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Software Engineer II

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Hybrid (Multiple Locations), Redmond, WA, Reston, VA, Annapolis Junction, MD$102.1k - $202.2kfull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer II in Microsoft’s Sovereign Cloud Security team focused on designing, delivering, and securing cloud-scale services for security-critical and regulated environments, with emphasis on secure-by-design practices, reliability, and on-call ownership.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test, and maintain cloud-scale services and platform components used in security-critical and highly regulated environments.
  • Build features and systems that support security, compliance, management, and reliability for internal Microsoft platforms and customer-facing services.
  • Collaborate with partner teams such as security, operations, program management, and compliance to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Investigate and resolve live-site issues, contributing to operational excellence and service reliability.
  • Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations to support service health, respond to incidents, and help restore service quickly and safely.
  • Apply secure-by-design principles throughout the development lifecycle, including threat modeling and defense-in-depth practices.
  • Demonstrate a growth mindset by learning new technologies, seeking feedback, and gradually taking on broader technical ownership.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Cloud-scale software engineeringSecurity-by-designOn-call / incident responseCollaboration with cross-functional teams
Nice to have:Problem solving / debugging across OS, applications, cloud
Last updated Jun 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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