Do you enjoy working at all levels of the stack?
From assembly language, the compiler, kernel mode, UI, and more, our team has many parts.
We need your skills and ability to work on low level components, while supporting high impact scenarios.
The Azure Edge and Platform Business Innovation team owns the licensing platform for all Windows Editions, Universal Windows Apps and Office. We play a key role in device and hardware identity. We support Azure hybrid and pure cloud. Our scenarios range from individual users and small businesses all the way to large enterprises, education and government. Policies, contained in licenses, control which features are enabled on the various windows editions, and upgrading licenses on a device unlocks all those new features. Offline and online, with threat models that generate unique requirements for design and implementation. We also own the tools to prevent tampering and reverse engineering of all of these pieces. We need your help to move these tools and technologies into the cloud-connected enterprise space, ensuring that customers of new products get the full benefits of new computing models, and our existing customers can continue to use Windows reliably.
Responsibilities
Investigation and resolution of customer and partner incidents (including periodical on-call responsibility).
Design, implementation, and validation of new OS licensing components to support business models.
Validation and automated testing of OS deployment scenarios to match fresh customer environments.
Designing and updating licensing and billing communications with cloud services, ensuring authentication and security.
Qualifications
BA/BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related fields.
3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong knowledge of C and C++ required.
Low level debugging skills needed.
Knowledge of cryptography a plus.
Reverse engineering experience a bonus.
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