Senior Cloud Network Engineer
5 Months ago • 4-8 Years
Network Engineering
Job Description
The Azure Networking Team at Microsoft seeks a Senior Cloud Network Engineer to design, develop, and automate their private backbone network and SDN platform. The role requires combining networking expertise with software development skills, focusing on automation for a self-growing, self-healing network. Responsibilities include modifying and improving network technologies, collaborating on network designs, partnering with engineering and program management teams, influencing telemetry analytics designs, and developing solutions to proactively resolve issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS, and proficiency in Python/Go/Rust. Experience in a cloud provider, ISP, or large enterprise environment is highly preferred.
Good To Have:
- C#
- REST
- YAML
- Workflow systems
- Experience in cloud provider, ISP, or large enterprise
Must Have:
- Network design, development, and automation
- TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS
- Python/Go/Rust
- Collaboration & design documentation
- Problem-solving & automation
Overview
The Azure Networking Team is growing and we’re looking for a creative and hard-working engineer who can combine networking experience with software development fundamentals to help build the world’s best private backbone network and SDN platform. We’re passionate about automating every facet of the network to converge on a self-growing, self-healing network. We want engineers that are equally passionate and can look at the problems with a customer’s perspective to create user experiences that truly enable and empower Technicians, Engineers and Planners.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- TCP/IP BGP, MPLS
- Python/Go/Rust
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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 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 technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Network engineering experience in a cloud provider, internet service provider, or large enterprise environment.
- Professional software development experience in the networking domain, including proficiency in C#, Python, Go, REST, YAML, and workflow systems.
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Responsibilities
- Offers modification and improvements to network technologies based on existing and emerging industry knowledge to contribute to the design, implementation, and operation of reliable, scalable, and high-performance networks.
- Works in collaboration with teams across a single organization to develop reliable, scalable, and high-performance, network designs; independently produces design documents and implementation plans.
- Partners with engineering and Program Management teams to understand customer, business, and technical requirements to propose network designs or modifications to architecture; participates in architecture reviews to ensure designs and modifications meet all functional, performance, scale, and compliance requirements.
- Influences telemetry analytics designs to better identify patterns that reveal errors and unexpected problems; leverages an understanding of network architectures and infrastructure at scale to develop, measure, track, and improve the quality of telemetry pipelines that support automated monitoring and incident response.
- Develops process or technology solutions that proactively resolve issues with processes, physical network devices, and/or tooling, and makes optimal use of infrastructure and resources through simple designs and by leveraging automation; prioritizes the development of solutions to deliver high-quality, measurable improvements against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across teams.
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