Senior Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Top Secret
Company: Microsoft
Location: Reston
Posted on: February 26, 2026
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Job Description:
Are you interested in working on cutting-edge cloud security
products Would you like to be part of one of the world’s most
advanced cyber-security solutions and protect millions of computers
from thousands of active attack attempts, every month Look no
further than the Microsoft Defender engineering team. We are
looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who will be building
and delivering cloud solutions to meet the scale that few companies
in the industry are required to support. Leveraging
state-of-the-art technologies, you will be instrumental in
delivering holistic protection within highly sensitive and secure
government environments. The Microsoft Defender team is responsible
for delivering a constantly evolving set of services and solutions
to meet the challenging landscape of our ever-evolving attackers.
This is a team which provides on-call operational support and
improvements to the operational posture of the Microsoft Defender
products within US Government clouds. You will operate our
production services, and work closely with other engineering teams
to ensure services and systems are highly stable, meet performance
SLAs, and meet the expectations of internal and external customers
and users. The Microsoft Defender team is responsible for
delivering a constantly evolving set of services and solutions to
meet the challenging landscape of our ever-evolving attackers.
Responsibilities Ensure 24x7 Service Reliability: Act as a
Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in an on-call rotation,
leading incident response and resolution to maintain uptime and
performance for Microsoft’s most critical services. Support and
Automate Deployments: Execute and improve manual operations and
deployments for our products, while designing automation to scale
and streamline those processes across environments. Build Scalable
Systems: Develop automation for monitoring, alerting, debugging,
and deployment to reduce manual effort and accelerate safe,
reliable delivery. Drive Compliance and Security: Ensure systems
meet Microsoft’s standards for security, privacy, and
accessibility, especially when onboarding new technologies. Lead
Post-Incident Learning: Conduct postmortems, share insights, and
implement solutions that prevent recurrence—fostering a culture of
learning and continuous improvement. Collaborate Across Teams:
Partner with engineering and product teams to align reliability
goals with customer needs and deliver seamless user experiences.
Stay Ahead Technically: Continuously invest in your technical
growth to improve system availability, observability, and
performance at scale. Qualifications Required Qualifications
Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or
related field AND 2 years technical experience in software
engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or
related field AND 4 years technical experience in software
engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR
equivalent experience. Other Requirements Security Clearance
Requirements: Candidates must be able 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: The successful candidate
must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security
screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to
maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer
screening requirements may result in employment action up to and
including termination. Clearance Verification: This position
requires successful verification of the stated security clearance
to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked
to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of
employment. 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 Computer Science, Information
Technology, or related field AND 3 years technical experience in
software engineering, network engineering, or systems
administration OR Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information
Technology, or related field AND 6 years technical experience in
software engineering, network engineering, or systems
administration OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information
Technology, or related field AND 8 years technical experience in
software engineering, network engineering, or systems
administration OR equivalent experience. 3 years technical
experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
Site Reliability Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for
this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
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