Principal Cloud Network Engineering Manager

The Azure Edge team is looking for highly motivated and talented engineers to design and build state-of-the-art services that provide route security and reliability into the networking stack for one of the biggest networks in the world.

We are looking for Principal Cloud Network Engineering Manager. Our team is at the forefront of advancing emote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) technologies to optimize high-performance networking across Azure infrastructure. We focus on designing, deploying, and scaling RDMA capabilities that power critical workloads across data centers and edge environments.

Azure Edge team operates one of the biggest network infrastructures on the planet. The team manages Edge network for entire Microsoft, connecting more than 200 Edge sites and more than 60 Microsoft Azure regions across the globe. With the mission of reaching every human on the planet within 25ms, we are constantly innovating technologies to build the world's most reliable, performant, and secure network infrastructure.

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.

Responsibilities:

• Risk Prevention and Engineering Excellence
  
  Champion the adoption of best practices across teams and organizations to strengthen risk identification and proactively prevent recurring classes of bugs.
• Incident Management and Cross-Team Collaboration
  
  Lead incident response efforts with urgency and precision, minimizing customer impact through seamless coordination across multiple service teams.
• Automation and Validation Advocacy
  
  Promote and implement automated testing and validation procedures across functions and disciplines, with a focus on enhancing the reliability of network devices.
• Data Strategy and Insight Generation
  
  Apply deep expertise in data analysis to identify critical datasets, uncover gaps, and source new data to inform strategic decision-making.
• Infrastructure and Deployment Leadership
  
  Drive the development of scalable programs for data center operations, including the deployment and upgrade of physical network devices.
• Capacity Planning and Performance Optimization
  
  Analyze dashboards, metrics, and traffic patterns across network infrastructures to assess current performance and anticipate future capacity needs.
• Inclusive Talent Development
  
  Foster an inclusive and growth-oriented environment by identifying and developing engineers' strengths, promoting skill-building, and enhancing team efficiency.
• Empathetic People Management
  
  Lead with empathy and accountability, supporting employee development, managing performance, and ensuring successful project execution.
• Other:
  • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications:

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of people management experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with hyperscale network automation, including Wide Area Network (WAN) orchestration, link migration, and edge standardization across large-scale deployments.
• Understanding of RDMA protocols and architecture, including experience with device health validation and diagnostics platforms.

Other Requirements:

• Ability 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:
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 12+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years people management experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering
• 3+ years experience delivering network designs into production and experience with live site accountability for a network.
• 1+ year(s) experience developing quality management programs.

Cloud Network Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: ;br>
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 28, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.