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Senior Cloud Network Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Sep 26, 2025 | |
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OverviewThe Azure Hyperscale Networking Team is growing and we're looking for a Senior Cloud Network Engineer with computer networking experience to help design, test, deploy and operate our WAN backbone network. We seek engineers who share our passion and can approach problems from a customer's perspective, creating user experiences that genuinely enable and empower our partners. Focusing on the global backbone network, and working closely with partner teams in Azure Networking, you'll be a critical part designing and developing automation and large-scale services that drive our network to autonomy. This will include owning components from design through to deployment and operations for our existing network, and for the new infrastructure needed to support Cloud & AI traffic loads. This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Microsoft Azure and offers a terrific opportunity for technical and career growth. 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.
ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement scalable, secure, and highperformance network solutions for WAN and backbone infrastructure. Develop innovative solutions and prototype them in lab environments before production rollout. Document designs, processes, and operational playbooks Design and onboard next generation routing platforms into production environments. Validate new devices, firmware, and configurations using automated test frameworks. Build and maintain automation frameworks for network configuration, deployment, and monitoring. Implement telemetry and observability solutions for proactive issue detection. Resolve live site issues by troubleshooting complex network components and features under timesensitive conditions. Lead critical customerfacing troubleshooting efforts and drive rootcause analysis for major incidents. | |