Are you interested in being part of a brand-new team within Microsoft Azure Networking working on security at cloud scale?

We are part of the Azure networking team responsible for designing, building and operating critical network services that will help us differentiate from our fierce competitors and generate new revenue. We are responsible for enabling enterprises to connect their on-premise networks and devices to the cloud, in the most secure and performant way possible. Our team also builds application delivery services such as load balancing and firewalls.  At the core of these services is a solid SDN and NFV infrastructure that we continuously innovate on to improve agility, reliability and cost effectiveness of our services.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer for a new team working on a security service. Microsoft Israel is home to over 1000 of Microsoft employees, across 23 teams to drive close collaboration and an amazing team environment.

You will work on expanding our security services for Azure Firewall and next-generation security services. Azure Firewall is a highly scalable software service helping secure customer environments in the cloud. We are a customer-oriented team, focused on building quality-driven, reliable products with a great user experience. We are a fast-growing team globally with a diverse culture.

If you are a strong developer, passionate about Cloud and Web technologies, eager to work in fast-paced startup environment, with good cross-team collaboration skills, then this is the position for you. In this role, you will get an opportunity to design, implement and deploy a highly-scalable, reliable service from scratch. You will be able to influence and collaborate with teams within and outside Microsoft, to build end-to-end scenario and value-driven products for customers. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity for technical and career growth.

Excited by the possibility of working on a cross-cutting with a world class team? We would love to talk to you!

Responsibilities

 We seek candidates with expertise in:

• Knowledge of networking and distributed systems
• Experience in systems programming with solid design and coding skills
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, asynchronous architectures and distributed algorithms
• Experience in concurrency, multithreading and synchronization
• Knowledge of switching and routing protocols, transport protocols (TCP/UDP), security protocols (IPSec, SSL), Virtualization (Hypervisors, virtual machine switching), performance optimization, hardware offloads

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience, ship multiple services in Azure or related products
• Networking & Security knowledge is strongly preferred. Past experiences working with global engineering teams is also highly valued
• Strong collaborative and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment; Passion and drive for profound impact
• Proficiency in Programming languages (C#, C/C++, Golang, Python etc.) with expertise in troubleshooting and debugging skills, and Azure technologies
• BS or MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

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. 

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