Software Engineer III

Position Summary... What you'll do...
Role summary:
Asa Software Engineer III,youwilldesignanddevelopautomationsolutionsthatimprovethescalability,reliability,andefficiencyof

Microsoft'senterpriseinfrastructure.

Youwillbuildself-service platforms,infrastructure automation,andoperationaltoolingthatsupporthardwarelifecyclemanagement,provisioning,andfleet-scaleoperationsacrossmorethan
70,000servers.

Workingcloselywithdatacenteroperations,engineering teams,andvendorpartners,youwilltroubleshootcomplexproductionissues,driverootcauseanalysis,andimproveservicereliability.

Yourexpertisein Linux,cloud-native technologies,Infrastructure as Code(IaC),andautomationwillhelpreduceoperationaltoil,improveMTTR,andenablesustainableinfrastructuregrowth.
About the team:
The Enterprise Compute Frontline (ECF) team manages one of Microsoft’s largest on-premises infrastructure environments, supporting over 70,000 servers globally. The team focuses on hardware operations, infrastructure automation, incident response, observability, provisioning, and platform engineering to maintain service availability and reliability. Combining infrastructure expertise with software engineering, ECF develops automation, self-service platforms, AI-driven tools, and large-scale workflows that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual tasks.

Engineers tackle complex infrastructure challenges, directly influencing the scalability, reliability, and advancement of intelligent infrastructure operations.
What you'll do:

• Designandimplementautomationsolutionsforinfrastructureprovisioning,hardwarelifecyclemanagement,andfleet-scale operations.
• Automate break/fix workflows,incidentresponseprocesses,andoperationaltaskstoimproveefficiencyandreducemanualeffort.
• Develop self-service platforms,Infrastructure as Code(IaC) solutions,andCI/CDpipelinesthatimprovescalabilityandreliability.
• Troubleshootcomplexproductionissues,performrootcauseanalysis,anddriverapidservicerecoveryacrosslarge-scale environments.
• Collaboratewithdatacenteroperations,hardware vendors,andengineeringteamstosupportcriticalinfrastructureservices.
• Improveobservability,monitoring,compliance,andoperationalexcellencethroughautomationandplatformengineeringinitiatives.
• Participateinon-callrotationsanddrivecontinuousimprovementsthatreduceMTTRandincreaseservicereliability.

What you'll bring:

• Experiencemanagingandautomatinglarge-scale
  
  Linux,VMware/Nutanix,and Kubernetesenvironments.
• Strongexpertisein Python,Ansible,Infrastructure as Code(IaC),andCI/CD automation.
• Abilitytobuildself-serviceinfrastructuresolutionsthatimprovescalabilityandreduceoperationaltoil.
• Knowledgeofhardwarelifecyclemanagement,provisioning,break/fix operations,andreliabilityengineering.
• Strongtroubleshootingandrootcauseanalysisskillsinproductionenvironments.
• Experienceimprovingobservability,service reliability,andMTTRthroughautomation.
• Abilitytocollaborateacrossengineering,datacenteroperations,vendor teams,andcross-functional stakeholders.
• Experiencesupportinghighlyavailableservices,participatinginon-call rotations,drivingautomationinitiatives,improvingoperationalexcellence,andenablingresilientinfrastructureatscale.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick…