Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user experience researchers and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy OS and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services.

The edge workload security team has a mission to create a secure platform foundation for consistent Cloud/Edge experiences and support all services and applications running on top of the platform. The team builds platform security capabilities for workload running on K8 platform including authentication, authorization, secret management, and protection with a goal to provide consistent and convenient API experiences for developers.

Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will collaborate with partner teams to build security solutions that secure services and customer workloads running on Microsoft-managed/supported Kubernetes clusters. Additionally, you will contribute to the Microsoft cloud strategy by providing a consistent cloud management solution for workloads running on the edge of the Azure 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

• Design, innovate, automate, and sustain scalable end-to-end operational solutions. 
• Collaborate with business teams to help our internal partners sell products and services, and our customers buy them, in a secure, frictionless manner. 
• Build and deliver impactful services and tools that are compliant by design, flexible, configurable with fast feedback loops. 
• Implement architecture solutions that are resilient and durable.
• Communicates clearly, accurately, and timely in written and spoken forms.
• Execute with operational excellence.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and has the willingness to learn, share, and improve. 
• Embody our culture and values

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.

Cloud Background Check

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• 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

• Deep knowledge about K8 platform including K8 security fundamentals.
• Experience successfully shipping services.

Software Engineering IC4 - 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 January 31, 2024.

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need a