Microsoft
Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly
$102K–$219K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Reston, VA - Experience
- 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding; no stated alternatives to the years requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build, operate, and improve reliable cloud security services and engineering systems for Microsoft’s sovereign and government cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Build and improve scalable, highly reliable services and engineering practices for complex cloud environments.
- Design and automate service scaling features and customer requirements; investigate and fix pre-production and production issues.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, typically 24/7 for one week every 6–8 weeks, within a secure facility.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
- Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
- U.S. citizenship is required and will be verified.
Nice to have
- Understanding and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git; experience with Kubernetes and related technologies.
- Experience supporting large-scale production services, debugging issues across operating systems, applications, and cloud, or solving operational issues at scale.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Git, Kubernetes
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