Microsoft
Sr. Software Engineer -CTJ- Poly
$120K–$261K
Reston, VA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 30, 2026
- Location
- Reston, VA
Redmond, WA - Experience
- 2+ years technical experience; preferred alternatives: 3+ years with a master's degree, or 5+ years with a bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs, deploys, and operates Dataverse services in air-gapped environments, meeting security, compliance, reliability, and performance requirements.
What you'll do
- Lead architecture discussions and develop design specifications that address performance, security, and compliance.
- Collaborate across teams to ensure subsystem scalability, performance, and live-site readiness.
- Automate production deployments and serve as a DRI for monitoring, incident resolution, and postmortem analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a listed or related field and 2+ years of technical experience in a listed engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- Hands-on experience supporting complex IT environments and understanding system and service management challenges.
- Experience operating in large distributed or air-gapped environments, focusing on reliability, security, and compliance; recent experience with Azure or equivalent hyperscale cloud technologies.
- U.S. citizenship; ability to meet security screening requirements, including an active Top-Secret clearance with CI or FSP (if CI, willingness to upgrade to FSP).
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a listed or related field and 3+ years of technical experience, or bachelor's degree and 5+ years, or equivalent experience.
- 1+ year of technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Azure, Dataverse, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365
AI focus
Uses and develops AI software tools to improve engineering productivity and code quality; shares knowledge of AI and new technologies.
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