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Software Engineer II

Microsoft

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Original Job Summary

About Microsoft Software Engineer II

Azure VMware Solution (AVS) empowers enterprises to run VMware workloads natively on Azure. We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our AVS engineering team. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in high-scale, hybrid cloud environments and are passionate about improving service reliability, operational excellence, and customer experience.

Microsoft Mission & Culture

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company fosters a culture of respect, integrity, and accountability, with a strong emphasis on inclusion.

Responsibilities

  • Own reliability, availability, and performance of AVS infrastructure and services.
  • Lead incident response and perform thorough root cause analysis for complex issues.
  • Design and implement automation for detection, mitigation, and recovery.
  • Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and telemetry systems.
  • Participate in onboarding, code/design reviews, and routine engineering meetings.
  • Independently develop code or scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
  • Design and maintain telemetry pipelines and monitoring tools for operations metrics.
  • Respond to incidents during regular on-call rotations.

Qualifications

Required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 2+ years technical engineering experience including coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, Go, Powershell or Python; 2+ years in SRE, DevOps, or systems engineering roles; 2+ years experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably Azure) and virtualization technologies, especially VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX.

Additional Requirements & Preferred Qualifications

Successful candidates may be required to meet Microsoft and government security screening requirements. Additional preferred qualifications include higher degree qualifications and Broadcom/VMware Certifications.

Compensation & Application Deadline

The base pay range for this role in the U.S. is approximately USD 100,600 to 199,000 per year, with variations for specific high-cost areas. Microsoft will accept applications until October 15, 2025.

Key skills/competency

  • AVS
  • SRE
  • Cloud
  • Automation
  • Monitoring
  • DevOps
  • VMware
  • Incident Response
  • Telemetry
  • Engineering

How to Get Hired at Microsoft

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Research Microsoft culture: Study their mission, values, and recent achievements.
  • Customize your resume: Highlight cloud and SRE skills.
  • Prepare examples: Detail complex incident resolution stories.
  • Practice technical interviews: Focus on coding and automation challenges.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review cloud and virtualization fundamentals.
Practice coding challenges in multiple languages.
Study Azure and VMware technical documentation.
Prepare automation and scripting examples.

Behavioral Questions

Prepare teamwork success examples.
Practice discussing challenging incidents.
Showcase collaboration under pressure.
Highlight problem-solving experiences.