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Senior Strategy Program Manager

2026-01-06

United States, Georgia, Atlanta +4 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team is seeking a Senior Strategy Program Manager to support Strategic Affairs for global land acquisition and development. This role contributes to shaping and advancing strategic frameworks, partnerships, and governance models that enable Microsoft to scale its physical infrastructure with speed, predictability, and resilience - powering the next generation of cloud services and AI innovation.CO+I manages the full lifecycle of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, from site selection and land development to operational readiness. Our global footprint spans datacenters in 34 countries and thousands of megawatts of capacity, forming the backbone of Microsoft Azure and supporting billions of customers worldwide.As Senior Strategy Program Manager, you will join an exceptional team responsible for designing and implementing strategic initiatives that remove systemic barriers and optimize delivery pathways for global infrastructure expansion.This role operates at the intersection of policy, strategy, and execution, partnering closely with government affairs, legal, energy, and engineering teams to create conditions that accelerate development while maintaining compliance and sustainability commitments.You will work in close collaboration with senior strategy leaders to support global decision-making, contribute to policy-related initiatives, and help develop scalable processes that align with Microsoft’s long-term growth objectives. Responsibilities <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Support Strategic Enablement Initiatives: Support the development and advancement of strategies to inform permitting, regulatory compliance, and land development processes globally, aligning with business objectives and regional regulatory environments.</li><li>Policy & Advocacy: Partner with Government Affairs to support engagement with regulatory policy makers in the environmental, land use, and construction sectors, including accelerated permitting processes and designated projects of economic interest.</li><li>Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner across land acquisition, energy, network, legal, environmental, and engineering teams to align priorities, clarify interdependencies, and support integrated delivery planning.</li><li>Risk Mitigation: Identify and assess systemic risks impacting infrastructure timelines and contribute to proactive mitigation strategies through strategic analysis and cross-functional coordination.</li><li>Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and maintain trusted relationships with internal executives and external partners to drive consensus on strategic priorities.</li><li>Data-Driven Insights: Contribute to metrics, reporting, and analytical frameworks that measure impact, track progress across a portfolio of initiatives, and inform executive and senior leadership decision-making.</li><li>Thought Leadership: Support Microsoft’s participation in industry forums and regulatory discussions to advance cloud infrastructure policy. </li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 5+ years relevant experience OR 7+ years equivalent experience.</li></ul>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: <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 7+ years Portfolio Management, Real Estate, or Office management experience OR 10+ years equivalent experience.</li><li>7+ years of experience in strategic affairs, regulatory policy, or infrastructure development within technology or industrial sectors.</li><li>Demonstrated experience influencing policy and driving systemic improvements in complex, global environments.</li><li>Demonstrated experience supporting land acquisition, permitting, and regulatory frameworks for large-scale infrastructure projects.</li><li>Demonstrated experience influencing and working with regulatory policy makers in the environmental, land use and construction sectors.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in the permitting of projects via accelerated permitting processes (designated projects of economic interest, etc.).</li><li>Demonstrated experience managing a portfolio of projects and associated budgets and schedules.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cross-functional working relationships with internal and external teams including environmental consultants, engineering firms, attorneys, contractors, and regulatory agencies.</li><li>Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail and high standards for quality of deliverables.</li><li>Exceptional leadership skills with experience managing global, cross-functional teams.</li><li>Demonstrated analytical and negotiation capabilities; ability to simplify complexity and drive clarity.</li></ul>#COICareers | #EPCCareers | #DCDCareers Real Estate Portfolio Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Customer Engineer II

