Software Engineer- Azure Core Host Networking

Microsoft Azure Core ILDC (Microsoft Israel Development Center) team is a new and fast growing team, with multiple intriguing projects in different networking areas.

Our team develops products spanning across all layers of the networking stack, from FPGA offloading, through kernel drivers, DPDK applications up to user space code and more.

Microsoft Azure is building the fastest and most secure networks in public cloud. ILDC, which is Microsoft Azure’s Israel Development Centers) is seeking candidates who ideally have networking and/or security background.
During the last few years we took significant part in definition and development of Microsoft Azure HW acceleration product. 

As a Software Engineer II on the Azure Core Host Networking team, you will develop, Windows/Linux drivers and apps, you will be responsible for designing new features, testing and deploying at scale. You will also be driving projects with other teams in Microsoft, with our hardware partners and OS partners. This opportunity will allow you to  be part of a growing team and contribute to its success, and collaborate with different partners in Azure Core team in Israel, US, India and Europe.

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 field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years driver design, development, debugging and testing experiences.
  
• 2+ years of experiences with SW/HW integration
• 1+ years of software development in Python/Java/C#

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 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master'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.
• Good grasp of Windows Internals and operating systems in general
• Familiarity with scrum tracking tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps
  
  • Understanding of TCP/IP
    
  • Understanding in network security concepts
    
  • Linux and Windows networking stacks and other OS components; Reliable, high quality software development;
• Performance optimizations
  
  • Host network offloads; RDMA, SR-IOV; Virtualization (hypervisors, virtual machine switching)
    
  • TCP/IP; Switching and routing protocols; Network hardware - NICs, switches, routers; Load balancing; Network virtualization (NVGRE, VXLAN); QoS and scheduling.
• Networking at scale, deployment and servicing at scale

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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• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• 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.