Software Engineer - Canberra, Australia - Microsoft

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    Full time
    Description

    Overview

    As a Software Engineer in Azure Networking, you will gain marketable experience in massive scale data centre network architecture, design, network infrastructure automatic management, software defined networking and high scalable/available/reliable distributed service design/implementation.

    Microsoft Azure is expanding its team in Australia and is looking for dynamic individuals to work in various service devops teams. The ideal candidate would be adaptable and able to become a subject matter expert across a variety of services and systems throughout their career.

    The team develops and operates highly scalable software supporting Azure Networking including automations that maintain the configuration of our network. Many software engineers are involved in all aspects of the life cycle including software design, implementation, deployment and operations. Others are involved in advanced monitoring, analysis, and alerting for security events.

    This work opportunity is fully working from home up to 100% on the Australian east coast.

    Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organisation 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.

    Qualifications

    Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience
  • Effective communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
  • 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:

  • Knowledge about highly reliable distributed system, micro service, service fabric, Azure Devops, Redis, Bootstrap
  • Familiar with common network protocols, such as TCP, BGP, IP routing, IPv6 etc., experience on networking router configuration
  • Technical passion and terrific problem-solving skills to drive for result and impact
  • Experience with network security
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    Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • To be able to identify root causes of network issues and system performance bottlenecks, propose simple and implementable technical solutions and actively reach out to customers to solve their pain points.
  • Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect