OverviewWe are the Azure Software Load Balancer team, a vital part of the Azure Core Networking team, tasked with designing, building, and operating critical network offerings that set us apart from our competitors.
We provide the software systems behind our cloud-scale load-balancing solutions.
At the heart of these services is a robust software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization infrastructure, designed to autonomously manage the network system.
We continuously innovate to improve the agility, scalability, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of our services.
Responsibilities
Build next-generation offerings in Load Balancer technologies and work in tandem with other SDN teams to deliver a seamless, reliable, and high-performance cloud infrastructure.
Design, develop, and deploy large-scale distributed systems with massive data processing.
Identify opportunities and drive the design and implementation of end-to-end telemetry, alerting, self-healing, and automation capabilities to improve service health, manageability, and reliability.
Identify root causes of network and system performance bottlenecks and propose simple, implementable technical solutions.
Understand customer needs and translate them into product features and improvements.
Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentor engineers across products/solutions, and work on-call to monitor systems for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, initiating actions to restore service.
Mentor other engineers on coding and design best practices.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Rust.
1+ year of experience building highly scalable distributed systems utilizing micro-services.
Other Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check required upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Additional Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with C, C++, C#, Rust.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with C, C++, C#, Rust.
3+ years of experience with distributed systems or microservice architecture.
2+ years of experience building and shipping large-scale cloud services.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills for complex problems and proposing innovative solutions.
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.
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