Critical Environment Field Service Engineer

Microsoft•Sterling, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

In alignment with Microsoft values, the company is committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment. This role is for a CO+I CE Field Service Engineer (FSE) within Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I), which powers cloud services. As an FSE, you will play a key role in delivering core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services, including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. CO+I focuses on personal and professional development, offering trainings, growth opportunities like Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications. The infrastructure includes over 100 datacenters and 1 million servers globally, supporting over 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in more than 90 countries. Environmental sustainability and optimization are central to datacenter design and operations, as the company continues to grow and evolve as a world-class cloud provider.

Requirements

High School Qualification or equivalent AND 2+ years experience supporting IT equipment or related technology or delivering server and network deployment projects in large-scale environments OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
This position requires passing a background check conducted through the CJIS criminal justice information system by authorized local, state, and/or federal agencies.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Technical College Degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field AND 5+ years experience in critical environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU), or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling) OR High School Qualification or equivalent AND 7+ years experience in critical environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU), or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling) OR equivalent experience.
Applicable certifications: APICS/Inventory Control, CompTIA, Microsoft, Network Certifications, PMP, ITIL, CDCP.

Responsibilities

Follows and adheres to processes and policy(ies) provided by security and safety governing partners.
Reports immediately any safety or security issues or concerns.
Participates in safety and security related Root Cause Analysis (RCA) processes as appropriate.
Makes recommendations for improvements to safety and security processes or procedures.
Fosters and exhibits a culture of safety.
Ensures no unauthorized or unescorted personnel access in secured production environments, ensuring alignment with security practices and standards.
Manages and regularly audits physical access lists for personnel accessing secured production environments and related systems.
Conducts security risk assessments of data center operations and assesses the design, build, and delivery of technology, tools, data, and processes to meet high security standards with minimal guidance.
Documents and tracks security Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and identifies and escalates action items.
Demonstrates conscientiousness on cost and adheres to budget requirements.
Supports managers in creating budget forecasts.
Provides input as needed to meet timely and accurate estimates on budget allocation.
Manages POs end-to-end process, invoicing, accruals, and adheres to After-the Fact (ATF) policies.
Supports and assists with the development of demand cost forecasts, drives awareness among direct-line managers on the business implications of service management issues.
Monitors the cost model and reporting systems to raise awareness with any risks to future forecasting, tracking, reporting of costs, security and operational risks, and dependencies for a campus, country, or region.
Articulates level of importance on priorities needed to maintain availability expectations.
Adjusts plans based on assigned financial spend for the year.
Plans and works with business partners on executing their requirements to maintain adherence to data center availability, security, and safety.
Identifies opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency.
Engages with appropriate teams and resources to execute tasks or projects.
Manages programs associated with area of responsibility.
Understands strategic vision and Microsoft's security initiatives as communicated by leaders.
Identifies potential improvements aligned with this vision, including security enhancements.
Adheres to compliance and security standards with Data Center business units and contractual service agreements.
Ensures third parties are compliant with Microsoft security, safety, and all other guidelines.
Abides by all service level agreements (SLAs) to meet compliance requirements.
Exercises judgement and discretion to suggest improvements to policies.
Implements policy updates that enhance security posture across operations.
Investigates root causes of policy faults, degradation, or security incidents and suggests improvement plans.
Delivers policy plan improvements per Data Center business unit(s).
Realizes that changes impact the work of others and proactively shares relevant information to enable continued workflow efficiency(ies).
Participates in change advisory board (CAB) meetings.
Supports implementation of changes in accordance with documented procedures accurately and provides feedback in a timely manner.
Regularly scans the internal and external environment to help anticipate changes that could affect key projects.
Develops an understanding of change management principles and their varying application. (e.g., PROSCI vs. ITIL).
Assesses the security implications of planned changes with guidance and identifies and escalates risks.
Collaborates and negotiates effectively with others to identify delegates to deliver results.
Seeks guidance from management on delegation of resources.
Manages assigned projects or programs within a single discipline to meet service delivery Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Participates in pilot programs or task forces to ensure smooth implementation for future service delivery.
Escalates to appropriate stakeholders to remove obstacles.
Applies a security-oriented perspective in escalation procedures to safeguard infrastructure integrity.
Recommends improvements to service execution tooling standards and supports the adoption of standard toolsets across their discipline.
Proposes the adoption of security-enhancing tools and practices.
Applies information regarding changes resulting from escalations as communicated by managers or leaders as appropriate.
Adopts and effectively leverages approved engineering released tools and systems to support day-to-day operational processes and procedures and protect against current and emerging threats.
Supports escalation of issues to appropriate owner(s).
Conducts audits or risk assessments for potential security vulnerabilities or threats.
May assist others within or across data center teams in learning role, process, procedures, and best practices.
Stays up to date on current changes and ensures others have awareness as needed.
Seeks training opportunities that meet the interest of the business as well as own career goals and objectives.
Completes required security, corporate, and/or mandated training and shares security best practices.
Onboards new hires in the same role.
May serve as a mentor in the mentorship program.
Adheres to notifications to supporting incident management partners according to agreed upon Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) and/or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Analyses incident data and information to support Post-Mortem outcomes, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) details and associated presentations, including on security incidents.
Recommends budget needed to make necessary service delivery improvements.
Identifies and suggests solutions for problem management scenarios.
Supports and participates in RCAs efforts where appropriate, for a specific discipline.
Performs troubleshooting of service incidents and escalates, as appropriate, to achieve applicable Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) or supporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with minimal disruption to the client and business.
Partners with others across local teams/campus/metro as needed to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
Identifies common and repeating cases or observations of service issues and shares with direct-line management.
Develops an awareness of best practices to address and mitigate issues and reduce recurrence.
Participates in applicable Incident Bridges for their workstream(s) and/or location(s).
Applies security principles in daily operations and learns about secure approaches to products, processes, and tools in alignment with security initiatives.
Monitors Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reports on trends and anomalies.
Leads key processes, such as project, program or triage meetings, informing prioritization requirements for the team, and rebalances priorities to respond to changes.
Reviews contracts with landlords and third-party vendors and evaluating alignment with security needs and standards.
Participates in regular operational meetings to review OKRs and/or KPIs.
Analyzes data and collaborates with internal business partners, clients, and vendors to improve OKRs and/or KPIs and increase efficiency.
Identifies discrepancies in data and reports observations to drive reporting improvement opportunities.
Participates in or may drive stakeholder and cross functional partnerships.
Manages relationships with clients and suppliers to ensure that all expectations and operational, safety, and security requirements are clarified, understood, documented, and met.
Communicates with clients and partners.
Works with regional support teams to implement changes (e.g., regional or global initiatives like process improvement, safety, compliance, security, engineering, tooling).
Identifies and develops opportunities to forge partnerships.
Holds external partners accountable to Microsoft’s security standards.
Exercises judgment and discretion to contribute to issue tracking for supporting the overall quality of the end-to-end service and client satisfaction with complete and consistent communication.
Learns the client's business and maintains a dedicated client focus and security-first approach.
Considers current processes and procedures to proactively review schedules and resolve conflicts by identifying, coordinating, managing expectations, and offering alternatives when defining client solutions.
Identifies risk in service delivery approach(es) while minimizing and aligning client to risk vs. impact decisions/tradeoffs.
Recognizes potential client impact of other events and issues occurring across the service (e.g., lockdowns; change management).
Communicates potential impact to adjust plans accordingly.
Actively seeks to understand strategy adaptations, plans, and solutions, regarding insights about communicated end-customer, market, and business environment changes impacting service delivery.
Adapts strategies to align with evolving security needs with minimal guidance.