Are you passionate about Linux in hyperscale clouds?  Do you want to be part of a high-energy and creative team that is currently empowering millions of customers across the planet to achieve more? Do you love to contribute to Linux and other open-source communities across the globe? We are the Core OS Linux Group at Microsoft. We are growing and looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the technology direction as we deliver a wide range of functionality based on Linux into the Azure cloud and Edge platforms through our first party Linux distribution.

In this role, you will contribute to the technical direction in how Azure first party services and edge appliances use Linux and contribute to our Linux OS efforts ranging from security initiatives to new platform bring-up. You will coordinate design and coding across multiple projects, partnering with internal teams to deliver novel solutions. You will work closely with the broader Linux community, contributing code upstream. And you will work closely with customers to fix problems encountered in using Linux in the Azure cloud and edge platforms.

You will be working on research and development in cutting edge accelerations and optimizations to power future public and private clouds. You will define and push the limits of innovative technologies -- working with the latest hardware, the largest servers, and even larger datacenters. If you love to build distributed systems and OS components both in the kernel and user mode with great teams to solve large-scale enterprise challenges, and enjoy working on system-level design and implementations, this is the right place for you!

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, development, troubleshooting, and delivery of innovative cloud and edge functionality using Linux
Drive key open-source initiatives within Microsoft in an open manner to contribute to Linux adoption both on Azure cloud and the edge.
Ensure customer success by troubleshooting and fixing complex issues that customers and operators encounter in the Azure cloud and edge solutions running on Linux
Provide technical direction for a team of 5 to 10 software engineers  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• M.S. or higher in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience with deep technical expertise in these areas:
• Design/coding/debugging in Linux both in kernel and user mode
• One or more datacenter-class technologies such as networking, storage, file systems, processor architectures, virtualization, etc. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building Linux Distributions, Containers, Cloud technologies in Linux at scale.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar cloud computing platform(s) is a plus.
• Experience in hardware bring-up with Linux is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Contributing to open source projects, like the Linux kernel or CNCF projects, is a plus.

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 every two years.

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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