Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python
OR equivalent experience
Systems experience in hands-on software development of large-scale reliable and performant distributed systems

Nice to Have:

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python
OR equivalent experience
Distributed storage systems software development experience

Lead identification of areas across Azure Storage to improve efficiency and cost of the overall storage fleet.
Analyze entire Azure storage fleet to identify and mitigate performance issues while maintaining or improving overall cost.
Look for opportunities to optimize placement of hot and cold data from different customers with different requirements, while meeting their performance and capacity requirements, and minimizing Azure’s cost.
Work with the capacity organization and drive capacity modeling work to allow better planning and purchasing of resources.
Drive the engineering work needed to achieve cogs and performance improvements. Partner with the Project Manager, the Capacity and the engineering organizations responsible for the different offerings to ensure adoption and success.
Develop and document new ideas and prototype them in partnership with others as needed. Work with appropriate stakeholders (Leadership Team, Product Management) to drive new ideas to success.
Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor systems/products/services for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.

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