Software Engineer II
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Sep 21, 2025 | |
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OverviewAre you looking for an opportunity to build software and systems for some of the biggest data centers that humanity has ever created? The Azure Hyperscale Network organization is responsible for designing and building the software defined physical network infrastructure that powers millions of servers around the globe for Azure, Bing, Microsoft cloud services and AI Super Computing. Azure Hyperscale Network is at the forefront of large-scale Cloud Computing and runs one of the largest datacenter network infrastructures in the world. The Azure Hyperscale Network team works on the breadth of networking offerings and manages all physical switches and routers inside Azure datacenters.Network Diagnostic team strives to ensure that Azure has the world's most reliable and high-performance network. As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, deploying, and maintaining large-scale distributed software systems that collect network telemetry, verify network states, detect and alert issues that degrade network reliability and quality, localize and mitigate such issues quickly. This opportunity will provide you with hands-on experience in network monitoring, help you gain a deep understanding of the Azure networking stack, and make you proficient at the software development lifecycle.Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization 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.
ResponsibilitiesCollaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.Works with network engineers and data scientists to support Azure production network.Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.OtherEmbody our Culture and Values | |