Building Automation Engineer

Overview

Step into a role where your ideas spark innovation and your impact is felt every day. As a Building Automation Engineer on the Building Automation Execution Team, you'll help drive global impact by overseeing multiple data center designs and vendors, shaping the technical evolution of our mission-critical environments.

In this position, you will leverage deep technical expertise and discovery to lead Building Automation Systems (BAS) reviews and approvals. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping scalable, secure, and efficient operations as data center complexity grows, and work alongside specialists to ensure robust, innovative solutions. Your work will help raise the bar for reliability and design excellence at a global scale, directly influencing our ability to support business growth and customer needs.

Your contributions will be integral to the team's success as our scope expands. If you want to make a difference through technical leadership, thoughtful automation, and global collaboration, join our team today.

At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth-mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what's next for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Independently implement reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions across teams; contribute to design documents, implementation plans, and maintain compliance standards.

• Monitor and maintain security for Building Automation Systems by addressing vulnerabilities, troubleshooting incidents, implementing fixes, and driving adoption of automation to mitigate risks.

• Adhere to and promote prescriptive guidance for security, privacy, and compliance standards; work cross-functionally to resolve relevant issues and share expertise with peers.

• Respond to incidents, including complex, high-impact events; drive root cause analysis, incident resolution, and continuous improvement; provide incident response support and guidance.

• Take ownership of service design and technical configurations for optimal cost, reliability, and scalability, collaborating to identify efficiencies and share learnings across engineering teams.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls

• OR Equivalent experience.

While not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology related field AND 6+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls

• OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology related field AND 8+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls

• OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.

Background Check Requirements:

Ability 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:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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Service 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.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. (