The constant growth in secure cloud infrastructure brings new technical challenges as we continue to meet evolving customer needs. The Airgap OneDeploy team is hiring experienced engineers to join our diverse team to help build and maintain the most foundational deployment infrastructure in Azure. Help us keep Azures most important services running smoothly, securely, and in parity across our secure multi-cloud environments! As a Software Engineer II on this team, you will design and build solutions that enhance monitoring, self‑healing, velocity, and automation of deployments. You will dive deep into the architecture of Azure’s multi-cloud deployment pipeline to ensure improvements in specialized environments strengthen the entire platform. This opportunity will allow you to develop deep expertise in foundational cloud infrastructure, strengthen your skills in distributed deployment systems, and gain experience building resilient services from the ground up in air gapped clouds. Your work will directly contribute to Microsoft’s ability to meet customer needs across our government cloud offerings. Work will require secure on‑site access, but flexible arrangements, including partial work‑from‑home, are supported. Come join us as a Software Engineer II! 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/minimum qualifications<div>Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.</div><div> </div><div>Other Requirements:</div><div> </div><div>Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:    <ul><li>The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.</li><li>Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.</li></ul><ul><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li><li>Citizenship &amp; Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance </li></ul></div><div> </div>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Masters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.</li></ul> Software 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 for the role until October 31, 2025.  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.#Silver<ul><li>Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.</li><li>Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.</li><li>Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.</li><li>Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.</li><li>Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.</li><li>Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.</li><li>Embody our <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture" target="_blank">culture</a> and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values" target="_blank">values</a></li></ul>