Job Title: Software Engineer
Hiring Organization: Microsoft
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: IT
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 01/26/2024
We are seeking a Software Engineer who can help us design,
implement, and deliver high-quality and high-scale cloud services that meet the
needs of our customers and partners, willing to explore the unknown, from RDBMS
and LDAP directories to Kerberos and SCIM protocols, from Hyper-V virtual
machines to Azure DevOps pipelines. This role is more than just a regular
developer – an explorer, a system administrator, a debugger, a troubleshooter.
You will have the opportunity to work on challenging and impactful problems,
collaborate with a team, and learn and grow as an engineer. You will also have
an opportunity to contribute to the broader Identity community and ecosystem,
both within and outside Microsoft.
Responsibilities
Design,
develop, test, deploy, and monitor cloud services and on-premises applications
that provide identity and access management solutions to our customers.
Work
closely with customers and partners to understand their issues, problems,
requirements and scenarios and provide feedback and guidance on best practices
and solutions.
Collaborate
with other engineers, program managers, and designers across the Entra
organization and beyond to deliver end-to-end experiences that delight our
customers and users.
Drive
innovation and quality in our engineering processes and practices, and foster a
culture of excellence, collaboration, and learning.
Stay
abreast of the latest trends and developments in the identity and security
domains and apply them to our products and services.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s
Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years
technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not
limited to, PowerShell, Bash, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent
experience)
Additional Or Preferred
Qualifications
Experience
with administration of Microsoft Active Directory, Kerberos Shadow Security
Principals and other LDAP directories
Experience
with RDBMS administration, including TSQL debugging
Experience
with virtualization platforms
Experience
with PowerShell DSC, AD DS Group Policies, Patch management
Experience
with agile development methodologies and DevOps practices
Experience
with automated UI testing suites
Experience
with communication, collaboration, critical thinking skills, and ability to
drive changes across multiple teams.
