The Azure Backbone Networking Team is growing and we’re looking for a creative and hard-working Cloud Optical Network Engineer who can combine networking experience with software development fundamentals to help build the world’s best private backbone network. We’re passionate about automating every facet of the network to converge on a self-growing, self-healing network. We are looking for a Cloud Optical Network Engineer which is equally passionate and can look at the problems with a Customer’s perspective to create user experiences that truly enable and empower Technicians, Engineers and Planners.
As a Cloud Optical Network Engineer for AI Systems, you will deploy and operate optical networking solutions optimized for AI, collaborate on global network strategy, and develop automation platforms. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth in a booming area of technological innovation, gain deep expertise in optical networking tailored for AI applications, and master the skills needed for large-scale network automation.
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Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
- OR Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
- 3+ years of Optical Communications and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) experience.
Other Requirements:
- 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.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
- 8+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Cloud Network Engineering IC3 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 – $182,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $120,900 – $198,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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Responsibilities:
- Develops knowledge of optical network technologies to draw insights that aid in network design, standards, implementation, and operation.
- Develops an understanding of quality assurance and network or code review processes by assisting in identifying risks and classes of bugs and becoming familiar with essential details related to network implementation (e.g., physical connectivity, power, protocols, telemetry) and design qualification with guidance from other engineers.
- Monitors optical network telemetry and performs basic analyses to triangulate failures, with guidance from other engineers; makes suggestions on possible monitoring improvements; participate in all efforts to automate repetitive tasks to reduce implementation time and avoid failures due to human error.
- Triages, troubleshoots, and repairs live site issues using troubleshooting guides and standard tooling with minimal disruption to customers; participates in on-call/Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) duties.
- Contributes to the development or modification of network automation tools with guidance from other engineers to make efficient use of infrastructure and resources by automating performance of various tasks related to network operations, testing, and incident management.
- Supports the management of incidents across one or more workstreams by applying technical knowledge to diagnose and triage issues with guidance from other engineers; takes notes during incidents and participates in postmortem and root cause analysis processes.
- Works within a team of engineers to manage network deployments; works with a machine-readable definition of the network deployment.