Overview Have you ever imagined a world with an infinite amount of storage available and accessible to everyone? A place where everyone in the world can easily access their data from anywhere at any time via any means (e.g., mobile phones, tablets, PCs, smart devices, etc.). Did you ever desire a universally accessible storage system to record all the knowledge known to mankind or to store all the data collected from all the scientists in the world for them to collaborate upon? Do you want to be part of a team that strives to bring these to reality? If so, the Microsoft Azure Storage team is what you are looking for. We are building Microsoft’s cloud storage solution - Microsoft Azure Storage, which is a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system, designed to scale out and serve the entire world. We continue to have tremendous hockey stick growth, we have many Exabyte’s of data stored, and are designing and building systems for Zettabyte scale to support demand growth for the coming years. As a Software Quality Engineer II in the Azure Storage team, you will build, improve and support highly scalable, performant services that deliver highly reliable, secure and available access to storage for our customers. You will face challenges of monitoring, analyzing, and designing for ever-growing data needs of our customers and for ensuring data privacy, protection and compliance. This opportunity will allow you to develop your technical skills in cloud services and storage, accelerate career growth, and provide an opportunity to work in a highly dynamic, flexible, and globally distributed team. 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 - You will identify the scope of testing to create a quality plan for multiple features. You’ll also create commitments for test plans in multiple features to estimate the scope of work and agree on requirements with some guidance from others. - You will work with partners across teams by creating test plans for multiple features and contributes effort to get test plans for a feature reviewed by other teams (e.g., requirement writers, design architects) to solidify the test plan. - By leveraging available data, you’ll work within multiple features or a broad/complex feature area to identify areas where additional exploration, development, or testing is required. You’ll also help build complex custom visualizations to ensure product testing coverage. - You will be contributing to efforts to apply best practices in automation to create and implement automated testing procedures using scripting languages (e.g., C#, Python). Creates automated regression release testing when possible. - Maintaining and applying automation tools and encourages team members to apply automation throughout the testing process (e.g., during development). Writing code or leveraging tools and technology to eliminate repetitive tasks to reduce manual work for multiple features. Qualifications Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years software industry experience in system testing (involving networking / storage / virutalization product line) with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or Python. - OR equivalent experience. 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. Preferred Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science - OR related technical field AND 4+ years software industry experience in system testing (involving networking / storage / virutalization product line) with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or Python. - OR equivalent experience. 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. #azurecorejobs 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. 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