Software Engineer II (DevOps)

Overview
Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.
Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.
Within Microsoft Fabric, the Data Integration team enables organizations to connect, move, and shape data across their entire data estate. As data is generated across applications, devices, and systems, our integration capabilities make it easy to ingest, transform, and prepare data for downstream use. Fabric’s unified integration experience simplifies how customers bring data together, ensuring it is trusted, usable, and ready to power analytics, real-time insights, and AI scenarios.
The Fabric Data Integration team is currently seeking DevOps Engineer – Azure/Fabric with expertise in Azure DevOps, CI/CD, PowerShell/Python, infrastructure automation, Git, Azure deployment technologies, monitoring, and troubleshooting. The role will focus on automating ADF and Microsoft Fabric region/cloud buildouts, building scalable deployment pipelines, improving operational reliability, and driving zero-touch automation. Experience with Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Airflow, ARM/Bicep, networking, identity, and multi-region cloud deployments is preferred.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
CI/CD & Release Engineering
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Git-based workflows.
Automate build, validation, deployment, and post-deployment verification.
Support safe promotion of changes across development, test, and production environments.
Improve deployment reliability through automated validation and quality gates.
Region & Cloud Buildout Automation
Automate infrastructure and service onboarding for new Azure regions and sovereign clouds.
Identify manual deployment steps and convert them into repeatable, zero-touch automation.
Develop reusable scripts/tools for pre-buildout, buildout, validation, and post-buildout activities.
Support ADF, ADMS, Fabric DI, and Airflow deployment workflows.
Infrastructure & Automation
Develop automation using PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, REST APIs, ARM/Bicep or equivalent infrastructure-as-code technologies.
Manage configuration across environments and regions.
Build automated health checks and deployment validation mechanisms.
Improve scalability and repeatability of infrastructure provisioning.
Reliability & Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot deployment, configuration, networking, authentication, certificate, and infrastructure issues.
Perform root-cause analysis and develop automation to prevent repeat failures.
Improve monitoring, diagnostics, alerting, and operational readiness.
Participate in production/live-site investigations and drive issues to closure.
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C#, Java, React, or Python ○ OR equivalent experience.
Experience in data integration or migrations or ELT or ETL tooling is mandatory Strong experience with Azure DevOps / CI-CD pipelines
PowerShell and/or Python scripting
Git and branch/PR workflows
Azure infrastructure and deployment concepts
Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation
REST APIs and automation tooling
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
Monitoring, logging, and incident investigation experience
Kubernetes/AKS and container technologies
Other Requirements
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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Job Requirements: Other & Additional
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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
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 Master'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.
ARM/Bicep
Azure networking and Managed VNet concepts
Azure identity, Managed Identity, Service Principal, RBAC, certificates
Experience with multi-region or sovereign-cloud deployments
Kusto / Azure Monitor / Geneva or similar observability platforms
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Work arrangement
Hybrid