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Microsoft has an exciting opportunity for an experienced network engineer to join the our Sovereign Cloud Program, working to build out and support networking infrastructure in Microsoft’s National Partner Clouds (NPCs). NPCs are specialised cloud environments that are designed to comply with the data laws of specific countries and regions. You would be part of the team responsible for enabling secure cross-domain data transfer between the Azure public cloud and the NPCs; enabling secure operational access to the NPCs for the local operations team; NPC operations infrastructure – including WAN and LAN connectivity
Job Responsibility:
You’ll be a critical member of the team responsible for implementing and supporting networking capabilities within high-assurance, secure and highly-available environments
You’ll be responsible for implementing and refining DevOps practices in order to improve operational efficiency while ensuring other requirements, such as security, are not compromised
You’ll actively participate in 24/7/365 support, which means participating in rotating on-call duties
Collaboration across the global organization is essential. You’ll be a contact point between teams, driving cross-team information sharing and process reuse in order to enhance efficiency and consistency
Working closely with security teams, you’ll ensure adherence to security standards
You should expect to need to travel to the in-country Sovereign Operations Centres on a regular basis
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of hands-on experience in designing and providing operational support to complex networking environments
Knowledge and experience deploying/configuring and maintaining Network environments (both in physical platforms and Azure) including: L2/L3 Routing (BGP) & Switching, Firewalls (NAT & ACLs), IPSEC VPN
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or any other equivalent Cloud Certification
Proficiency in English (spoken and written) is essential for internal collaboration and reporting
Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements for this role
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: Required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Singapore Category 2 Clearance (as applicable): Candidates must be willing to undergo a Cat 2 background check
Nice to have:
Experience in system and service administration of complex platforms
Systems shell scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell, Python) and Dev Ops suites such as Ansible or equivalent
Experience working in broad domains including security, software, networking and service design
Experience of service support, with on-call responsibilities
Experience with distributed systems and critical production service environments
DevOps experience, including continuous configuration automation
Azure deployment knowledge including Bicep and Arm templates