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System Engineer 5
- Location: REDMOND, Washington 98052
- Work model: On-site
- Posted 2 weeks ago
- Job ID: JPC - 210569
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Job Description
Job Summary: System Engineer 5 - DevOps & Infrastructure (Onsite, 6-Month Contract, Redmond, WA)
About the Role
Join a high-impact research engineering team at Microsoft as a senior System Engineer 5. You'll be instrumental in building, maintaining, and automating infrastructure for a new micro-VM platform that drives scalable, low-latency AI workloads. This is an onsite, 6-month contract opportunity in Redmond, WA, ideal for infrastructure experts ready to shape the future of AI-enabled cloud systems while collaborating with leading researchers and engineers. Relocation support is available.
Responsibilities
- Provision and manage multi-platform Linux and Windows cloud compute environments for the engineering team.
- Automate environment setup, configuration, and access to accelerate onboarding and reduce friction.
- Maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and automation workflows for rapid developer iteration.
- Own and extend benchmarking frameworks, track key system metrics, and surface performance regressions.
- Design and execute single-instance and concurrent-burst benchmarking experiments.
- Ensure reliable delivery of build artifacts, kernel, VM, and agent binaries.
- Troubleshoot OS-level or infrastructure issues in complex development environments.
- Maintain compliance and cost-efficiency across cloud subscriptions and environments.
Required Skills and Experience
- 3+ years Linux systems administration, troubleshooting, and scripting.
- 3+ years CI/CD pipeline, test automation, and engineering workflow experience.
- 3+ years systems/infrastructure engineering (virtualization, cloud compute, environment management).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- Strong open-source contribution and GitHub track record.
- Prior experience at a major technology company.
- Proven ability to work closely with engineering teams and drive infrastructure improvements.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with AIOps, MLOps, or AI-enabled automation.
- VM lifecycle management, performance benchmarking, and systems research exposure.
- Familiarity with agentic workload environments, Windows/Linux hybrid environments, and DevOps best practices.
Benefits
- Opportunity to collaborate with world-class engineers and researchers at Microsoft.
- Direct impact on a high-visibility project moving from prototype to production.
- Hands-on experience with the latest in micro-VM, AI infrastructure, and cloud engineering.
- Relocation assistance for qualified candidates.
- Flexible, one-and-done virtual interview process.
How to Apply
If you're passionate about infrastructure and eager to accelerate AI innovation at cloud scale, submit your resume with a link to your GitHub/open-source contributions. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
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Job details
Job ID JPC - 210569
Location REDMOND, Washington, United States
Work Model On-site
Job Type Referral Fee
Posted September 29, 2026
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