Senior Infrastructure Engineer

We are on an exciting path to create something entirely new, and we are searching for forward-thinking individuals to join our team. Dive into a project that is not just about building, but about pioneering solutions with the power of AI at its core. Our mission? To empower users like never before, enabling them to achieve unprecedented levels of productivity and creativity with their content and tools across the M365 suite.    

As part of our team, you will have the unique opportunity to leverage innovative AI technologies to enhance how users interact with their digital environment, making every task simpler, faster, and more intuitive. Whether it is through developing smarter ways to work or creating more personalized user experiences, your work will directly contribute to redefining what is possible in the workplace and beyond.  

We are looking for a highly motivated engineer to be our first dedicated Senior Infrastructure Engineer, who can take ownership of our end-to-end infrastructure supporting both our web and mobile products. In this role you'll collaborate closely with other technical leads to design and implement infrastructure as code while adhering to best practices in security and compliance. You will be responsible for building and maintaining our build pipelines ensuring reliable, efficient, and secure deployment processes across all environments. 

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

• Be a leader in the design and implementation for all infrastructure-related efforts.  
• Lead the design and implementation of DevOps workflows and release pipelines to optimize deployment processes.  
• Establish and maintain telemetry, monitoring, and alerting frameworks for services and applications to ensure high availability and performance.  
• Identify hard problems, evaluate the pros/cons of practical solutions, and drive decision making.   
• Become part of a talented team that values diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds and be a role model for an open, honest, and inclusive approach to solving problems.     
• Mentor and develop engineers across all levels through sharing and learning.   
• Lead technical projects and model the culture of the team.  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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.
• Experience in DevOps, with a focus on releasing and maintaining live services and application to support smooth deployment and operational continuity. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Expereince in Agile development practices and expertise in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies.  
• Experience of Azure deployments, including experience with Bicep and ARM templates.  
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles and practices.  
• Experience with systems shell scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python) and DevOps tools.  
• Experience in managing and monitoring Linux and Kubernetes runtimes (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).