To delight customers in a Cloud First world, Microsoft delivers highly available online services with cutting edge features and innovative functionality lighting up on a regular basis. Quality of service (QoS) is paramount as we continue to make deep investment in Microsoft Azure and its expanding customer base who rely on our services to run their diverse businesses. Availability, reliability, and performance are all key differentiators that customers demand and expect in cloud services when choosing a provider.

Azure has one of the largest storage services on the planet, holding Exabytes of data and files not just for our 3rd party customers, but also many of Microsoft’s own services from OneDrive through Xbox. Managing storage hardware lifecycle and service growth from ensuring scale units are built with ideal hardware in both performance and functionality.

As a developer on the Azure Storage Hardware team; you will work on varied tasks and projects - from working on the newest cloud hardware, development and implementation of testing scenarios, diagnostics, and implementation to accommodate our ever-changing platform and offerings.

Azure Storage Hardware team is a fast-paced team that just likes to get stuff done. You will work with smart people who care deeply about creating a fun and supportive workplace, and you will have an incredible opportunity to learn and grow.

We are looking for the engineer or developer that wants to grow and excel, those who seek out challenges and always willing to take on the next new project. This role is perfect for someone who loves to find all the interesting ways to stress, test, and push hardware components to their limits. We focus on the infrastructure and hardware health of the entire fleet of Azure Storage, this role is a focus on the pre-deployment testing and validation of components for the entire fleet.

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities include:

• Test new hardware components such as SSD, HDD, Memory, CPU, and other specialized components to their maximum
• Find the next new corner case of failure in a lab
• Analyze and validate test results to given metrics
• Ensure the functionality of new components meet or exceed Azure Storage requirements
• Partner with internal and external teams on performance bug resolution

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years hardware test engineering
• Basic Server hardware component knowledge
• Experience with driving test plans for hardware components

Preferred Qualifications:

• Intermediate server hardware component knowledge
• Experience with building test automation
• Experience with cloud hardware architecture
• Ability to read and understand C++ code
• Systems Engineering experience
• Windows kernel debugging experience
• Hardware debugging experience

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 every two years.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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