The Azure Platform Engineer role at Microsoft Ads focuses on building and evolving a foundational platform for AI-driven advertising. The team aims to empower internal engineering teams with secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions. This position combines cloud architecture consulting, Infrastructure as Code expertise, and AI tooling to enhance productivity and reduce operational complexity. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to implement cloud best practices and promote innovation.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in Microsoft Azure and Terraform or experience with AWS or GCP and a solid interest in Azure.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and at least one programmatic IaC framework such as CDKTF, CDKTN, Pulumi, or Bicep.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in programming or scripting with modern software development practices, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially explaining technical concepts to non-specialist audiences.
• 6+ years of experience deploying and managing Azure infrastructure, especially globally distributed and highly available systems.

• Build and maintain secure-by-default, reusable Terraform and CDKTF/CDKTN modules to standardize and accelerate Azure infrastructure deployments.
• Consult with internal engineering teams to guide cloud architecture design, optimize for cost and security, and ensure alignment with platform standards.
• Develop automation and AI-driven interfaces that improve internal usability, accelerate onboarding, and unlock developer productivity.
• Drive security and compliance remediation across many repositories and teams, using automation and reusable patterns rather than manual effort.
• Own shared observability and deployment tooling, including managed Grafana, alert quality, and deployment automation.
• Design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines and operational tooling.
• Write high-quality documentation and communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences in a clear, engaging way.
• Participate in platform strategy discussions and contribute to cross-team technical direction.

• 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.