Cloud Network Engineer II

Azure is the fastest growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s commercial Cloud Services. Azure differentiates itself as the only hyper-scale, enterprise-grade cloud with a true hybrid story. Customers and analysts recognize Azure’s tremendous momentum which continues month over month.  Microsoft Azure’s core priority is to be world's most trusted, secure, and global cloud and a great place for people to work. We are part of the Azure Networking team responsible for designing, building, and operating the most reliable cloud network in the world - Azure.

We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services. For this position, the candidate should be familiar with network protocols, network devices including network interface cards, switches, and routers. You should feel comfortable working with large-scale distributed systems, in managing the network infrastructure that supports the Azure Cloud infrastructure as well as in designing and building the large-scale distributed systems that manage the network.

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.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of network technologies to support design, implementation, and operations across datacenters and network sites.
• Translate high-level designs into low-level plans and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to expand or modify infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot live site issues using problem management tools (e.g., root cause analysis, postmortems), and participate in on-call rotations to restore service availability.
• Collaborate across teams to manage network deployments using machine-readable definitions and support innovation through new systems and tools.
• Analyze capacity issues and recommend hardware or network component changes to improve performance, working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform testing and validation of network devices, identify and locate necessary data, and guide data center teams on hardware maintenance.
• Evangelize best practices in network engineering, participate in postmortems to improve reliability, and share knowledge across teams with tailored communication.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ 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 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
• 4+ years of experience in the networking Industry or large-scale data center network.
• 1+ years experience working with L2/L3 switching platforms, application networking and network protocols like BGP, ISIS, MPLS, OSPF, VRRP, LACP, Traffic Engineering Knowledge of Datacenter Design (Control plane & Data Plane) & Operations
• 1+ years experience working in large scale data center/cloud environment with an understanding of passive components (UTP Cabling, Optical cabling).
• 1+ years experience in one or more programming languages: C++, Java, Python, Perl.
  

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

• 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 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 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
• OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology,
• OR related field.
• 1+ years experience in understanding and authoring machine readable formats like XML, JSON.
• Excellent communication skills and team player with ability to build solid relationships at all levels, across teams, geographies, and business functions.
• Excellent judgment, decision-making skills, and the ability to work under continual deadline pressure when the situation is ambiguous.
• Proficient negotiation skills and conflict management skills.
  

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