Site Reliability Engineer II

Come build and maintain the world’s computer as a member of the Microsoft Capacity Infrastructure Services team in Azure Core. The team ensures new servers are brought online (capacity buildout) to enable Azure customers to leverage the latest offerings, see the illusion of infinite capacity, and grow the Azure business efficiently at hyperscale.

As a Site Reliability Engineer II, you’ll work with a breadth of partners across Microsoft including developers in service teams, hardware engineers, network engineers, datacenter technicians, supply chain managers, and business leaders to rapidly debug and resolve issues delaying this carefully orchestrated buildout sequence. You’ll drive continuous improvements with these teams to prevent repeats and address common classes of issues across the Azure software stack through design reviews and problem management.

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.

Required Qualifications: 

• 4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 2+ years experience managing or debugging cloud backend server and networking infrastructure and services
  • OR deploying server and network infrastructure equipment at cloud scale with datacenter and software teams
  • OR enabling new generation server racks for new cloud offerings

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 / Preferred Qualifications: 

• 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
  
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration.
    
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering.

Site Reliability 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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