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Microsoft Corporation Senior Software Engineering Lead in Atlanta, Georgia
Microsoft Azure is the world’s foundry for innovation and excellence!
We are part of the Azure networking team responsible for designing, building and operating network connectivity, application load balancing and security services. These services include ExpressRoute, VPN, Azure Firewall, Bastion, Application Gateway, Web Application Firewall, Virtual WAN and Virtual Network Functions platform. At the core of these services is a solid SDN and NFV infrastructure that we continuously innovate on to improve agility, reliability and cost effectiveness of our services. Our team's innovations are well recognized in the cloud industry.
Our culture promotes diversity and inclusion and is clearly reflected in all the things that we do. Diversity is more than a commitment for us - it is the foundation of what we do. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity to innovate, influence, transform, and grow. We encourage you to apply to learn more!
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineering Lead for the Azure Application Gateway team, to lead a team of talented engineers, to design, build and operate this fast-paced service. If you are an experienced engineering lead with a track record of delivering high quality services, passion to build and grow people, excitement to operate in a startup culture while delivering services with enterprise level maturity, this is a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career (experienced individual contributors are encouraged to apply). This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity to innovate, influence, transform, and grow! We own entire services end-to-end from user facing interface to management plane and all the way down to data path implementation.
Azure Application Gateway is changing the landscape of how customers manage, secure and scale their applications while ensuring trusted and fast connectivity to their network. There is an exciting roadmap ahead to provide the best application delivery experience as well as the opportunity to shape future of this service.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
Engineering Leads in Azure Networking are responsible for design, development, testing, deployment and operations of critical services.
Engineering Leads own developing the services as well as the engineering team by coaching and mentoring the team members within the team in producing extensible and maintainable code.
Lead the innovation around architecture, design and coding by bringing in their expertise and out-of-box thinking. They also get opportunity to manage project timelines and define vision of the product working closely with product managers, leads and partners.
Coaches others and acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers across products, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
Seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
Other
- Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript or Python
OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience
2+ years of people management experience
Proficiency in designing network solutions, distributed systems, and large-scale cloud services
Knowledge of container platforms and technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with Azure Services like Azure Storage, Azure KeyVault and Azure AD
Knowledge of routing and networking protocols such as IP, IPv6, TCP/UDP, TLS, BGP, BFD
Knowledge of application level protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, QUIC
Experience in debugging packet loss and network throughput for large and complex network
Contributions to open-source software projects
Software Engineering M4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 22, 2024
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .