Data Engineer

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World’s largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft’s “Cloud First” mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and deliver trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide, and we are looking for a passionate Data Engineer to help achieve that mission.    
  
If you want to have a fundamental impact on how Microsoft’s Cloud is deployed and operated globally, be involved with one of the most strategically important teams at Microsoft, and have sound technical and business acumen, and leadership, creativity, and out-of-the-box thinking are some of the skills you bring to the table - this job is for you!    

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. 

 In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in business analytics, data science, software development, or data engineering work
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience building highly scalable applications, specifically with coding languages such as Python and SQL (Structured Query Language).

Other Requirements: 

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.

  Preferred Qualifications: 

• 3+ years of software engineering experience including building a large-scale data platform. 
• 3+ years of experience building highly scalable applications. 
• Experience creating high-quality data pipelines. 
• Proven experience in version control and CI/CD (Continuous integration and continuous delivery) tools.
• Extensive experience in pioneering, scaling, and optimizing data pipelines, data storage, large-scale data processing/analytics platform, dashboards 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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As a Data Engineer, you will partner with various teams to develop business requirements to standardize the business input and develop a long-term vision. CO+I continue to invest heavily in business intelligence and data science, and you have the opportunity to lay the foundation for the work we do in these areas. 

• Designing and implementing data solutions that drive business impact. Turning data chaos into scalable, efficient, and automated solutions. 

• Design, implement and build data models and pipelines that deliver data with measurable quality under the service level agreement. 

• Partner with product teams, data analysts and engineering teams to build foundational data sets that are trusted, well understood, and aligned with business strategy. Work with the team and stakeholders to scope and prioritize solutions. 

• Follow rigorous engineering processes to ensure service quality, delivery of new capabilities, and continuously improving metrics. 

• Understand Microsoft security and privacy guidelines and bring the system in compliance. 

• Understand Big Data strategy and implement a scalable data platform. 

Other 

• Embody our Culture and Values