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Microsoft UK • Cambridge, United Kingdom

Senior Software Engineer

Employment type:  Full time

Job Description

Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user experience researchers and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy OS and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services.


The edge workload security team has a mission to create a secure platform foundation for consistent Cloud/Edge experiences and support all services and applications running on top of the platform. The team builds platform security capabilities for workload running on K8 platform including authentication, authorization, secret management, and protection with a goal to provide consistent and convenient API experiences for developers

Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will collaborate with partner teams to build security solutions that secure services and customer workloads running on Microsoft-managed/supported Kubernetes clusters. Additionally, you will contribute to the Microsoft cloud strategy by providing a consistent cloud management solution for workloads running on the edge of the Azure cloud.

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

  • Design, innovate, automate, and sustain scalable end-to-end operational solutions.
  • Collaborate with business teams to help our internal partners sell products and services, and our customers buy them, in a secure, frictionless manner.
  • Build and deliver impactful services and tools that are compliant by design, flexible, configurable with fast feedback loops.
  • Implement architecture solutions that are resilient and durable.
  • Communicates clearly, accurately, and timely in written and spoken forms.
  • Execute with operational excellence.
  • Proactively seeks new knowledge and has the willingness to learn, share, and improve.
  • Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND proficient years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go or TypeScript
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge about K8 (Kubernetes) platform including K8 (Kubernetes) security fundamentals.
  • Experience successfully shipping services.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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.

Company benefits

Wellbeing allowance
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Gym membership
Mental health platform access
Buy or sell annual leave
Shared parental leave
Charity donation scheme
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Volunteer days – 3 days a year
Fertility treatment leave
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Fertility benefits
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced sick days
Compassionate leave
Travel insurance
20 days annual leave + bank holidays
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks paid
Enhanced paternity leave – 6 weeks paid
Adoption leave – 24 weeks paid
Childcare credits
Carer’s leave – 4 weeks paid
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Company car
Hackathons
Open to part-time employees
Pregnancy loss leave
Life insurance
Equity packages
Financial coaching
Relocation packages
Sabbaticals
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Family health insurance
LinkedIn learning license
In house training
Personal development days

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