Senior Software Engineer

With the Microsoft Cloud Security team, we take immense pride in developing a diverse set of security products and services that are leaders in their respective market segments. Our innovative solutions have set new industry standards, earning global recognition safeguarding critical infrastructure at the highest scale. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) designed to protect cloud-based applications running in all major cloud providers. Microsoft Defender for Cloud secures cloud applications from code-to-cloud by unifying development security operations (DevSecOps) at the code level, cloud security posture management (CSPM) to surface and prevent breaches and cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) to identify, alert and block real-time cyber-attacks worldwide. We’re a diverse group of talented professionals consisting of software engineers, security researchers, program managers and data scientists collaborating to develop products that secure our customers, including the biggest companies in the world. We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team. You will work in a supportive and inclusive environment where you will learn and work alongside the best and brightest minds in the industry, and could make a significant impact, grow your skills and advance your career.  If you're up to disrupt #CloudSecurity, come join us at the world’s leading security company at Microsoft Defender for Cloud group!  

Responsibilities

• You will be part of an infrastructure software engineering team collaboratively designs, builds, and maintains tools that ensure seamless and efficient operations for the organizations which accelerate the developer experience.
• You will collaborate closely with multiple teams across Microsoft to deliver key customer solutions and the technology to support them.    
• Engage in and improve end-to-end lifecycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.    
• Analyze complex system behavior, performance, and application issues.   
• Apply modern software engineering practices to streamline deployments, drive down costs and operational overhead while meeting critical reliability and availability KPIs.   
• Work hand in hand with engineering teams to offer guidance and education on integration, testing, monitoring, and security across different technology stacks.    
• We believe in enabling our team members to unlock their highest potential and invest a lot in building a collaborative and agile culture to achieve our business success. Join us and be part of our path to the next level of awesomeness!!  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’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 
• Mastering CI\CD concepts and hands on implementations experiences, specifically GIT  
• Proven experience with designing and building services, supportability and monitoring Infrastructures    
• Experience with large scale operations, using methodologies such as feedback/Metrics collection techniques to expose live site/service issues 
• Strong analytical and problem solving and organizational skills   
• Excellent written and oral communication skills   
• Leadership skills: Sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiating and decision-making skills.  
• Ability to deal with the ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment.   
• Additional or Preferred Qualifications: 
• 6+ years of Linux hands on system experiences  
• 6+ years of Software Engineering and experience in testing, deploying and supporting large scale services on Azure/AWS/GCP environments.    
• Kubernetes, Prometheus, Cilium /ISTIO or any equivalent 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via theAccommodation request form. 

 

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