Are you passionate about Linux and enabling it in a large, distributed setting both in the Azure cloud and Edge? Do you want to be part of a high-energy and creative team that is currently building the future of the Azure platform? Do you love to contribute to Linux and the open-source community across the globe? We are the Azure Linux (https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner) Group rt Microsoft. Azure Linux powers critical Azure services ranging from Azure Kubernetes Service (https://learn.microsoft.com/EN-US/AZURE/aks/use-azure-linux) in the cloud to Azure Nexus (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/operator-nexus/) on the Edge. We’re growing and looking to add engineering talent who will help us build great teams and lead the technology direction as we create and enable Azure Linux at scale across the Azure fleet.

In this role, you will contribute to the technical direction in how Azure first party services and edge appliances use Linux and contribute to our Linux OS efforts ranging from security initiatives to new platform bring-up. You will coordinate design and coding across multiple projects, partnering with internal teams to deliver novel solutions. You will work closely with the broader Linux community, contributing code upstream. And you will work closely with customers to fix problems encountered in using Linux in the Azure cloud and edge platforms.

You will be working on research and development in cutting edge accelerations and optimizations to power future public and private clouds. You will define and push the limits of innovative technologies -- working with the latest hardware, the largest servers, and even larger datacenters. If you love to build distributed systems and OS components both in the kernel and user mode with great teams to solve large-scale enterprise challenges and enjoy working on system-level design and implementations, this is the right place for you!

Microsoft loves Linux and Open Source, come join us if you do too.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and optimize Linux distribution tailored for Azure cloud and edge computing environments

• Implement and maintain software packages, updates, and security patches in cloud and edge deployments.

• Conduct rigorous testing and quality assurance to ensure seamless integration of system components

• Diagnosing and resolving complex issues related to system software, boot processes, and networking subsystems in cloud and edge environments.

• Optimize system configurations for performance, scalability, and reliability in cloud and edge deployments

• Ensure customer success by troubleshooting and fixing complex issues that customers and operators encounter in the Azure cloud and edge solutions running on Linux

• Drive key open-source initiatives within Microsoft in an open manner to contribute to Linux adoption both on Azure cloud and the edge

• You will also work with upstream open-source projects, representing Microsoft as a strong community partner and contributor

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience on Linux with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, Python, Rust, or Golang with deep technical expertise in these areas:

• Design/coding/debugging on Linux, System software stack on x86 & ARM64 platforms

• One or more datacenter-class technologies such as networking, storage, file systems, virtualization, etc

• Proven experience in Linux distribution development, customization, and optimization, with a focus on cloud and edge computing

• Expertise in system software troubleshooting, boot processes, and networking subsystems in cloud and edge environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building Linux Distributions from scratch like Fedora/Ubuntu/Yocto is a plus

• In-depth knowledge of networking protocols, configurations, and services relevant to cloud and edge computing

• Experience in hardware bring-up with Linux is a plus

• Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar cloud computing platform(s) is a plus

• Effective problem-solving, analytical, communication, and teamwork skills

• Contributing to open-source projects, like the Linux or CNCF projects, is a plus

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