Site Reliability Engineer II

Overview

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the business intelligence team builds and maintains Power BI which is the undisputed leader in BI tool in the industry today and serves as the bridge between data professionals & Office users. Power BI’s core value proposition is to enable end users to get answers & insights from their data through data visualization.

Within this organization, the Analysis Services Engine (AS) team builds and evolves the analytical database engine that powers Power BI Semantic Models (Datasets) as well as SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and Azure Analysis Services (AAS). These platforms deliver fast, enterprise-grade analytics at global scale and serve as a critical foundation for customers turning data into decisions.

As a Site Reliability Engineer II, you will help ensure the reliability, scalability, availability, and performance of Analysis Services. You will apply a software engineering approach to operations by building automation, improving observability, strengthening incident response, and enhancing system resilience. This role is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about operating large-scale services with high quality and efficiency while enabling fast and safe delivery.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Responsibilities

• Work with all aspects of a high throughput and multi-tenant service.
• Collaborate effectively within the team and with partner teams across Microsoft.
• Be part of the on-call rotation for maintaining service health.
• Design, implement, and refine chosen solutions in close partnership with Product Management and partner teams.
• Champion operational excellence via established metrics, process governance, and policy controls for regular assessment and improvement.
• Document and define existing data engineering processes, data and technology, while evaluating them for optimization.
  
  

Core Responsibilities Breakdown Includes

• System Reliability & Uptime – Ensuring high availability of services.
• Incident Management – Detecting, responding to, and mitigating system failures.
• Performance Monitoring – Tracking system health and resolving bottlenecks.
• Automation & Tooling – Reducing manual work through scripts and automation.
• Capacity Planning – Scaling infrastructure efficiently to handle demand.
• Postmortems & Continuous Improvement – Analyzing failures to prevent recurrence
  
  

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR equivalent experience.

Job Requirements: Other & Additional

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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  
  

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration

• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
  

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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