Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Azure Storage
Technology, Data & Digital · IT Infrastructure & Security · Site Reliability Engineering · Software Engineering · QA & Testing
In short
Microsoft Azure Storage is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead the qualification and performance validation of next-generation storage infrastructure. This remote role involves driving strategy, developing automation, and resolving complex issues across hardware, software, and firmware to ensure the reliability and scalability of Azure Storage.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end qualification and production readiness validation for new Azure Storage hardware SKUs, platforms, SSDs, networking devices, and firmware releases.
- Drive qualification strategy, test planning, execution, and sign-off recommendations for Azure Storage deployments.
- Serve as a technical escalation point for qualification failures, performance regressions, reliability issues, and production-readiness concerns impacting Azure Storage deployments.
- Own complex investigations across software, hardware, firmware, and platform stacks to identify and resolve qualification blockers.
- Design and develop scalable automation frameworks that improve qualification coverage, efficiency, quality, and engineering productivity.
- Analyze large-scale telemetry, benchmark data, and fleet health signals to identify performance trends, bottlenecks, risks, and optimization opportunities.
- Monitor qualification pipelines and proactively identify risks impacting production onboarding, deployment schedules, and service readiness.
- Perform root cause analysis for hardware, firmware, platform, and software issues discovered during qualification and drive corrective actions to closure.
- Validate SKU readiness against Azure Storage performance, reliability, scalability, and operational requirements.
- Partner with Storage, Compute, Networking, Platform, and vendor engineering teams to resolve critical qualification, reliability, and performance issues.
- Influence qualification standards, test methodologies, performance thresholds, and operational best practices across Azure Storage NPI programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in service engineering, performance engineering, or site reliability engineering.
- 6+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
Benefits
- Base pay range of USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (US), with a different range applicable to San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area (USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year).
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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Company
Microsoft
Job Posted
2 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
Remote
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
United States
Qualification
Bachelor
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