Software Engineer II - Top Secret

Microsoft•Reston, VA

23h

About The Position

Microsoft Security is seeking a Software Engineer II for the Microsoft Defender engineering team. The team builds cloud security products that protect government environments and operates a constantly evolving set of services addressing changing cyber threats. It provides leadership and accountability for application architecture, cloud design, engineering infrastructure, data platform development, and end-to-end implementation for Sovereign and Government Clouds. The engineer will build and improve scalable, reliable services and engineering systems in complex cloud environments. The role includes collaborating with other engineering teams, supporting production services, conducting business reviews, and helping ensure systems meet performance SLAs and customer expectations. The position participates in an on-call rotation, typically 24/7 for one week every 6–8 weeks, within a secure facility. Candidates must hold an active TS clearance and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph, or hold an active TS/SCI clearance and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph. The role requires maintaining TS/SCI with polygraph, passing applicable Microsoft, customer, government, and cloud background screenings, and verification of U.S. citizenship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least 2 years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
Must have an active TS clearance and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph, or an active TS/SCI clearance and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph.
Must maintain TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Must satisfy applicable Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements before and after hire.
Must successfully verify the stated security clearance and provide clearance verification information before an employment offer.
Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Must verify U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git.
At least 2 years of hands-on Windows or Linux systems experience.
Experience debugging issues spanning the operating system, application, and cloud.
Experience solving operational issues in a scalable way.
Ability to thrive amid ambiguity in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Experience supporting a 24x7 live-site support model.
Experience with Kubernetes and related technologies.
Experience building and supporting large-scale production services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and measuring reliability and availability.
Proficiency in at least one scripting language and judgment about when to move solutions into managed code.
Experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub tooling.
Strong communication and collaboration skills in multidisciplinary teams of Software Engineers, Program Managers, Security Researchers, and Data Scientists.

Responsibilities

Build and improve services to make them scalable and highly reliable.
Help deliver and improve engineering systems and practices for services in complex cloud environments.
Contribute to the design and automation of service scaling features and customer requirements.
Investigate pre-production and production issues, implement fixes, and deploy them.
Participate in an on-call rotation, typically 24/7 for one week every 6–8 weeks, within a secure facility.
Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure services and systems are stable, performant, and meet internal and external customer expectations.
Help conduct business reviews and operate production services.
Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for application architecture, cloud design, infrastructure development, and end-to-end implementation for Sovereign and Government Clouds.
Embody Microsoft’s Culture and Values.