Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services. The team is responsible for designing, building and operating our unified global datacenters; managing the demand planning and capacity utilization of our unified infrastructure; and all of the operations needed to run the physical infrastructure (including supply chain, hardware, power, security, and workflow teams). We focus on smart growth with an emphasis on automation, data driven engineering, cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability. We are looking for an Engineering leader who is passionate about solving large business optimization problems at scale. If you are comfortable working in a start-up/v1 effort, enjoy incrementally marching towards a well-defined long-term architecture, and are motivated by solving hard business process problems with technology then this could be the position for you.
Responsibilities: Work with appropriate stakeholders to enumerate the components that will be necessary to implement scalable solutions Lead design of architectural requirements and interfaces for solutions Drive implementation leveraging state of the art techniques Build an effective and agile development organization Mentor team members Deliver high quality software and services in support of datacenter operations
Qualifications: MS in Computer Science or equivalent 10+ years of experience leading design and development of software platforms Knowledge of various techniques to solve business problems at scale Proven track record of design and technical accomplishment Ability to quickly pick up existing concepts and employ new techniques Strong problem solving and communication skills 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