Software Design Engineer Azure

Our client is building services in the cloud and the tools and frameworks to support those services around the world, including infrastructure, compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. The focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy individual to help build the services that keep people connected around the world!

The new paradigm is massively distributed software, where a typical service runs on hundreds, thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of Servers at the same time. Executing on this strategic shift to highly available, secure and high-performing online services requires a transformation of infrastructure management capabilities. You will help to develop and maintain the tools and technology that efficiently and reliably plan, build, deploy, monitor and manage services, on top of the Azure PaaS stack.

To qualify for this exciting opportunity, you must possess strong coding, communication, organizational, technical and documentation skills. You must function well in a fast-paced collaborative environment and be able to apply critical thinking and strong problem solving skills to complex production environment scenarios to ensure high availability.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Work with the team to build Service Manageability Tools like dashboards, reporting services, utilities, etc.
- Develop Live Site Incident Management tools to drive issues through to resolution.
- Work with management and Dev Leads to drive operability, stability, and resilience into the architecture and design of the product.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- 5+ years in a variety of roles, primarily in software development and operations, 7+ years preferred
- Azure development experience
- CS or Math degree preferred
- Strong C# programming skills
- Demonstrated ability in designing, implementing, and supporting multi-tiered services, particularly with a focus on operability
- Strong understanding of network security concepts such as ACLs, Firewalls, and encryption
- Understanding of server virtualization concepts
- Experience with the SDLC and its tools such as source control, quality engineering concepts, release engineering, and change control
- Scripting skills in PowerShell
- Exhibit a strong understanding of software deployment strategies and configuration management
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with people from a variety of technical backgrounds