Site Reliability Engineer II at Microsoft

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

25 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

25 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center Expertise, Safe Deployment Practices, Distributed Systems, Incident Handling, Programming, Automation, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Telemetry Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Monitoring, Alerting, Troubleshooting

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview The Production Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Group, part of the Linux Systems Group within Microsoft, plays a critical role in powering Azure Cloud. This team ensures that Azure operates with the latest version of Linux software at the highest levels of quality and performance, serving as the gatekeeper for production software. The team achieves this at Azure scale through efficient automation and by leveraging artificial intelligence to reduce the human effort required for these responsibilities. This is an excellent opportunity to join the Production Engineering and AI Group and contribute to the growth of Microsoft’s Azure Cloud infrastructure. As a Site Reliability Engineer II, you will be responsible for ensuring that software deployments follow safe rollout processes while driving operational excellence. You will leverage technical expertise, telemetry analysis, and advanced artificial intelligence to maintain reliability and performance across large-scale systems. 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 Independently write code or scripts that automate the performance of scalable operations processes (e.g., monitoring, alerting, deploying products and updates) across components and features of products. Create, test and deploy changes through a safe deployment process (SDP) and improve the observability, security, reliability and operability of the systems operating at hyper scale. Use tools and processes to troubleshoot problems affecting the availability, security, reliability, performance of components, leveraging the AI capabilities Enable the team to increase the velocity in which changes can reliably and safely deployed in production and monitors the effects of these changes. Respond to incidents during regular on-call rotations and take appropriate action to mitigate impact. You will develop alerts and automated monitoring infrastructure to notify degradation in performance or availability and draw insights from this data to manage infrastructure in an optimal way Qualifications Required Qualifications: 4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. 1+ years experience in Cloud Infrastructure and Data Center Expertise Managing public cloud infrastructure or large-scale data center setups. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles. Safe deployment practices in hyper-scale data centers. Distributed systems designed for high availability and incident handling protocols. 1+ years experience in Programming and Automation Skills Python and Bash or PowerShell scripting and advances in cloud technologies. Other Qualifications: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or govenment 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: 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, OR systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, OR related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, OR systems administration OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, OR related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, 1+ year(s) people management experience. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. #azurecorejobs This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Responsibilities

As a Site Reliability Engineer II, you will ensure that software deployments follow safe rollout processes while driving operational excellence. You will leverage technical expertise and advanced artificial intelligence to maintain reliability and performance across large-scale systems.