Sr Software Engineer

Microsoft

Noida, UP, IndiaYesterday

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Key details

Location
Noida, UP, India
Work style
Onsite
Level
Senior
Experience
8–11 yrs
Function
Software engineering
Focus area
Backend
Posted
Yesterday

Skills

.netazureazure devopsc#ci/cdcloud computingcode reviewsdeployment automationgithubinfrastructure as codepowershellpythonresttest automation

About the role

Overview

The Cloud Delivery team within Microsoft Defender helps services and product capabilities reach cloud environments quickly and reliably. We partner with service engineering and operations teams to improve deployment pipelines, automate readiness checks, and make releases easier to validate, diagnose, and operate. Our work also advances engineering efficiency across Defender by reducing repetitive operational work and developing reusable automation.
Microsoft’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.


Responsibilities

We are looking for Senior Software Engineers to build software and improve workflows that make Microsoft Defender service deployments to Azure safer, more reliable, and less dependent on manual intervention. You will develop deployment automation and infrastructure tooling, collaborate directly with service engineers, and support your solutions in production.
In this role, you will:
  • Build and maintain deployment automation, Azure infrastructure tooling, and pipeline checks that make service deployments repeatable, reliable, and easier to operate.
  • Own engineering features through design, implementation, automated testing, rollout, and production support.
  • Partner with Defender service teams to understand deployment dependencies, improve existing workflows, and integrate automation with clear ownership boundaries.
  • Write maintainable, secure code and participate in design and code reviews, including validation, error handling, and safe rollback or recovery.
  • Use logs, telemetry, and incident findings to diagnose deployment failures and improve reliability, observability, and release quality.
  • Contribute to engineering efficiency across Defender by reducing repetitive deployment and operational work and developing reusable solutions for shared service needs.
  • Lead subsystem design, resolve cross-team technical dependencies, mentor engineers, and guide implementation decisions across related components.

 



Qualifications

Qualifications - Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, OR Master’s Degree in that field AND 6+ years of such experience, OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience building or supporting deployment tooling, cloud infrastructure software, CI/CD pipelines, or production services.
  • Experience with Azure, infrastructure as code such as Bicep/ARM, containerized services, deployment validation, or release recovery.
  • Experience with C#/.NET, Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, Azure DevOps, GitHub, or comparable languages and tools. 

Qualifications - Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.



Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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