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The Azure Edge + Platform (AE+P) organization’s portfolio spans the Cloud Edge Stack, Azure Sovereign Clouds, Azure Edge Security, Azure Engineering Systems, Azure Media Services and Microsoft’s Operating Systems including the Azure Host OS, Windows, and Linux. This portfolio impressively powers the world with more than one billion monthly active devices, delivers Azure to Customer in their premises and Sovereign regions, and seeks to accelerate growth for Azure, Experiences & Devices, and Microsoft’s customers worldwide.

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The Linux Systems Group is building the Linux based technologies at Microsoft, and we are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our team in Bangalore IDC. If you are the one who is interested in working on Linux and open-source projects; build and lead highly motivated team that participates in creating and delivering the next generation of technologies that powers Azure’s private and public cloud infrastructures, that is currently impacting millions of customers across the planet. This is the job for you!

Responsibilities

Required Qualifications:

• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of experience in triaging, debugging, and fixing Linux kernel issues discovered in test and production environments.

• Understanding and hands on experience with the Linux kernel and its core functionality like memory management, process scheduling, networking, storage, file system, etc.

• Knowledge of Linux kernel debugging tools, such as crash, drgn, and/or modern tracing tools is desired.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Competent in designing, developing, debugging, and validating excellent products.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with external entities (open-source communities, standards bodies, customers and/or partners)

• Passionate about quality and engineering excellence as one needs to work as an all-rounder engineer focusing on Dev, Test, and Support

• Knowledge in Python and one of the modern programming languages like Rust will be a boost.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

• Interest in measuring/improving Linux kernel performance, including I/O characteristics, memory usage patterns, etc.

• Knowledge of RPM-based packaging

• A history of contributing to the Linux kernel or other open-source projects

• Technical passion, terrific problem-solving skills, and self-motivated.

#IDCAzureEPHiring

Our team plays a key leadership role in Azure by driving Linux and open-source technologies, solutions, and strategy. In this role, you will work closely with internal and external customers, coordinate design and coding across multiple projects, and partner with independent teams in disparate geographic locations. You will work closely with upstream open-source projects, representing Microsoft as a strong community partner and contributor. You will be working on research and development in cutting edge accelerations and optimizations to power future public and private clouds. You will define and push the limits of innovative technologies -- working with the latest hardware, the largest servers, and even larger datacentres.

If you love to solve the large-scale enterprise issues and enjoy working on system-level design and implementations, this is the right place for you! Come and join us to build our next generation Cloud Infrastructure together, which will have significant impact on millions of customers across the planet!

Qualifications

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .