Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Poly

Redmond, WA or Reston, VA · Full-time

About the role

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will lead a team focused on building and operating Microsoft CISO security engineering services in highly regulated environments, including U.S. Government Cloud deployments. This role emphasizes the integration of operational rigor with strong software engineering principles to ensure reliability and security. The engineer will work closely with feature engineering teams to enhance the reliability and compliance of services from design through operations. Additionally, the role involves developing engineers and influencing service construction and operation across organizational boundaries.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR equivalent experience.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements pre-offer and post-hire.
• Verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Write secure, high-quality code that is maintainable, scalable, and performant.
• Architect, implement, and optimize hybrid and cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Design and implement data governance, storage, backup, and disaster recovery for a multi-petabyte Azure environment.
• Build and operate large-scale data pipelines and data transformations to support analytics and operational needs.
• Evaluate emerging engineering tools and practices and incorporate them into the roadmap.
• Deliver automation to improve service health, manageability, reliability, telemetry, and alerting.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation and design specifications aligned with best practices.
• Partner with engineering, project management, and operations to evolve services and optimize infrastructure.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to operate live services and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Identify opportunities for automation using scripts, pipelines, or AI-enabled tooling.

Pay

$119,800 - $261,000 per year

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and mental-wellness programs.
• Competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards.
• Retirement and savings options.
• Generous vacation, holidays, parental, and caregiver leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Learning support and employee resource groups.
• Product discounts and matching-gifts/volunteering programs.