Windows 365 Cloud PC (W365) and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) have recently been recognized as leaders in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service (DaaS), two years in a row.  We continue to see expansion of these services and amazing adoption by enterprise and business customers. At its core, W365 and AVD provide business customers a modern, elastic, cloud-based Windows experience, and the ability to stay current in a simplistic and scalable manner. It has never been a more exciting time for us to scale this initiative!  

The Windows Cloud division is looking for a Software Engineer II (SWE II) that will help us take the Windows Cloud platform, as well as the Windows 365 Cloud PC and Azure Virtual Desktop business to the next level. 

As a Software Engineer II , you will participate in the service design aspects of Windows Cloud platform, W365, and AVD services, and take primary responsibility for developing code, scripts, systems, and/or tools that reduce operational burden by automating complex and repetitive tasks such as onboarding of system capabilities to newer data centers and upkeep of system capabilities in the existing sites .  You'll help enable feature teams to increase the velocity at which they can safely deploy changes to production, and monitor the effects of changes across the footprint. You will also analyzes telemetry data to develop capacity planning models, identify patterns and trends that drive continuous improvement, and highlight opportunities to deploy automation to monitor and manage Windows Cloud services across sites. You will also participates in on-call rotations to resolve live site incidents, minimize customer impact, and document solutions and insights that inform ongoing improvements to infrastructure, code, tools, and/or processes that prevent the recurrence of similar issues. 

This role requires you to be onsite 3 days a week in Microsoft's offices in Redmond, WA. By applying to this U.S. Redmond, WA position, you are required to be local to the Seattle area.

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. 

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver the required software engineering that reduce operational burden by automating complex and repetitive tasks such as onboarding of system capabilities to newer data centers and upkeep of system capabilities in the existing sites 

• Own deployment, availability, reliability, performance and customer escalation targets for Critical Environment Telemetry solutions 

• Proactively identify and reduce issues through design, testing, and implementation of software-based solutions 

• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management partners to translate customer, business, and technical requirements into architectural designs and feature releases 

• Drive efficiencies through software improvement and root cause analysis resulting in service delivery, maturity, and scalability 

• Drive continuous improvement on service quality and COGS (Cost of GoodSold)  efficiency. 

• Work within a highly skilled team of engineers to deliver revolutionary improvements to the system and scale them. 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer designing, implementing, and shipping cloud services or software products.

• 1+ years in Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) technologies

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with distributed systems delivering large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud services 

• Demonstrated communication and collaboration skills. 

• Broad experience working across teams to deliver shared solutions to complex problems ,

• Ability to quickly ramp up, understand complex problems, and create solutions across many products ,

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 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 $127,200 - $208,800 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 January 17, 2025

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