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Staff Engineer - Microsoft 365

Exelixis
Full-time
Remote friendly (Alameda, CA)
United States
$139,500 - $199,000 USD yearly
IT

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Role Summary

Staff Engineer – Microsoft Platform to support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services, defining and designing the cloud platform including cloud automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and Azure subscription provisioning automation. Works with application support teams to redefine interfaces between Microsoft platform products and application installation and configuration processes.

Responsibilities

  • Enterprise Azure Landing Zone Greenfield Deployment: Architect, deploy, and optimize new Azure Landing Zones to establish secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environments from the ground up.
  • GitHub CI/CD Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline application delivery and infrastructure automation.
  • M365 Governance via Code and 3rd Party Governance Tools: Develop and enforce Microsoft 365 governance policies using infrastructure-as-code approaches and integrate third-party governance solutions to ensure compliance, security, and operational efficiency.
  • Entra ID Management via Code: Automate the management of Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) resources and policies using code-based solutions to enhance identity lifecycle management, access controls, and security posture.

Responsibilities (continued)

  • Product Strategy & Roadmap (Product-Centric Focus): Assist in the development of technical solutions to complex problems which require ingenuity and creativity.
  • Product Development & Delivery (Agile/Product Team Support): Participate in end-to-end development processes from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring; implement improvements to processes and development procedures; apply long-term strategies on specific projects; participate in major initiatives or programs and lead small to medium size standard projects.
  • Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product and Business stakeholders to prioritize features and set technical or business objectives; act as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.
  • Operational Excellence, Quality & Compliance: Document infrastructure and runbooks, lead incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for critical system issues.
  • Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 7 years of related experience; or Associate’s degree with 9 years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Technical certification may be required.
  • Experience: At least 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment; experience in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services related to hosting (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, etc.).
  • Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform.

Education

  • As listed above in Qualifications.

Additional Requirements

  • No supervisory responsibilities.
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