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The portfolio spans infrastructure inventory and IP address management, network and security telemetry, monitoring pipelines, operational reporting, automation, and enterprise infrastructure data integrations. You will bring together SRE, product engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations teams early in the development lifecycle to establish clear technical direction. You will translate organizational priorities into multi-team roadmaps and measurable outcomes, ensuring platforms are secure, observable, reliable, efficient, and supportable while driving the adoption of proven engineering and operational practices.\nMicrosoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. You will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform.\nOur infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.\nWith environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.\nMicrosoft’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.\nResponsibilities\nResponsibilities\nLead through managers and technical leaders to develop a high-performing Site Reliability Engineering team, establishing clear accountability while attracting, retaining, and developing talent and leadership capability.\nDefine the technical strategy and roadmap for Site Reliability Engineering platforms and tooling across organizations, translating critical infrastructure workflows and data needs into secure, scalable, reliable, observable, and cost-effective engineering solutions. Guide end-to-end architecture across services, APIs, automation, telemetry pipelines, operational data, and infrastructure integrations.\nDrive cross-organizational collaboration to influence architecture, automation, operational readiness, and engineering standards while resolving technical dependencies and ownership gaps.\nOwn operational health and readiness across the Site Reliability Engineering platform portfolio, establishing service level objectives and driving measurable improvements in reliability, security, compliance, performance, capacity, and data quality.\nParticipate in the Site Reliability Engineering on-call rotation and drive incident readiness, response, communication, and post-incident improvements to minimize impact and prevent recurrence.\nDrive scalable tooling and automation for monitoring, deployment, remediation, configuration, and resource management, promoting safe change, recovery, and reusable engineering standards.\nTranslate organizational priorities into multi-team roadmaps and delivery commitments, aligning resources, dependencies, capacity, and investments with business and engineering needs.\nEmbody our culture and values\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications\nDoctorate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration \nOR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration \nOR equivalent experience.\n\nBackground Check Requirements:\nAbility 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:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.\nPreferred Qualifications\n7+ years of technical experience with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.\n3+ years of people management experience.\nExperience leading through managers and technical leaders, setting clear objectives and accountability, and supporting employee performance, growth, and career development.\nExperience guiding end-to-end architecture across services, APIs, automation, telemetry pipelines, operational data, and infrastructure integrations, including standards for security, observability, testing, configuration, and safe deployment.\nExperience managing the operational health and readiness of an SRE platform portfolio, including availability, reliability, security, compliance, supportability, and lifecycle management.\nExperience using service-health metrics, Service Level Objectives, Key Performance Indicators, and post-incident learnings to prioritize engineering investments and prevent recurring issues.\nExperience defining technical strategy and roadmaps for Site Reliability Engineering platforms and tooling and translating infrastructure workflows and data requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.\nSite Reliability Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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