Senior Software Engineer - Ctj - Ts/sci

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Reston, VA +2 · Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer role on the Cloud+AI Silver Dataverse Team, responsible for deploying and operating Dataverse services in an air-gapped, highly secured, and regulated environment. The role involves working on a hyperscale SaaS data and AI platform that underpins Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365, serving Fortune 500 companies for CRM/ERP needs. Key responsibilities include leading architecture, ensuring security and compliance, driving automation, and utilizing AI tools for engineering productivity. Requires experience in complex IT environments, distributed/air-gapped systems, and cloud technologies, with a strong emphasis on security and compliance due to the nature of the customers and environment. Active Top-Secret clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify dependencies across teams and incorporate them into design documents while collaborating to resolve conflicts
  2. Lead and own architecture discussions, develop complex design specifications, and ensure designs meet performance, security, and compliance requirements
  3. Collaborate with partner teams to ensure scalability, performance, and live-site readiness of subsystems
  4. Continuously update skills and share knowledge on engineering design principles and new technologies such as AI
  5. Utilize and develop AI software tools to improve engineering productivity and code quality
  6. Drive automation across production deployment to enable efficient, zero-touch releases
  7. Act as a designated responsible individual (DRI) for live site monitoring, incident resolution, and postmortem analysis

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR equivalent experience
  • Hands-on experience supporting complex IT environments, with a strong understanding of system and service management challenges
  • Experience operating in large distributed or air-gapped environments, with a focus on reliability, security, and compliance
  • Ability to build consensus and influence across teams to achieve common goals
  • Recent experience with Azure or equivalent hyperscale cloud technologies
  • U.S. citizenship verification is required
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including an active Top-Secret clearance with CI or FSP (if CI, willingness to upgrade to FSP) and successful completion of the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR equivalent experience
  • 1+ year(s) technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems

What the JD emphasized

  • security policy and assurance requirements
  • highly secured and regulated industries
  • U.S. citizenship verification is required
  • active Top-Secret clearance with CI or FSP