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Senior Computer Architect - Performance and Workload
Hillsboro, OR
Job Description
OverviewDo you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest hardware designs to propel Microsoft's cloud growth? Are you seeking a unique career opportunity that combines both technical capabilities, cross team collaboration, with business insight and strategy? Join our Strategic Planning and Architecture (SPARC) team within Microsoft's Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure (AHSI) organization and be a part of the organization behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent Cloud" mission. We are looking to hire a Senior Computer Architect - Performance and Workload to join us. Microsoft delivers more than 200 online services to more than one billion individuals worldwide and AHSI is the team behind our expanding cloud infrastructure. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud businesses including Microsoft Azure, Bing, MSN, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Teams and Xbox Live. The SPARC organization manages Azure's hardware roadmap from architecture concept through production for all of Microsoft's current and future on-line services. Well-defined and executed strategic planning ensures products meet the requirements for performance, features, and time-to-market. The ability to draw insights from a deep understanding of the cloud HW Infrastructure landscape and industry trends is critical in informing the roadmap and planning decisions. Deep technical understanding of our hardware architecture, workload modeling and analysis are necessary to make informed, data-driven decisions. Our hardware technology pathfinding work helps keep our product portfolio competitive by maturing new concepts for productization. Together these functions are able to create a strategic hardware and technology roadmap. 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.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesThe candidate will be the trusted partner in the areas of computer architecture optimized for Microsoft Cloud first party services, workload analysis and benchmark development, and other related areas.Workload Champion: The candidate will become a workload champion by collaborating with key first-party software experts. This involves understanding the application, creating dossiers, and becoming the key interface between application experts and hardware architects.Develop Benchmarks: The candidate will be responsible for developing benchmarks that accurately represent customer workloads. They will also be required to analyze and characterize these benchmarks across various architectures.Collaboration: The candidate will collaborate closely with other key software and hardware architects. This collaboration will involve architectural pathfinding and the definition of system/hardware architectural specifications.The candidate will be expected to create and maintain best practices for high-quality product engineering. They will also need to develop best practices for development and conduct architectural reviews.Embody our Culture and Values
ResponsibilitiesThe candidate will be the trusted partner in the areas of computer architecture optimized for Microsoft Cloud first party services, workload analysis and benchmark development, and other related areas.Workload Champion: The candidate will become a workload champion by collaborating with key first-party software experts. This involves understanding the application, creating dossiers, and becoming the key interface between application experts and hardware architects.Develop Benchmarks: The candidate will be responsible for developing benchmarks that accurately represent customer workloads. They will also be required to analyze and characterize these benchmarks across various architectures.Collaboration: The candidate will collaborate closely with other key software and hardware architects. This collaboration will involve architectural pathfinding and the definition of system/hardware architectural specifications.The candidate will be expected to create and maintain best practices for high-quality product engineering. They will also need to develop best practices for development and conduct architectural reviews.Embody our Culture and Values
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Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
Open
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