Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Dublin, Ireland
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Date posted
Sep 25, 2025
Job number
1879159
Work site
3 days / week in-office
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Profession
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview
Are you passionate about shaping the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with state-of-the-art regional and data center networking technologies?
Do you dream of connecting countless Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Central Processing Units (CPUs) with high-speed network to create the next generation of computing power for every person and every organization around the world?
Do you aspire to make the physical network that enables this new level of human civilization accessible, reliable, self-healing, and ubiquitous?
If so, this role is the perfect fit for you.
We are looking for a creative and hard-working Senior Cloud Network Automation Engineer in Azure Hyperscale Physical Network team.
In this position, you will have the opportunity to operate the world biggest cloud network for AI, collaborate on new design/architecture operational readiness, and develop automation and management platforms to make the network accessible, reliable, and self-healing.
We're passionate about automating every facet of the network to converge on a self-growing, self-healing network.
We want engineers that are equally passionate and can look at the problems with a customer's perspective to create user experiences that truly enable and empower the team to achieve more.
This role offers the chance to accelerate your career growth in a booming area of technological innovation, gain deep expertise in new networking design tailored for AI applications, and master the skills needed for large-scale network automation.
Join us in making a difference and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 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 technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
Experience in networking, scripting, and software development.
Familiarity/hands-on experience with network device operating systems (Sonic, Arista, Cisco, Juniper)
Cisco CCNA (or equivalent) and experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and Windows servers
Experience with writing automation in languages such as Python, Powershell or C#
Experience with writing scripts that use REST APIs, Syslog, XML, SNMP, and other Network Management Systems
Other Qualifications:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check at hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
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 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 technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND technical experience in network design, development, and automation
Experience delivering network designs into production and live site accountability for a network
Knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals and understanding of IP networking MPLS, BGP, ISIS, OSPF and Anycast routing
Experience managing and troubleshooting network issues on large-scale networks
Leadership, coordination, and teamwork skills.
Ability to work independently on complex tasks
Motivated to drive leading edge technologies; understanding of TCP/IP, BGP and AnyCast
Responsibilities
Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
Contributes to the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product area with limited oversight.
Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, 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) 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 availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations .
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