Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.  Cloud and 5G are two of the most powerful forces transforming technology today.  The Azure for Operators team (A4O) is at the forefront of this change, developing global communication core and edge technologies that help Telco Operators, Enterprise, and Government to accelerate this transformation through Azure.  

In A4O, you will find Microsoft’s Cloud DNA combined with the industry expertise and Entrepreneurship of recently acquired Metaswitch and Affirmed Networks.  You will find a team that values diversity in our perspectives and approaches to make Azure the platform of choice for the 5G era.  

Private 5G Networks are on the rise, fuelling industry 4.0 drive. It’s a game-changer for enterprises, who require 5G connectivity capabilities to drive smart factories, internet of things (IoT), etc. We are hiring in our Bangalore to develop brand new Azure Service (s) that will enable operators & enterprises across the globe to seamlessly deploy (from months to a day), operate & monitor private 5G/4G mobile core networks at enterprise edge locations.  

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a growing team of software engineers; create clarity, communicate team’s vision, strategy and progress to peers, partners, and senior leaders; provide expert guidance, hands-on assistance, best practices, and trainings, establishes team culture with emphasis on quality, customer love, and engineering agility, removing barriers, and enabling the team to be productive  
• Effectively lead architectural reviews, planning and execution processes, creating robust engineering plans and prioritizing work across teams. Make timely decisions to meet quality, security, reliability, and shipping goals  

• Consistently identify, reward, and manage growth of highly performing engineering talent and help all team members achieve the most in their careers  
• Build a team with diverse viewpoints and capabilities needed to achieve current and future business objectives, promote inclusive culture  
• Find opportunities for collaboration across teams even geographically distributed including program management, work on cross-team commitments, and achieve scale by enabling the work of others  
• Set a culture of craftmanship within the team and help teams make long term architecture decisions  
• Translate business requirements into a strategy for systems solutions, derive data driven insights, building experiences that empower users to do more. Define well thought out design patterns and code with an emphasis on quality, simplicity, and maintainability, and performance that others can follow to ensure proper application architecture  

• Responsible for understanding, recommending, and adapting to modern technologies, tools, methods, and processes  
• Lead the continuous improvement of engineering and quality practices. Work across business groups to ensure the long-term integrity of a product area. Demonstrate personal commitment to technical advancement. Guide the organization to deliver high-quality and innovative solutions 

Qualifications

• Leadership experience managing a high-performing technical team, including hiring, developing, and retaining talent, building an open diverse and inclusive working environment where everyone feels belonging and welcomed  
• Experience defining requirements, architecting, and designing software and code review practices  
• Ability to work cross-functionally, to influence for impact, to handle ambiguity, to solve problems, to manage stakeholders and expectations, to wear many hats at a time and to learn quickly from failure  
• Being data driven, customer focused, collaborative, structured, self-motivated with a strong drive for results reaching across teams and organizations internationally and with cultural sensitivity  
• Ability to leverage both quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive great decision making  
• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills through all levels of the organization, technical and non‐technical  

• Native or professional fluency in English  
• Bachelor and/or graduate degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent    Experience in developing & shipping scalable and highly available enterprise or cloud-based applications. 
• Strong problem solving & communication skills. 
• Expertize in C# or  Java
• Experience in Telecom Network Management Systems (NMS, EMS).
• Experience in CICD such as Azure DevOps and Jenkins. 

• Experience in building or operating an Azure 1st party service or equivalent is a great value add. 
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus. 
• Familiarity with mobile packet core (4G / 5G) is a plus. 

Who You Are? 

• Highly energetic and proactive with growth mindset  
• Passionate about the latest developments in technology  
• You are excited to innovate and understand the balance between trying something new and doing something tried.  
• You ask thoughtful questions, are not afraid to fail, and constantly seek to be better.  

• A collaborative team player with the ability to shift gears quickly, efficiently, and effectively.  
• Dependable and reliable with clear thinking and attention to details 

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