Senior Optical Network Automation Engineer - Azure Fiber

Are you passionate about building and operating the next-generation Optical network to support the future of AI? Microsoft Azure is a powerful cloud platform that empowers businesses to innovate and scale with over 200 services, from AI and machine learning to data analytics and IoT. With its robust security and flexibility, Azure enables seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments, making it the go-to choice for digital transformation. At Azure, our optical development engineers work behind the scenes, building tools, automation, and solutions to scale and operate the world's largest reliable cloud computing infrastructure.

As an Optical Network Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, deploying, and operating optical networking solutions using both existing and new optical fiber technologies, including Hollow Core Fiber (HCF). Your role will involve collaborating with a wider team to develop a global network strategy and creating automation platforms to build and operate the network on scale. You will work alongside some of the brightest engineers to ensure a highly available network that meets the capacity demands driven by AI advancements.

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

• Tooling, Development, and Code Optimization: Create and maintain operations, runbooks, workflows, and self-remediation tools. Write, enhance, and streamline code for managing and automating optical networks, emphasizing scalability and efficiency for AI networks.
• Automation: Develop software solutions to automate operational processes and explore innovative approaches to reduce manual effort through AI and software solutions.
• Incident Management: Be part of the Optical operational on-call rotation following the "follow the sun" model to maintain high network availability, swiftly addressing and resolving incidents as they arise.
• Telemetry, Data Analysis, and Success Metrics: Monitor AI-optimized optical network telemetry and use data analytics to identify issues and improve products and services. Develop tools for automatic problem resolution and continuous network improvement. Establish and track metrics to continuously improve network availability and performance.
• Design and Engineer Solutions: Develop and implement scalable network solutions to meet the growing demands of our infrastructure.
• Continuous Improvement and Trend Adaptation: Keep up with optical networking and AI advancements. Incorporate new knowledge and technologies to enhance the performance and reliability of AI-optimized optical networks.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ 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 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Other 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 or Preferred Qualifications:

• 11+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR 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. 1+ year(s) experience delivering network designs into production and experience with live site accountability for a network.
• Automation experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, C#, JavaScript, SQL or RUST is preferred.
  
• 5+ years of technical experience with a focus on optical transceiver design, validation, and testing utilizing coherent, direct-detection, and WDM technologies.
  
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies, excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment, a customer-first mentality, with a focus on delivering high-quality service.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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