[Remote] Site Reliability Engineer II - CTJ - Top Secret

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II to work on cutting-edge cloud security products. The role involves building and delivering cloud solutions, providing on-call operational support, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure service stability and performance.


Responsibilities

  • Live Site Operations: Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in a 24x7 on-call rotation, monitoring service health and responding to incidents within SLA timelines
  • Automation & Deployment: Contribute to automation efforts and validate code functionality in non-production environments to ensure smooth deployments
  • Compliance & Security: Support compliance processes by verifying security, privacy, and accessibility standards during onboarding of new technologies
  • Continuous Learning: Stay current with industry trends and internal tools to improve reliability, performance, and observability at scale
  • Engineering Best Practices: Apply proven development and scaling practices to meet performance and customer requirements
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Communicate effectively with engineering partners to align on goals and deliver user-centric solutions
  • Incident Response & Postmortems: Address complex live site issues, implement mitigations, and document learnings through postmortems

Skills

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR equivalent experience
  • Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
  • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
  • Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination
  • This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements
  • You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment
  • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR equivalent experience
  • 2+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems

Company Overview

  • Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com.

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