Senior Network Systems Engineer

Microsoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to produce cutting edge technology that changes our world.  The Azure Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is seeking a highly motivated senior network systems engineer to work in a team of other hardware and software developers to create systems and modules to be deployed in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.  Microsoft provides ample opportunities for developers to have an impact on products that touch the lives of millions of users daily, in a cutting-edge public cloud environment.  

We are looking to hire a Senior Network Systems Engineer to be apart of the team. As a Senior Network Systems Engineer team member, you will work directly with engineers across cross-functional teams and deliver hardware designs from concept to data center deployment.  Responsibilities will include interacting directly with Microsoft’s services teams, cross-discipline design teams focusing on the functional interfaces and developing test cases and qualifying the designs.  This is an opportunity to leverage and grow your existing hardware design/validation experience and provide innovative E2E hardware solutions to Microsoft Cloud.

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

• Collaborate with architects to design and develop highly scalable network solutions. Provide feedback as these cutting-edge networks are deployed.
• Create requirements based on architecture and track progress towards meeting those requirements. Partner with hardware designers and network operations teams to validate the quality, stability, and reliability of complex networks.
• Define and set the overall validation strategy for network infrastructure. Drive internal and external teams to develop and execute test plans.
  
• Perform NUDD (new, unique, different and difficult) technology and feature analysis and provide risk assessment and mitigations. 
  
• Ability to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) to identify risks, drive discussions, detail system tradeoffs, and assess impact.
  
• Develop high quality tooling, automation, performance metrics, and telemetry, at scale
  
• Improve overall network optimization and efficiency through tuning network links, managing link budget, and other methods.
  
• Partner closely with cross functional teams to define, assess risks, prioritize, and implement new technologies and features.
  
• Drive teams to consensus to align on key milestones, technical decisions, and integration with a larger solution.
  
• Act as a main technical point of contact for cross functional teams and customers throughout the NPI lifecycle.
• Analyze new interfaces and subsystems to develop integration plans, analyze power efficiency, debug integration issues, and provide recommendations.
• Define system behavior and concept of operations for the platform to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Azure datacenter software, serviceability, telemetry, and customer expectations.
• Perform NUDD (new, unique, different and difficult) technology and feature analysis and provide risk assessment and mitigations. 
• Drive technical requirements and ensure the solution is flexible and scalable across the full (HW/FW/SW) stack.
• Enable platform and solution level discussions, influencing architecture of the product, and delivering to product goals across quality, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with internal, external, and open-source partners to onboard innovative technologies in a seamless manner.

• Embody our culture and values.

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