Software Engineer III - CTJ - POLY Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineer III - CTJ - POLY with Security Clearance
Overview Join a team dedicated to building robust, scalable data analytics infrastructure and automation solutions for your fellow Designated Responsible Individuals (DRIs). You'll collaborate with engineers who value reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence, empowering others to deliver high-impact data solutions across multiple environments. As a Software Engineer, you will:
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines.
- Deploy artifacts across diverse environments, ensuring smooth and reliable releases.
- Build and scale data analytics infrastructure, including schema synchronization, function orchestration, ETL processes, and ingestion pipelines.
- Develop and expand automated tooling to streamline engineering workflows and improve operational efficiency.
- Collaborate with other engineers to deliver consistent data analysis capabilities across all environments.
- This role is focused on infrastructure automation and engineering-not AI or data science. 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 Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with stakeholders to determine requirements for CI/CD and data infrastructure scenarios.

* Drive the design, implementation, and optimization of deployment pipelines and automation tools.

* Build, maintain, and scale data analytics infrastructure, including schema management and ETL pipelines.

* Guide and mentor other engineers on best practices for automation and deployment.

* Proactively seek new technologies and patterns to improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability.

* Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for critical systems, ensuring uptime and rapid incident response.

* Partner with engineering teams to deliver consistent, high-quality data solutions.

* Emboby our culture and values Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements:
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:

* Experience…