About the role

AI summarised

Microsoft is seeking an experienced Cloud Network Engineer to join the Sovereign Cloud Program, responsible for building and supporting networking infrastructure in National Partner Clouds. The role involves implementing DevOps practices, providing 24/7 support, and ensuring security compliance, with regular travel to in-country operations centers.

BusinessFull-timeCloud Network Engineering

Key Responsibilities

Implement and support networking capabilities within high-assurance, secure and highly-available environments.
Implement and refine DevOps practices to improve operational efficiency while ensuring security requirements are not compromised.
Actively participate in 24/7/365 support, including rotating on-call duties.
Collaborate across the global organization, acting as a contact point between teams to drive cross-team information sharing and process reuse.
Work closely with security teams to ensure adherence to security standards and integrate security practices into all aspects of work.
Travel to in-country Sovereign Operations Centres on a regular basis for effective coordination, monitoring, and collaboration.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of hands-on experience in designing and providing operational support to complex networking environments.
Knowledge and experience deploying/configuring and maintaining Network environments (both in physical platforms and Azure) including L2/L3 Routing (BGP) & Switching, Firewalls (NAT & ACLs), IPSEC VPN.
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or any other equivalent Cloud Certification.
Proficiency in English (spoken and written) is essential for internal collaboration and reporting.
Experience in system and service administration of complex platforms.
Systems shell scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell, Python) and DevOps suites such as Ansible or equivalent.
Experience working in broad domains including security, software, networking and service design.
Experience of service support, with on-call responsibilities.
Experience with distributed systems and critical production service environments.
DevOps experience, including continuous configuration automation.
Azure deployment knowledge including Bicep and Arm templates.