Software Engineer II
Microsoft
Software Engineer II
Nairobi, Nairobi City, Kenya
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Overview
Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
As a Software Engineer II on the Hybrid Identity team, you will play a key role in building and evolving the synchronization engine that bridges on-premises identity systems with Microsoft Entra ID. You’ll work at the heart of hybrid identity, contributing to the reliability, scalability, and performance of one of Microsoft’s most critical identity services. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll design and implement core components using .NET and modern Azure services. You’ll collaborate across teams to ensure secure and seamless identity provisioning for millions of users. You’ll also be expected to debug complex synchronization issues, automate recovery workflows, and drive durable fixes that improve the health of our production systems.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 2+ years experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years experience working with active directory and on premise identity systems.
Other 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Responsibilities
Collaborates with product managers, architects, and partner teams to understand hybrid identity scenarios and define technical requirements for synchronization workflows.
Designs and implements robust, scalable, and secure synchronization features using .NET and other Microsoft technologies to connect on-premises directories with Microsoft Entra ID.
Writes clean, maintainable, and testable code while continuously improving performance, reliability, and observability of the sync engine. Participates in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning to ensure alignment with team goals and customer needs.
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for Entra Connect Sync components, responding to incidents, performing root cause analysis, and driving long-term fixes.
Stays current with identity trends, directory technologies, and cloud infrastructure patterns to inform design decisions and improve operational excellence.