Principal Software Architect

Imagine, building the world’s computer that provides unprecedented reliability and unlimited scale, an organization that empowers individuals to achieve their best and treasure grass root innovation, technology that spans machine learning, networking, operating systems, User Experience (UX), security, and a solution that enables millions of customers to run their mission critical services with confidence. The opportunities are infinite, and innovation is limited only by our own imagination.

Software Architects in Azure Networking are responsible for architecture and design of critical services. Software architects bring innovation to solve complex problems, design lasting architectures and influence without authority to bring those solutions to market. They define vision, guide designs, motivate engineers, and collaborate with product managers and engineering managers to deliver results. We are looking for A Principal Software Architect in Azure networking organization to define and drive vision of on-premises to cloud connectivity, application load balancing and network & application security. If you are an experienced software architect, who is excited by the challenge of driving vision of a broad, complex and high growth area, solve key customer problems and build exciting products, please talk to us.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in building cloud services and/or distributed systems and/or network services.

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript.
• Proficiency in designing network solutions, distributed systems, and large scale cloud services.
• Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in team to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams across geos.
• Working knowledge of networking and application protocols such as BGP, BFD, TCP/UDP, TLS, HTTP, HTTPS, QUIC.
• Knowledge of networking technologies such as IPsec, Layer 7 Proxy, Firewalls, Web application protection, Container networking.

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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• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
• Embody our Culture and Values.