This position requires valid and current Top Secret (TS) Clearance or Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance with CI or FS polygraph. This role may be based in Reston, VA OR Redmond, WA. It is a mobile first, cloud first world and we're empowering it. Microsoft Azure is at the heart of the Microsoft Cloud providing the backend infrastructure for Big Data Analytics. Our team within Azure provides the software platform which enables internal Microsoft services (including Office 365, Bing.com, XBOX Live, Skype, and OneDrive) as well as many external customers to run their large-scale mission-critical Data Analytics to drive their businesses.
We are looking for world-class service and software engineers to help us continue to evolve, expand, and define our software platform and infrastructure. Some of the many areas we are tackling are distributed service monitoring, performance metrics collection/analysis and driving efficiency into the Service LiveSite management. This is a fun and fast-paced environment and a great opportunity to work on something highly strategic to Microsoft and extremely relevant in the industry. If you're like us and passionate about building and operating robust, reliable, highly distributed software systems
Basic Qualifications: 4+ years of experience in coding/scripting/tooling Strong problem-solving skills, drive for results, and ability to work independently Preferred Qualifications: Experienced in working on distributed systems and Open source Big data engines Significant experiences in working on large scale internet applications Security Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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