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As part of the Systems Planning and Architecture (SPARC) group, you will help strategize and architect compute platforms, storage and related technologies that create advantages for Azure and Microsoft. You will collaborate across the Azure organization to evaluate next-generation datacenter technologies, influencing internal Microsoft silicon, systems development and industry partners. You’ll be at the forefront of innovation, shaping the future of cloud infrastructure. You will play a critical role in identifying and analyzing architectural features for future datacenter platforms and SOC technologies. Your work will directly impact Microsoft’s cloud strategy, enabling smarter decisions for total cost of ownership, performance, power, cost, and sustainability. You’ll gain deep expertise in cloud usage, emerging technologies, and architectural modeling, with opportunities for continuous learning and growth.
Job Responsibility:
Develop engineering-quality high-level models to evaluate total cost of ownership (TCO), performance, power, and sustainability
Build KPI models for Azure SaaS segments to guide architecture decisions and enable effective hardware/software co-design
Analyze cloud workload taxonomy to identify and categorize different workload types, and determine which SOC or platform features best support each workload category
Analyze fleet telemetry data to enhance Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models
Support the development of sustainability metrics and integration into architectural tradeoffs
Requirements:
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
OR equivalent experience
3+ years of relevant experience in hardware engineering and computer architecture
3+ years of experience with programming and scripting languages (C or Python)
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check
Nice to have:
Experience with server platform and workload analysis
Experience with Compute SOC performance and power analysis
Experience with TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) modeling
Expertise in high level modeling and simulation of architecture features
Expertise in Data Analysis and knowledge of sustainability metrics
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information, solve problems creatively, and communicate ideas clearly through effective documentation and collaboration