The Software Engineer II role is part of the Microsoft Defender engineering team, which focuses on developing cutting-edge cloud security products to protect users from cyber threats. This combined DevOps team is responsible for cloud design, service architecture, and engineering infrastructure. The position requires collaboration with other engineering teams to ensure high stability and performance of services. The role also involves conducting business reviews and operating production services in complex cloud environments.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Candidates must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
• Verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

• Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for application architecture and cloud design.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure services and systems are highly stable and performant.
• Build and improve services to be scalable and highly reliable.
• Help deliver and improve engineering systems and practices in complex cloud environments.
• Investigate pre-production and production issues, implementing and deploying fixes.
• Participate in an on-call rotation within a secure facility.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.