Microsoft Digital (MSD) builds and manages the critical products and services that Microsoft runs on. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances at Microsoft and for our customers, while helping Microsoft teams work smarter, faster, and more securely every day. Microsoft Digital employees have deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. We are engineers, technology leaders and experts, digital transformation change agents, and customer advocates. The Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering Services (IES) organization is for those technology professionals who want to be strategic partners to the business and be the first place to create innovative solutions using Microsoft and industry leading products and services. Unlike other enterprise organizations, IES employees create global impact for thousands of partners and employees. Name Resolution and IP Services (NRIPS), manages the enterprise DNS, DHCP and IPAM used for internal networks. We are looking for a **Cloud Network Engineer II** with a good grasp of DNS on enterprise networks, who can apply knowledge of network technologies to troubleshoot DNS and DHCP issues on large networks. In this role, you will independently develop reliable, secure, scalable, and high-performance designs for network components using Infrastructure as Code approach with DevOps. This succssful candidate for this role will have a background creating low-code or no-code workflows for monitoring and alerting based on network telemetry. This role is located at the Redmond campus with 3 days per week work in the office and 2 days per week work from home. Relocation support is available. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. **Responsibilities** + Supports efforts to apply debugging tools and examines logs, telemetry, and other methods to verify assumptions proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur for product features. Conducts retrospective debugging of solutions to identify root causes of problems. + Contributes to the design and implementation of automated tools and services to increase engineering efficiency, reduce operational burden, and reduce human errors in production. + Uses existing automation and makes suggestions for improvements to existing automation to increase efficiency, security, and reduce errors based on learnings and experience. + The ability to use network configuration tools and software to monitor and analyze network traffic and performance to administer changes to hardware and software, including throughput, individual response time, and availability. Act as the Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for service, including being on call to address any urgent issues that may arise. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation + OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation + OR equivalent experience. + Experienced with the implementation of infrastructure implementation via DevOps pipelines with a good understanding of Terraform or BICEP. + Experienced with the Agile approach to engineering. + Experienced with data structures and database integration into low-code/no-code implementations. **Additional Qualifications:** + 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 Qualifications:** + Experience with reporting tools such as Logic Apps, Grafana, Power BI, Power Apps and other low code implementation platforms for monitoring system availability and performance. + Experience in hybrid environments with hands on experience with servers, networks, BGP, DNS, DHCP and IPAM. Cloud Network Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Setpember 30, 2025. \#MSD \#MSDJOBS Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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