Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly with Security Clearance
Overview Security and sovereignty are rapidly reshaping the expectations of our customers operating in highly regulated environments. Our team is building a new sovereign-cloud-first Azure product, engineered from day one to meet strict security, compliance, and operational requirements. You will help design and deliver core capabilities that integrate deeply with Microsoft cloud tooling, enabling secure, reliable, and compliant workflows across the Azure ecosystem.

As a Software Engineer II, you will contribute to both the architecture and implementation of this new product. You will design services that emphasize reliability, supportability, and operational clarity, and you'll help establish the engineering patterns that allow the team to "build what we want to operate." You will also take a meaningful role in incident response leadership, helping diagnose issues, implement durable fixes, and continuously improve our live-site posture.
If you are passionate about building new Azure capabilities, improving reliability through smart automation, and operating cloud services with a strong sense of ownership, this team offers the opportunity to shape a high-impact product from the ground up while growing across a broad technical surface area. 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 Technical Excellence & Product Development
* Contribute to the design and implementation of a new sovereign-cloud-first Azure product, integrating with existing Microsoft cloud tooling and platform services.

* Participate in architectural discussions that balance reliability, simplicity, maintainability, and long-term sustainability.

* Build services, Application Programming Interface (APIs), and tools designed to be operable, diagnosable, and maintainable, with an emphasis on "build what we want to operate."
Reliability, Operations & Incident Leadership
* Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) on rotation, monitoring for issues, triaging incidents, and driving mitigations within Service Level Agreement (SLA) expectations.

* Lead incident response for your areas: perform deep diagnostics, identify root causes, implement durable fixes, and contribute to high-quality post-incident reviews.

* Instrument features and services with meaningful telemetry to improve visibility, alerting, performance tracking, and early issue detection.

* Use operational data and insights to guide improvements in availability, reliability, and service health.
Automation & Engineering Systems
* Develop scripts, tooling, and automation to reduce manual effort, eliminate operational friction, and enable safer, faster production changes.

* Help build the engineering systems, pipelines, and validation processes that support reliable release and deployment workflows in sovereign environments.
Engineering Systems,Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD)& Team Agility
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, build/release systems, and modern engineering workflows.

* Familiarity with agile development practices, with an emphasis on continuous improvement of team processes, tooling, and engineering quality.

* History of developing automation and tooling to remove manual effort, improve release safety, and accelerate team velocity.
Security, Compliance & Sovereign Cloud Requirements
* Apply secure-by-design principles appropriate to sovereign cloud scenarios, including least privilege, defense in depth, and compliant data handling.

* Help validate and reinforce compliance expectations across new features, integrations, and operational workflows.

* Understanding of secure-by-design engineering practices, identity and access fundamentals, and compliance considerations in cloud environments.
Knowledge of data-handling, access control, or operational requirements relevant to sovereign or regulated cloud scenarios.
Collaboration & Growth Mindset
* Collaborate with engineering partners across Azure to deliver integrated solutions that work seamlessly with Microsoft cloud tooling and infrastructure.

* Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical deep dives; share learnings and help elevate team engineering standards.

* Demonstrate a growth mindset, a bias for action, and a commitment to building reliable, high-quality software.

* Proven experience partnering across engineering teams or disciplines to deliver integrated solutions.

* Demonstrated curiosity, willingness to learn new technologies, and commitment to improving both personal and team-level engineering practices. Other:
* Embody our Culture and Values Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree in…