Cloud Network Engineer

Azure is one of the fastest growing businesses in Microsoft's history and is the foundation of Microsoft's commercial Cloud Services. Azure differentiates itself as the only hyper-scale, enterprise-grade cloud with a true hybrid story. Customers and analysts recognize Azure's tremendous momentum which continues month over month.  Microsoft Azure's core priority is to be world's most trusted, secure, and global cloud and a great place for people to work. We are part of the Azure Networking team responsible for designing, building, and operating the most reliable cloud network in the world - Azure.

We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services. For this position, the candidate should be familiar with network protocols, network devices including network interface cards, switches, and routers. You should feel comfortable working with large-scale distributed systems, in managing the network infrastructure that supports the Azure Cloud infrastructure as well as in designing and building the large-scale distributed systems that manage the network.

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

• Collaborate with internal business units and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions efficiently from design to implementation.
• Automate repetitive tasks to reduce implementation time and minimize human error, solving network problems at cloud scale with an automation mindset.
• Participate in on-call rotations for network incident support, using software-enabled tools to quickly mitigate impact and restore service availability.
• Troubleshoot live site issues with minimal disruption, validate network devices, identify and locate necessary data, and guide data center teams on hardware maintenance.
• Evangelize best practices in network engineering across teams and contribute to postmortem and root-cause analysis to improve reliability.
• Share timely, audience-tailored information across disciplines and provide feedback and mentorship while actively seeking the same from peers.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of network standards and automation, ensuring efficient project execution and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Required / Minimum Qualifications :

Other Qualifications

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Skills Required

Java, Lacp, network automation , Optical Networks, Ip, Json, Network Protocols, Mpls, Perl, Ethernet, Xml, Rsvp, Dwdm, Network Design, Network Devices, Python