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Principal Cloud Network Engineer

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Redmond, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/1/2026
Overview

The Azure Edge team is looking for highly motivated and talented engineers to design and build state-of-the-art services that provide route security and reliability into the networking stack for one of the biggest networks in the world.

We are looking for Principal Cloud Network Engineer. Our team operates one of the biggest network infrastructures on the planet. The team manages Edge network for entire Microsoft, connecting more than 200 Edge sites and more than 60 Microsoft Azure regions across the globe. With the mission of reaching every human on the planet within 25ms, we are constantly innovating technologies to build the world's most reliable, performant, and secure network infrastructure.

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

  • Specializing on the WAN, the engineer will gather requirements, develop innovative solutions, prototype them in a physical and emulated lab environment, pilot it in production, document and operationalize the chosen solution.
  • Resolve live site issues by troubleshooting complex network components and features
  • Lead customer-facing and critical troubleshooting efforts under time sensitive situations.
  • Writing drivers and abstraction layer for deploying new routing features across the network, enabling fast deployment and quality operations
  • Support innovation and cost management by developing new ideas for network systems and tools that meet customer and/or business needs.
  • Capacity Planning and Performance Optimization Analyze dashboards, metrics, and traffic patterns across network infrastructures to assess current performance and anticipate future capacity needs.

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

  • Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3 years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4 years 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 6 years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR equivalent experience.

Other Qualifications:

  • 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 qualifications:

  • Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5 years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8 years 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 12 years technical experience in network design, development, and automation OR equivalent experience.
  • 3 years experience delivering network designs into production and experience with live site accountability for a network.
  • 1 year(s) experience developing quality management programs.

Cloud Network Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

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.

Salary : $139,900 - $304,200

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