Overview
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
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.
Empower Billions!
Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure and Operations (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services. The group is responsible for designing, building, and operating Microsoft’s global datacenters; managing the programmatic delivery of our critical infrastructure design, equipment procurement, construction delivery, infrastructure innovation, demand planning and capacity utilization of our unified infrastructure; and responsible for all operations needed to run the physical infrastructure. We focus on smart growth with an emphasis on automation, data-driven engineering, cost‐effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's 200+ online businesses including Azure, Office 365, Bing, Xbox Live, Skype, and OneDrive. Our portfolio is built and managed by a team of subject matter experts working 24x7x365 to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
Responsibilities:
Holds teams accountable for managing crisis situations, including leveraging advanced technical expertise, judgment, and decision making to coordinate multiple work streams and resources in crisis situations to drive mitigation plan and resolve crisis by engaging necessary teams and escalating to appropriate stakeholders. Applies diagnostic expertise. Provides guidance to other engineers working to mitigate and resolve issues. Communicates customer impact and other relevant information with key stakeholders, leadership, and customers.
- Manages teams of engineers to implement reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions across teams.
- Guides teams to stay current in knowledge and expertise as the technology landscape evolves, maintaining awareness of industry norms.
- Develops team's end-to-end technical expertise, regularly identifying skill gaps and raising the collective bar on the team's skill set in alignment with industry standards.
- Proficient knowledge of Critical Infrastructure within Global Data Centers
- Holds the team accountable for creating, monitoring, and taking action on telemetry data and provides guidance on telemetry analytics to better identify patterns that reveal errors and unexpected problems that are affecting the system availability, reliability, performance, and/or efficiency.
- Contributes to developing processes and standards to address complex issues and provides guidance to others as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in critical environments, network engineering, service engineering, or systems engineering OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years technical experience working with large-scale data center operations or distributed systems.
- 5+ years people management experience.
- Other Engineering Certifications.
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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. #COICareers
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
