Senior Linux SRE (Site Reliability Engineer)

Overview Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.

We are seeking a High-Performance Computing (HPC) professional to join Microsoft’s Silicon Development Compute Solutions (SDCS) team, embedded within the broader silicon engineering organization. As a Senior Linux SRE (Site Reliability Engineer), your main focus will be to support LDAP/Identity Management environment and you will play a critical role in designing, deploying, and managing scalable, Linux-based compute infrastructure that supports silicon design workloads.

This role is central to ensuring the availability, performance, and efficiency of HPC services that power Microsoft’s silicon innovation. You will work closely with CAD, Operations, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to deliver resilient and high-performing infrastructure solutions that meet the demands of a globally distributed design organization.

If you are passionate about Linux systems at scale, HPC infrastructure, and enabling cutting-edge silicon design, this is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact.

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Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise identity and access management solutions leveraging LDAP, Red Hat Identity Management (IdM), and Microsoft Entra ID.

• Administer and support LDAP directory services, including authentication, authorization, schema management, and integration with enterprise applications.

• Manage and optimize Red Hat IdM infrastructure, including Kerberos, DNS, replication, user lifecycle management, and Linux authentication services.

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Entra ID services, including identity synchronization, conditional access policies, authentication mechanisms, and hybrid identity integrations.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to design and implement identity management solutions that meet business and compliance requirements.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve identity, authentication, and directory service issues across Linux, cloud, and hybrid environments.

• Administer and optimize Linux environments (Red Hat, Rocky Linux,) across on-premises and Azure cloud infrastructure, including installation, configuration, patching, and troubleshooting.

• Help manage engineering services such as Exceed TurboX, VNC, and authentication platforms (Red Hat IdM, NIS), ensuring high availability, performance, and user satisfaction.

• Help with HPC infrastructure security compliance planning and remediation, aligning with compliance standards and operational requirements.

• Collaborate with storage teams to diagnose and resolve Linux-related issues involving Isilon, Pure Storage, and Azure NetApp Files (ANF).

• Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system reliability, performance, and proactive incident response.

• Partner with Engineering and CAD teams to address complex technical challenges and optimize compute and storage performance for design workloads.

• Communicate effectively across global teams, demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screening:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check. This position is required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience

• 3+ experience in managing LDAP and IdM environment or equivalent

• 7+ Years’ Linux Server Administration

• Understanding of Microsoft Azure EntraID authentication methodology

• 3+ Years’ system automation experience such as Shell, Perl, or Python, Ansible

• 3+ Years supporting Engineering at a semiconductor company

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (preferred)

• Solid understanding of networking, systems administration, automation, and monitoring (preferred)

• Excellent written and verbal communications (preferred)

• Understanding of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) concepts (preferred)

• Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, Google, AWS (preferred)

Silicon 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.