Senior Critical Infrastructure Network Engineer

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a **Senior**Critical Infrastructure Network Engineer**, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure.

**About the Role**

Joining the newly created **APAC Critical Infrastructure Network Team**, you will be responsible for building core regional capabilities that unlock and accelerate Microsoft’s data center growth across the Asia and Pacific regions. You will collaborate with a passionate and motivated team, embracing a **NetDevOps culture** to deliver customer-centric solutions and drive operational excellence.

Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action

**What We Offer**
- The opportunity to be part of a newly created regional team with a high-impact mission.
- A culture that values innovation, collaboration, and customer obsession.
- Access to cutting-edge technology and resources to advance your professional growth.

**Responsibilities**:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Drive automation through the adoption of DevOps practices, including automated testing, validation, and telemetry pipelines.
- Familiarity with cloud-scale networking technologies and architectures.
- Develop and implement scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective network designs.
- Lead cross-functional architecture and code reviews and ensure designs meet functional, performance, and security requirements.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support data center and network site development.
- Analyse incident data, traffic trends, and telemetry to proactively address operational needs and improve network resilience.
- Participate in a **follow-the-sun on-call rotation** to ensure 24/7 operational support, driving swift incident resolution and ensuring high availability across Microsoft’s network infrastructure

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**
- 7+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- Demonstrated experience in Cloud-scale, large-scale, enterprise-grade network solutions.
- Demonstrated experience expertise in software engineering and/or network automation, Observability, AIOps and DevOps tools.
- Familiarity with cloud-scale networking technologies and architectures.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.

**Preferred Skills**- Proven experience in large-scale network automation, with proficiency in a diverse set of tools and languages (e.g., Python, Ansible, GIT, Azure DevOps) to streamline deployments, enforce configuration consistency, and enhance operational efficiency.
- Experience driving adoption of NetDevOps practices and tools in networking teams.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and guide team members.

**Background Check Requirements**:
Ability 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:

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

**Additional Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
- OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
- Possession of Industry certifications within the network Engineering CCNP or CCIE Route & Switch and work with industrial control systems.