Senior Cloud Software Engineer - Storage

October 14, 2024

Industry: Private

Employment Type:- Full Time

Work Hours:- 8 Hours

Locations:- USA

Full Job Description:-

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including AI, Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.

The Azure Memory and Storage Center of Excellence (AMS COE) is hiring a Senior Cloud Software Engineer We are looking for an experienced hands-on Software Engineer in SSD/HDD solutions for fleet health with a passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to architect and specify hardware storage solutions.

AMS COE is part of the CHIE organization focusing on Memory and Storage devices going into the cloud hardware servers. AMS provides memory and storage solutions to Azure, drives memory and storage suppliers to deliver high quality products meeting our requirements. We are looking for engineers with a passion for customer-focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to architect and specify memory and storage hardware solutions that optimize for quality, reliability, cost, and performance.

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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

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Responsibilities

Develop ML algorithms for failure prediction
Develop scalable live monitoring capabilities, failure detection, and prediction algorithms for storage devices
Investigate, triage and root cause SSD/HDD related failures in Azure solutions
Build automation for operations of storage devices
Collaborate with suppliers to design reliable, high performance and quality storage devices
Analyze data to identify, prototype, and drive the implementation of technical and process improvements to increase the predictability, agility, and quality of Azure systems
Actively support Azure service stakeholders
Design and build infrastructure for storage devices at scale

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C# or Python OR equivalent experience.

2+ years experience with distributed/cloud computing technologies and services (Databricks and Synapse)
2+ years experience in machine learning (practical machine learning) models with real world application and ML tools for modeling and analysis, pipeline, training and deploying a model
1+ years experience in hardware or firmware design, architecture, and development

Other:

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

M.S. Computer or Electrical Engineering
Ability to analyze storage system solutions and drive towards recommendation based on data and objective reasoning
Ability to lead collaborative technical projects from conception to successful implementation • Demonstrable organizational, problem solving and prioritization skills
Experience with computer/server storage architecture and development of SSD based storage systems solutions
Experience with scripting and query languages such as Powershell, SQL and Kusto queries (Azure Data Explorer)

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 30, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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