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# Sr. Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9162627/sr-software-engineer-ctj-poly

## About the Role

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

 * Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
 * Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
 * Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Additional or preferred qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

## Description

With ever increasing demand for sovereign and isolated cloud solutions, the Microsoft Specialized Cloud Identity team is looking for an experience senior engineer to assist in developing, deploying, and improving our Identity Security and related services across the three separate US Government clouds! You could be part of a team that is actively building out new component in Azure US Government, while simultaneously increasing and enhancing resiliency in Azure Government Secret & Top Secret. This position is for you if you enjoy a large spectrum of work, with the ability to work across many topics and teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer in MSC Identity, you will be expected to provide input on stronger security and isolation requirements. Develop unique solutions for our unique customer set. Participate in architecture discussions and drive improvements across our security, isolation, and resiliency goals. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, become adept at thinking through complex systems, increase your bredth of understanding of complex cloud scenarios, and develop a deeper understanding of modern AuthN and AuthZ scenarios. This opportunity comes with a flexible work policy, allowing for work time both in office and from home.

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

 * Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
 * Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
 * Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
 * Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
 * Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
 * Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.


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