Hardware Engineer II

OverviewDo you enjoy working on systems design and virtualization technology at a global scale? Are you passionate about contributing to a collaborative and inclusive environment while driving innovation in a fast-paced organization? If so, the Azure Compute Hardware Platform Innovation team could be the right place for you.As a Hardware Engineer II in Azure Compute, you will define and validate the hardware and virtualization technologies that power Azure's computational capabilities. You will collaborate with partners and customers to deliver innovative solutions and identify opportunities to improve efficiency. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact, accelerate your career growth, and continuously learn while delivering value to customers.You will contribute to the architecture of new systems as part of the core Azure infrastructure, including hardware platforms and virtualization. This position provides exposure to the challenges of operating at a global scale and the opportunity to design and optimize the next generation of Microsoft Azure offerings. You will also gain experience supporting new business models, applications, and operating models as we expand the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.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.

ResponsibilitiesWorks with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.Characterizes the performance of hardware components and platforms, and optimizes systems for performance, cost savings, and reliability.Builds and improves automation to aid in performance characterization, lab and scale testing, and onboarding of new hardware platformsContributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Creates and implements code for Azure offerings, reusing code as applicable.Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system / product feature / service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system / product / service for simple problems.Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.