Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly with Security Clearance
Overview Join the Microsoft Specialized Cloud (MSC) team - the next generation of platform and experiences enabling Microsoft and Azure, the fastest-growing cloud platform in the world which makes billions of dollars in revenue. As a Software Engineer on the MSC team, you will work alongside multiple teams within Azure, Office, and throughout Microsoft to manage and automate a large-scale Commerce platform, provide world-class analytics to customers about their consumption and billing details, and set the stage for enterprises all around the world to interact with Azure and Office seamlessly and effectively, ensuring customers and partners can provision and transact from the Azure Marketplace.

We are looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all backgrounds, leveraging invaluable experience and perspectives to do and achieve more. 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.

Responsibilities Drive reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions across the Commerce stack, ensuring robust service design. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes and broad technical impact.
Support Commerce Platforms in dedicated clouds by mitigating issues with sustainable, forward-thinking solutions.
Leverage telemetry data to identify patterns and trends that enable continuous operational improvement through automation.
Develop scripts and automation to resolve complex problems and prevent recurrence of service issues.
Partner with internal customers and engineering teams to conduct root cause analyses, uphold security and compliance, and share end-to-end service expertise.
Identify and implement automation opportunities to monitor and manage distributed systems effectively.
Embody our culture and values Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

* OR equivalent experience. Security Clearance Requirements:
Candidates must be able 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:
* The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

* Clearance Verification:
This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

* Microsoft Cloud Background Check:
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
* Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:
This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

* Academic, internship, or early professional experience with cloud-based or distributed systems, including understanding of how services interact across layers.

* Exposure to Azure services and hands-on scripting using Power Shell and/or Python through coursework, labs, internships, or personal projects.

* Familiarity with monitoring, logging, or telemetry tools, with examples of using data to investigate or troubleshoot issues.

* Basic understanding of incident response concepts, including root cause analysis and learning from failures.

* Experience building scripts or small tools to automate repetitive tasks or improve reliability (academic, internship, or project-based).

* Introductory knowledge of CI/CD pipelines or deployment workflows through coursework, labs, or internships.

* Ability to debug and analyze technical issues, and clearly communicate findings to teammates.

* Interest in learning new technologies, improving…