Microsoft 365 (M365) is at the center of Microsoft’s cloud first, devices first strategy as it brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and collaboration products such as Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, Yammer, and Office with the latest version of our desktop suite and mobile apps. Our customers depend on our services to run their organizations, whether that is a Fortune 500 company, a small business, a non-profit, or an educational institution.

Our High Availability team play a critical role in managing NetCOGS (Network Cost of Goods Sold) for Microsoft 365. As one of our largest expenses, NetCOGS directly impacts our bottom line and the quality of service we provide to our customers. In this role, you'll collaborate with teams across Azure Networking to influence strategic investments that optimize our network infrastructure and reduce costs.

Responsibilities

The team is looking for a proactive engineer to join us to:

Take initiative in analyzing network usage and cost data to identify optimization opportunities

Drive projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with team objectives and priorities

Dive deep into system architecture and performance metrics to uncover optimization opportunities

Collaborate with partner teams outside the M365 organization to gather insights and coordinate efforts

Take responsibility for technical problem solving, including creatively meeting product objectives and developing best practices.

Contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team and across the organization

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of software development experience

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Experience with at least one of the following: C#/C++/Java or similar modern development languages

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working experience on architecting or building solutions for complex systems

• Experience with cloud architectures, hybrid cloud-metal architectures, and cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or similar could technologies

• Experience with service-oriented, data-centric, event-driven, and high-performance distributed system architectures

• Strong communication skills (both written and oral)

• Experience of working in a global environment is a plus

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .