Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly

App Service is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering and one of the top services in Azure all-up (with most paying customers of any Azure compute service). The service powers Web Apps, Mobile Apps, API Apps, Logic Apps and Functions, a hot offering for the serverless world. 

As the service grows (millions of machines powering the back-end) and the pace is always increasing (adding new scale units every week), we are looking for engineers that are passionate about managing a service which spans across many continents and time zones, live site excellence, monitoring (our goal is to deliver a world class availability and stability to our customers while keeping the service secure and safe) and engineering improvements.

Specifically, we are looking for a Software Engineer II to support App Service in our Air-Gapped Clouds.  AGC engineers deploy, maintain, and develop code for two sovereign clouds for the US Government in addition to contributing to the codebase for the service in public Azure.  

Responsibilities

We are looking for engineers who feel a strong sense of ownership with their work, and are eager to learn and grow.  The ideal candidate can be productive independently but will contribute to and benefit from a collaborative and diverse team environment both locally and remotely.  Success on this team requires adaptability and a willingness to learn new skills.  Key responsibilities include: 

• Manage deployment and buildout of the services
• Troubleshoot production issues
• Automate manual processes
• Support on-call rotations every few months
• Write technical support guides, incident post-mortems, deployment documentation, and other types of technical documents
• Ensure security and compliance
• Collaborate with other Azure teams 

• Other  

  • Embody our cultureand values 

You will have the opportunity to work with talented engineers from around the world who have tremendous impact on the Azure services they support and on the IT industry at large.  You won’t be expected to know everything, only to be committed to learning. 

Qualifications

Required 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.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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: 

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: 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.
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