Microsoft Digital (MSD) builds and manages the critical products and services that Microsoft runs on. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances at Microsoft and for our customers, while helping Microsoft teams work smarter, faster, and more securely every day. Microsoft Digital employees have deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. We are engineers, technology leaders and experts, digital transformation change agents, and customer advocates.  The Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering Services (IES) organization is for those technology professionals who want to be strategic partners to the business and be the first place to create innovative solutions using Microsoft and industry leading products and services. Unlike other enterprise organizations, IES employees create global impact for thousands of partners and employees.  As a Cloud Network Engineer II, you will be at the heart of Microsoft’s modern network engineering process, working in a team that manages Microsoft’s corporate hybrid hosting infrastructures, and enabling workload migrations to Azure. We are focused on solving the most interesting challenges of developing innovative solutions while ensuring service reliability through identifying and eradicating defects within the infrastructure. We are growing a diverse team of engineers and have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire, and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more. This position is based at the Redmond campus with 3 days per week work in the office and 2 days per week work from home.  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.Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation <ul><li>OR Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation </li><li>OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></li><li>Experienced with layer 2 analysis and troubleshooting TCP/IP routing &amp; switching.</li><li>Experienced with scripting (ex: Perl, Python, PowerShell, C#) in both Linux and Windows environment.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>3+ years experienced with scripting (ex: Perl, Python, PowerShell, C#) in both Linux and Windows environment.</li></ul>Cloud Network Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay" target="_blank">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis. 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 <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest" target="_blank">Accommodation request form</a>. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. #MSD#MSDJOBSNetwork Design and Implementation<ul><li>Applying Knowledge of Networks, Industry Trends, and Field Data towards implementation and operations. </li><li>Datacenter or Network Site Development – Create bill of materials and translate high-level design into low-level design and collaboration. </li><li>Design Reviews and Quality Assurance – Participate or contribute to network design or code reviews. </li></ul>Maintain and Operate Networks<ul><li>Monitoring, analyze &amp; debugging, and Troubleshooting network infrastructure; participate in on-call/Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) duties and create root cause analysis for network incidents. </li><li>Continuous Improvement, testing and validation of network devices. </li><li>Deployment Management - Work within a team of engineers to manage network deployments, work with a machine-readable definition of the network deployment. </li><li>Troubleshooting of network routing protocols (e.g., IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP), TCP/UDP/HTTP(s), and overlay technologies such as EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG. </li><li>Network and Security management expertise to drive compliance against security objectives. </li></ul>Supporting People and Execution<ul><li>Collaboration - Collaborate within and across teams by proactively sharing information with an appropriate level of detail for their audience; overcome obstacles by resolving conflicts and issues across interdependent teams and engage with partners and stakeholders so issues can be resolved, and mutual objectives are met. </li><li>Mentorship / Development - Mentor and provide feedback to other engineers, while also proactively seeking mentorship and feedback from others; share ideas and insights for improving team-oriented behaviors, including DevOps and live site handling skills.</li></ul>