Site Reliability Engineer II

Microsoft

2 - 5 years

Noida

Posted: 22/09/2025

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Job Description

Overview

Do you want to work on a product that is used by millions of people around the world daily, and growing rapidly? Do you care deeply about how software is designed with a focus on supporting global scale? Do you want to be part of a world-class team that continuously pushes the boundary of service and engineering excellence?

The Web Experience and Services Team is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer II who is passionate about working on high-scale geo-distributed services. These services power the infrastructure behind the Office web applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, which are part of the Office 365 suite. We are gearing up to modernize our infrastructure and services to further push the limits of scalability and reliability. If you want hands-on experience in designing, building, and running global services in the M365 and Azure ecosystem – at a scale not often found in the industry - this is the role for you.   

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

4+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
3+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in cloud infrastructure management and DevOps.
Expertise in one and/or familiarity with multiple programming / scripting languages, such as Python, Batch, PowerShell.
Solid knowledge of software engineering principles, patterns, and practices, and agile methodologies.
Experience with managing infrastructure and troubleshooting with cloud platforms and services, such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Comfortable in operations with Virtual machines and containers.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Passion for learning new skills and technologies and sharing them with others.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with cloud platforms and services, such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Passion for learning new skills and technologies and sharing them with others.

Responsibilities

Own Ship-driving for deploying online builds.
Troubleshooting software and hardware issues.
Develop mechanisms / scripts to make site reliability tasks more efficient.
Defining new components with understanding of service interdependencies and limitations.
Possess knowledge and is curious to learn more about performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
Work effectively with product development and engineering teams.
You must be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive, and result oriented.

About Company

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is best known for its software products, including the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, and Azure cloud services. The company also produces hardware like the Surface devices and owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and the Xbox gaming brand. Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies, playing a key role in personal computing, enterprise software, AI, and cloud computing.