Principal Cloud Network Engineer

The Azure Dedicated team is a tightly integrated vertical team who have an exciting charter to deploy any workload anywhere in the world to Azure. Workloads span industries from Fintech and general purpose scenarios like Storage all the way to gigantic scale AI training workloads. We have a multi-disciplinary team working cohesively to innovate at bleeding edge and deliver for our customers, some of the most well known names in the world.

As a Principal Cloud Network Engineer in the Azure Dedicated Team, you will design Network Fabrics for both traditional ethernet networks and back-end networks such as RDMA and Infiniband to allow our organization to build and integrate the next generation of AI workloads to Azure. You will seek to create highly reliable and resilient designs and seek to learn and grow at the forefront of one of the hottest spaces in the tech industry for the foreseeable future. You will interface with customers, industry vendors, 3rd party providers and fellow Microsoft colleagues daily producing world-class designs to manage Pbps level of traffic. This opportunity will allow you to build your skill set with real scale out networks, develop a bigger and wider network in the industry and satisfy some of the most demanding customer needs.

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/Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years 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 6+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience in a large scale network ecosystem where you have owned design and e2e standards for delivery.
  

Other 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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years 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 12+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience delivering network designs into production and experience with live site accountability for a network.
• 1+ year(s) experience developing quality management programs.

Cloud Network Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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 October 24, 2025. 

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