Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Microsoft Digital(MSD) builds and manages the critical products and services that Microsoft runs on. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances at Microsoft and for our customers, while helping Microsoft teams work smarter, faster, and more securely every day. Microsoft Digital employees have deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. We are engineers, technology leaders and experts, digital transformation change agents, and customer advocates.   We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire, and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more!   The Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering Services (IES) organization is for those technology professionals who want to be strategic partners to the business and be the first place to create innovative solutions using Microsoft and industry leading products and services. Unlike other enterprise organizations, IES employees create global impact for thousands of partners and employees.   People working within Microsoft Infrastructure Engineering Service(IES) ensure Microsoft is maximizing productivity to its fullest, and therefore, helping lead the company’s digital transformation journey. We build flexible, reliable, enterprise-scalable solutions with Microsoft product teams – influencing products that customers use, enabling them to be more productive.   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.  #IES #CNE #MSD #MSDJOBS Responsibilities Secure Edge Architecture & Engineering: Lead the design and implementation of Secure Edge networking solutions aligned with Microsoft's Zero Trust strategy and Secure Future Initiative (SFI) objectives. Design and build enterprise-scale secure connectivity solutions using Azure Networking, Global Secure Access (GSA), Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Firewalls, Virtual WAN, VPN, Proxy, DNS, and Secure Service Edge (SSE) technologies. Drive modernization from traditional network and security appliances to cloud-native, software-defined platforms. Develop next-generation Secure Edge architectures supporting hybrid cloud and multi-cloud connectivity. Create migration strategies and execution plans for transitioning legacy networking and security services to modern Secure Edge platforms. Partner with Security, Compliance, Identity, Infrastructure, and Product Engineering teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions. Influence engineering standards, architecture patterns, operational practices, and service design decisions across Microsoft Digital. Translate business and customer requirements into scalable engineering solutions. Evangelize engineering excellence, operational rigor, and security good practices across teams.  AI-Driven Engineering & Automation Drive adoption of AI-powered engineering practices to improve operational efficiency, incident response, troubleshooting, and network lifecycle management. Leverage Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI services, and agentic automation frameworks to automate operational workflows and reduce manual effort. Partner with platform and engineering teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven observability, predictive analytics, root cause analysis, and network optimization. Develop and operationalize intelligent automation solutions for network provisioning, compliance validation, configuration management, and service monitoring. Contribute to the design and implementation of AI-enabled network operations and autonomous infrastructure management