Job Description

The Azure Kubernetes Service ( team is creating a world-class container management and orchestration services for the cloud and beyond. We are the team working on container solutions for Azure on both Linux and Windows.

Our charter is to define the next generation of cloud-native infrastructure on Azure. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is excited about containers, and container orchestration with Kubernetes. Who also have a passion for building DevOps tools that make it easier for people to build, deploy and scale their software on the Azure cloud.

Microsoft\xe2\x80\x99s 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:

Responsibilities:

• Advance the capabilities of Kubernetes and auxiliary components on Azure
• Improve quality of service for Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service
• Accelerate development velocity for all engineers
• Balance pragmatism with vision; deliver continuous improvements to the team\xe2\x80\x99s process and codebase
• Build automation to prevent and/or remediate service problems from becoming production incidents
• Owning complex features end-to-end, through planning, development, release, and maintenance
• Taking the initiative to fix issues, propose features, and overall contribute proactively to the project
• Striving for excellence in everything they do: culture, collaboration, process, tools, design, documentation, engineering practices & coding standards, customer experience, performance, security, or related
• Providing technical guidance to other engineers and acting as mentor

Other:

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Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in building, shipping and operating reliable, distributed solutions
• Experience in Golang
• Experience in Linux
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Ability to engage in site-reliability engineering practices
• At least 7 years of experience in commercial software development

Other Requirements:

• Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

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