Senior Software Engineer

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The Azure Core Storage team is responsible for delivering the Storage Virtualization platform to Azure Virtual Machines.
Our software stack handles trillions of input/output operations every day from Azure Virtual Machines and runs in hundreds of data centers and over one thousand clusters.
We own the entire software stack on the Azure host that is responsible for handling virtual machine input/output operations, various caching mechanisms, throttling controls, Quality of Service for Azure Virtual Machines, multiple transport layers, and encryption of data both in transit and at rest.
As a Senior Software Engineer in our team, you will design and implement software components to enable and optimize the storage solutions in Azure fleet.
The software components you deliver include device drivers and system software, installation and diagnostic tools, libraries, telemetry services and comprehensive testing.
You will get a chance to collaborate with developers across Microsoft, and Software & hardware partners to deliver innovative technology.
In this role, you will have opportunities to solve challenging problems and exercise your soft skills to impact the billions of users in the Azure ecosystem.
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.
Responsibilities Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
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.
Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Java Script, or Python OR equivalent experience.4+ years experience in design, development, debugging, testing and problem-solving.4+ years experience in system software, storage protocols, networking concepts and operating system internals e.g., memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading, etc.4+ years of handling periodic live service on-call responsibilities.
Additional Or Preferred Qualifications Bachelor'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, Java Script, OR Python OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Java Script, or Python OR equivalent experience.1+ years experience in system software, storage protocols, networking concepts and operating system internals e.g., memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading, etc.1+ years experience in the design, implementation, debugging and testing of operating system drivers (kernel mode and user mode), Windows Driver and Kernel component development.
A track record of solid results across multiple ship cycles.
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.#azurecorejobs Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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