Senior Datacenter Systems Engineer

Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Senior Datacenter Systems Engineer you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Derive requirements for datacenter power and cooling systems based on high level concepts.

• Provides make-versus-buy recommendations to management with tradeoffs based on complexity, financial impact, quality, reliability, and time duration.

• Creates robust, scalable, secure and extensible verification plans for the hardware engineering aspects of data centers.

• Drive system engineering analysis of the proposed requirements.

• Identify key system inflection points to aid in design specific decisions.

• Drive brainstorming sessions for various technical teams in the organization.

• Influence and communicate: Lead executive-level communication and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

• Lead cross-functional teams to drive implementation of strategic projects: from defining plans, monitoring progress, tracking key metrics, and removing roadblock to delivering results.

• Support Monthly Business Review content and meetings.

• Manage work in Azure Dev Ops and associated tracking tools.

• Embody our Culture (~~~) and Values (~~~)

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

• OR related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

• OR related field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

• OR related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience.

• 7+ years experience in system engineering

• 5+ years experience with datacenter power AND/OR cooling system deployment in production datacenters

• 5+ years experience in working with hardware engineering teams, software engineering teams and product engineering teams.

Other Requirements:

Ability 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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

• OR related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

• OR related field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

• OR related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience.

• 10+ years with power system engineering

• 5+ years experience with datacenter power system deployment in production datacenters

• 4+ years experience with reporting and data analysis systems & platforms (e.g., PowerBI)

Hardware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

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