Software Engineer II Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Software Engineer II

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

100600.00 - 199000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Microsoft has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer II in the Cloud+AI Silver Team focused on Software Defined Networking (SDN). This team will be responsible for deploying and operating SDN services in a Secure Work Area. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with engineers who enable a broad set of Azure services to be consumed by internal and external customers in highly secured and regulated industries. The systems and software you build will be required to meet the security policy and assurance requirements of both public and private sector customers.

Job Responsibility:

Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on call to monitor service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions
Alerts stakeholders as to the status and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems
Responds within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe
Escalates issues to appropriate owners
Contributes to efforts to collect, classify, and analyze data with little oversight on a range of metrics
Contributes to the refinement of product features by escalating findings from analyses to inform decisions regarding the engineering of products
Contributes to the development of automation within production and deployment of a complex product feature
Runs code in simulated, or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and error-free runtime for products with little to no oversight
Contributes to efforts to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility
Checks for visible evidence to demonstrate compliance for product areas
Develops and holds an understanding of the implications of onboarding new technologies following expectations of compliance at Microsoft
Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
Applies best practices to reliably build code that is based on well-established methods
Follows best practices for product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations
Maintains communication with key partners across the Microsoft ecosystem of engineers
Considers partners across teams and their end goals for products to drive and achieve desirable user experiences and fitting the dynamic needs of partners/customers through product development
Maintains operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis
Implements solutions and mitigations to more complex issues impacting performance or functionality of Live Site service and escalates as necessary
Reviews and writes issues postmortem and shares insights with the team
Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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
This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
3+ years of experience with PowerShell, C#, or C++
Experience working on large-scale distributed services with on-call responsibilities
Ability to build and influence broadly towards common goals and priorities
Ownership of end-to-end project lifecycle with solid project management and communication skills
Knowledge of common networking protocols and architectures
cloud networking is a plus

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 01, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Software Engineer II

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibility:

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Job Posted:
March 01, 2026

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