Microsoft Azure is building the fastest network in public cloud. We are seeking a Software Engineer II who live and breathe network acceleration, love to code, and wish to have an impact and a footprint in Microsoft's Azure cloud.

We innovate and implement software and hardware that radically accelerates many types of computations and functions of the Azure network. RDMA is a centerpiece of our architecture, and Microsoft Azure is expanding the investment in this domain. The Azure Host Networking team is where the rubber meets the road for Network Acceleration.

Come join us and be challenged daily as you innovate, define and build RDMA based solutions for some of the world’s largest datacenter networks. Take Azure network performance to new heights.

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Responsibilities

• Build and deploy RDMA-based networking acceleration.
• Define and develop Windows/Linux RDMA drivers and apps.
• Define and architect hardware acceleration for RDMA networking.
• Define intelligent and efficient RDMA network testing methodologies.
• Drive projects with other teams in Microsoft, our hardware partners and OS partners.
• Engage and collaborate with other teams and members of Azure Networking and Storage teams around the world.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in software development in C/C++
• Good grasp of operating system internals
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Hardware/Software integration
• Device driver design, development, debugging and testing experience
• RDMA; TCP/IP; Switching and routing protocols; Network hardware - NICs, switches, routers; Load balancing; Network virtualization (NVGRE, VXLAN); QoS and scheduling;
• Linux and Windows networking stacks and other OS components; Reliable, high quality software development; Performance optimizations
• Host network offloads; SR-IOV; Virtualization (hypervisors, virtual machine switching);
• Cloud networking architecture; Networking at scale, deployment and servicing at scale
  
  

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