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The Azure Backbone Networking Team is growing and we’re looking for a creative and hard-working engineer who can combine networking experience with software development fundamentals to help build the world’s best private backbone network. We’re passionate about automating every facet of the network to converge on a self-growing, self-healing network. We want engineers that are equally passionate and can look at the problems with a Customer’s perspective to create user experiences that truly enable and empower Technicians, Engineers and Planners.
Focusing on the global Optical network, and working closely with partner teams in Azure Networking, you’ll be a critical part of developing the hardware, network design and large-scale services that drive our network to autonomy. This will include owning components from design through to deployment, operations, and automation. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Microsoft and offers a terrific opportunity for technical and career growth.
Responsibilities
Network Design and Implementation
- Develops knowledge of Optical network technologies to draw insights that aid in network design, standards, implementation, and operation.
- Assists in the design of reliable, scalable, and high-performance network features or components with guidance from other engineers.
- Develops an understanding of quality assurance and network or code review processes by assisting in identifying risks and classes of bugs and becoming familiar with essential details related to network implementation (e.g., physical connectivity, power, protocols, telemetry) and design qualification with guidance from other engineers.
Maintain and Operate Networks
- Monitors Optical network telemetry and performs basic analyses to triangulate failures, with guidance from other engineers; makes suggestions on possible improvements to monitoring based on Participate in all efforts to automate repetitive tasks to reduce implementation time and avoid failures due to human error
- Triages, troubleshoots, and repairs basic live site issues using troubleshooting guides and standard tooling with minimal disruption to customers; occasionally participates in on-call/Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) duties.
- Assists with the design of process or technology solutions that resolve issues with processes, physical network devices, and/or tooling, and identifies deficiencies in existing systems and designs with guidance from other engineers; ensures solutions deliver high-quality improvements against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Contributes to testing and validation of network devices, firmware, and configurations; defines and implements test cases with existing automation tools.
- Demonstrates knowledge of data with guidance from other engineers and can describe a limited range of defects and their relevance to product and service targets.
- Provides instructions to datacenter or network site staff/technicians on how to repair, replace, and maintain physical network hardware and components deployed in production.
- Contributes to the development or modification of network automation tools with guidance from other engineers to make efficient use of infrastructure and resources by automating performance of various tasks related to network operations, testing, and incident management.
- Supports the management of incidents across one or more workstreams by applying technical knowledge to diagnose and triage issues with guidance from other engineers; takes notes during incidents and participates in post mortem and root cause analysis processes.
- Works within a team of engineers to manage network deployments; works with a machine-readable definition of the network deployment.
- Assists in analyzing capacity issues across simple transfer protocols and identifies network components that may need to be modified or replaced with guidance from other engineers; provides recommended changes to hardware and/or network components to internal teams working with external partners and suppliers to improve capacity.
Supporting People and Execution
- Shares information across disciplines within their feature team in a timely manner with an appropriate level of detail, and manages dependencies for their work with others.
- Proactively seeks mentorship, feedback, and coaching from others; provides feedback to others and shares ideas for improving team-oriented behaviors.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 1+ year technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
- Understanding of Optical Communications and Optical Theory
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of optical hardware and DWDM fundamentals
- Exposure with Python, Go, REST, YAML, and Workflow systems
- Self-starter with proven ability to develop creative solutions that enable customers
- Knowledge of IP/ethernet networking fundamentals
- Interest and ability to research new and emerging technologies to better solve networking problems
- Ability to get hands dirty to fix problems and drive dependencies
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.
