[Remote] Software Engineer II - CTJ - Top Secret

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering users and organizations globally. They are seeking a Software Engineer II to join the Microsoft Defender team, where the role involves building and delivering scalable cloud security solutions while ensuring high reliability and performance in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve services to be scalable and highly reliable
• Help deliver and improve engineering systems and practices to deliver services in complex cloud environments
• Contribute to design and automate service scale features and customer requirements
• Investigate pre-production and production issues, implement, and deploy fixes
• Participate in an on-call rotation (typically 24/7 for one week every 6-8 weeks) within a secure facility

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Candidates must have an active TS and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph) or have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph)
• This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination
• This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements
• You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment
• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• Understanding and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git
• 2+ years of Windows / Linux hands on system experiences
• Experience debugging issues ranging from the operating system, application, and all the way to the cloud
• Experienced in solving operational issues in a scalable way
• Ability to thrive with the ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Support a 24x7 live site support model for the services the team owns
• Experience with Kubernetes, and the Kubernetes satellite technologies
• Some experience with building and supporting large-scale production services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and measuring reliability and availability
• Proficient in at least one scripting language but knows when to move solutions into managed code
• Experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub tooling
• Demonstrated communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, Security Researchers, and Data Scientists

Benefits

• 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

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