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We are part of the Azure networking team designing, building, and operating critical services for customers. We are responsible for hybrid connectivity to enable enterprises to connect to Azure, application load balancing, secure VM access, network function virtualization, application & network security services and Network Diagnostics Platform. At the core of these services is a solid SDN and NFV infrastructure that we continuously innovate on to improve agility, scalability, reliability, and cost effectiveness of our services.

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We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager in the Network Diagnostics team, to lead a team of talented engineers and solve one of the most complex challenges in Azure. Azure Network spans 50+ regions with millions of devices (physical and software) and generates multi–Peta Byte of telemetry every day. The team’s mission is to generate one-line summary in near-real-time by creating an intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Data Engineering, Network Expertise and Cloud Scale services.

If you are an experienced engineering manager with a track record of delivering high quality services, passion to build and grow people, excitement to operate in a startup culture while delivering services with enterprise level maturity, this is a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity to innovate, influence, transform, and grow!

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.

Responsibilities

• Grow the talent, hire Software Engineers to build and expand the team.

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment and operations of Network Diagnostic Services.

• Motivate Engineers, manage project timelines, define product vision and work closely with partners across various Azure Teams.

• Propose innovative solutions to hard problems (in close collaboration with research and other partners), do an early POCs (fail-fast) and drive the implementation with a team of engineers.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience

• 3+ years of experience in designing network solutions, distributed systems, and large scale cloud services

• 3+ years of experience & ability to motivate, attract talent and build a strong team and Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in team

• 3+ years of experience in collaboration with cross-functional teams across geos

Other Requirements:

• 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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

• OR related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience

• 6+ years people management experience

• Knowledge of container platforms and technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Experience with Azure Services like Azure Storage, Azure KeyVault and Azure AD

• Knowledge of routing and networking protocols such as IP, IPv6, TCP/UDP, TLS, BGP, BFD and application level protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, QUIC

• Experience in debugging packet loss and network throughput for large and complex network

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