2026-01-08

United States, Georgia, Atlanta +1 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team? Join Engineering Operations (EngOps) – the organization driving operational excellence across the Microsoft Cloud to strengthen quality, reliability, security, and customer trust. As part of EngOps, you’ll design solutions that prevent issues before they happen, embed AI-powered automation, and turn signals into actions that deliver measurable customer impact. Our culture of empowerment, inclusion, and growth mindset defines how we work. Our team is at the heart of delivering scalable, resilient, and intelligent solutions that empower customer engineering teams across the organization. We are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Senior customer Engineer with a strong development experience and focus on AI/ML, agentic systems, and full stack development to join the team. This role offers the opportunity to lead the development of next-generation intelligent platforms and contribute to the strategic direction of customer engineering for GSX and commercial businesses. The selected candidate will be mainly focusing on developing the agentic AI systems to transform Azure support. Every day, our customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud. You can help Azure CXP provide our customers with the world-class cloud services they need to succeed. 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 <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Architect, design, and implement scalable software solutions that support core ACES functionalities.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Develop intelligent agentic systems capable of autonomous decision-making and task execution.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Build and optimize AI agents using AI Foundry, Python, and reinforcement learning techniques.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Develop full stack applications with a strong emphasis on backend services using C# and cloud-native technologies.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Design and implement synthetic data generation pipelines to support training and evaluation of agentic models.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver innovative solutions.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Drive technical excellence through mentorship, code reviews, and adoption of best practices.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Own the end-to-end lifecycle of software components, including design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Contribute to architectural decisions, scalability strategies, and long-term technical vision. Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to enhance platform capabilities.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Ensure high standards of software quality, performance, and security.</li></ul> Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:<ul><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. </li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience in software development, with a track record of delivering complex systems.</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience Python and C# with experience in AI/ML and full stack development.</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Hands-on experience with AI Foundry, agentic systems, and reinforcement learning.</li></ul> 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:<ul><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;"><div>Master's Degree in Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in technology industry, cloud, technical support, and/or customer experience engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Data Analytics/Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology industry, cloud, technical support, and/or customer experience engineering OR equivalent experience.</div></li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;"><div>2+ years of customer facing experience.</div></li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience of data structures, algorithms, system design, and distributed computing.</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, etc.) and microservices architecture.</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Expertise in synthetic data generation, simulation environments, and AI evaluation frameworks.</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Proven leadership in driving technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams.</li><li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, sans-serif;">Problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.</li></ul> Customer Experience Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Software Engineer II - CTJ - POLY

2026-01-06

United States, Georgia, Atlanta +3 more

Fully on-site

Overview This is a fantastic opportunity to work with incredibly talented engineers on our next set of big challenges. Being a part of Microsoft’s customer-focused culture, you will be empowered to take ownership of service design by driving reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions across the entire C+E stack. You will collaborate with a number of teams across the company, giving you wide exposure and a broad technical surface area. You will also support Commerce + Ecosystems at large in specific dedicated clouds, mitigating any issues that may surface in sustainable and forward-thinking ways. If you love solving challenging problems, developing scripts and/or automation to solve said problems, and are passionate about operating and automating robust, reliable, highly distributed software systems using the latest cutting-edge technologies, then let’s talk.     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 <ul><li>Drive reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions across the C+E stack, ensuring robust service design.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes and broad technical impact.</li><li>Support Commerce + Ecosystems in dedicated clouds by mitigating issues with sustainable, forward-thinking solutions.</li><li>Leverage telemetry data to identify patterns and trends that enable continuous operational improvement through automation.</li><li>Develop scripts and automation to resolve complex problems and prevent recurrence of service issues.</li><li>Partner with internal customers and engineering teams to conduct root cause analyses, uphold security and compliance, and share end-to-end service expertise.</li><li>Identify and implement automation opportunities to monitor and manage distributed systems effectively.</li><li>Embody our <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture">culture</a> and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values">values</a></li></ul> Qualifications Required / Minimum Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.</li></ul>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: <ul><li>The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.</li><li>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.</li><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li><li>Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.</li><li>Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.</li><li>Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, and interactions between technology layers. Hands-on experience with Azure services, scripting languages (PowerShell, Python), and automation frameworks. Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, .NET, or similar.</li><li>Operational Excellence: Ability to leverage telemetry and monitoring tools to identify patterns, trends, and drive proactive improvements. Skilled in incident management, root cause analysis, and implementing durable fixes.</li><li>Automation & Reliability: Demonstrated experience developing scripts and tools to automate repetitive tasks and improve service reliability. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.</li><li>Problem-Solving & Collaboration: Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot complex issues across large-scale systems. Proven ability to partner with engineering teams and internal customers to deliver sustainable solutions.</li><li>Security & Compliance: Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards in cloud environments.</li><li>Growth Mindset: Passion for learning new technologies and driving continuous operational improvement.</li></ul> Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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