Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user experience researchers and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy OS and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services.

The Azure Edge and Platform Quality and Validation team is responsible for building the test orchestration solutions used to validate the quality of every OS build produced by our engineering system. The results generated from the system are crucial to key business decisions like code flow and releasing OS updates. The team is continuously partnering with various orgs to meet their ever-changing needs, as well as deliver a reliable, efficient, and secure system in Azure, the most reliable cloud platform available.  We are looking for a Data Scientist to help us advance this work.

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

• Collaborate closely with teammates and partner teams to deliver full end to end developer validation experiences. 
• Drive system features and updates fully from design through deployment and production monitoring. 
• Leverage telemetry and monitoring to provide insight into health of changes implemented in the system. 
• Assist in investigating and mitigating live-site issues to ensure daily delivery of test results to customers. 
• Implement basic code to extract raw data, validate its quality, and ensure the correct data is ingested within your area of work. Apply basic modification techniques to transform raw data into forms compatible with downstream data sources.
• Contribute to the development of data tools that can transform, manage, and access data. Validate code to test the storage and availability of data platforms.
• Follow data modeling and handling procedures to maintain compliance with all applicable laws and policies across your assigned workstreams.

Other

• Embody our Culture  &  Values 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field

         o OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in business analytics, data science, data modeling or data engineering work OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience.
• Exposure to Azure Data Explorer / Kusto Query Language / Machine Learning algorithms.
• 2+ years' experience in Software/Data Engineering.

Background Check: 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.

Data Science IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $81,900 - $160,200 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 $105,600 - $174,600 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 30, 2024.

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.

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