in various programming languages.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in various programming languages.
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 and understanding of CI/CD concepts and Git.
Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization technologies.
Experience building and supporting large-scale production services including logging, monitoring, alerting, and reliability measurement.
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
CI/CD
Git
Windows
Linux
Kubernetes
Azure DevOps
GitHub
Logging
Monitoring
Alerting
Service Architecture
Infrastructure Development