Cloud Network Engineer II

Microsoft Digital(MSD) builds and manages the critical products and services that Microsoft runs on. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances at Microsoft and for our customers, while helping Microsoft teams work smarter, faster, and more securely every day. Microsoft Digital employees have deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. We are engineers, technology leaders and experts, digital transformation change agents, and customer advocates. We are looking to hire a Cloud Network Engineer II to join us!

The Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering Services (IES) organization is for those technology professionals who want to be strategic partners to the business and be the first place to create innovative solutions using Microsoft and industry leading products and services. Unlike other enterprise organizations, IES employees create global impact for thousands of partners and employees.

People working within Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering Service(IES) ensure Microsoft is maximizing productivity to its fullest, and therefore, helping lead the company’s digital transformation journey. We build flexible, reliable, enterprise-scalable solutions with Microsoft product teams – influencing products that customers use, enabling them to be more productive.

This role is based at the Redmond campus with 3 days work in the office and 2 days work from home. Relocation support is available. 

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:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experienced in network design, development, automation and engineering, which must include layer 2 analysis and troubleshooting TCP/IP routing and switching.
• Experienced with scripting (ex: Perl, Python, PowerShell, and C#). 

Additional Qualifications:

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.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 3 + years Scripting skills in both Linux and Windows environment.

Cloud Network Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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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As a Cloud Network Engineer, you will be at the heart of Microsoft’s modern network engineering process, working in a team that manages Microsoft’s corporate hybrid hosting infrastructures, and enabling seamless connectivity, workload migrations to Azure. We are focused on solving the most interesting challenges of developing innovative solutions while ensuring service reliability through identifying and eradicating defects within the infrastructure. We are a growing team of engineers and have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire, and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more.

Primary Responsibilities:

Network Design and Implementation

• You will apply Knowledge of Networks, Industry Trends, and Field Data towards implementation and operations.
• Hybrid connectivity / unified network fabric – you will translate high-level design into low-level design and collaboration.
• Design Reviews and Quality Assurance – You will participate or contribute to network design or code reviews.

Maintain and Operate Networks

• You will monitor, analyze & debug, and troubleshoot network infrastructure; participate in on-call/Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) duties and create root cause analysis for network incidents.
• Continuous Improvement, testing and validation of network components.
• Deployment Management - You will work within a team of engineers to manage network deployments, work with a machine-readable definition of the network deployment.
• You will troubleshoot network routing protocols (e.g., IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP), TCP/UDP/HTTP(s), and overlay technologies such as EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG.
• You have network and security management expertise to drive compliance against security objectives.
• You will demonstrate proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. This includes the ability to:
• Design and manage deployment pipelines
• Author and maintain Bicep templates
• Handle pull request workflows effectively
• Deploy and update both new and existing cloud network infrastructure
• In addition, expertise in LLMs and SLMs will be considered a significant asset, bringing added value to the team’s innovation and automation capabilities.

Supporting People and Execution

• Collaboration - Collaborate within and across teams by proactively sharing information with an appropriate level of detail for their audience; overcome obstacles by resolving conflicts and issues across interdependent teams and engage with partners and stakeholders so issues can be resolved, and mutual objectives are met.
• Mentorship / Development - Mentor and provide feedback to other engineers, while also proactively seeking mentorship and feedback from others; share ideas and insights for improving team-oriented behaviors, including DevOps and live site handling skills.