Microsoft · 6 hours ago
Principal Telecom Network Engineering Manager
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company that builds and manages critical products and services. As a Telecom Network Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of Network Engineers to oversee the global corporate voice and Cellular DAS infrastructure, ensuring high standards in the architecture, design, deployment, and maintenance of essential communication services.
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Responsibilities
You will set the strategic direction for Corporate Voice, Cellular DAS, and MCN services by defining engineering standards, security and compliance expectations, service architectures, and published guidance that empowers teams to deliver resilient, high‑quality telecom capabilities at global scale
You will oversee service reliability and incident operations by guiding teams through high‑impact outages, coordinating cross‑functional response efforts, driving transparent communication, and institutionalizing prevention through root‑cause analysis, automation, telemetry improvements, and structured operational reviews
You will lead and develop telecom engineering talent by modeling clarity, accountability, and operational excellence; coaching engineers while enabling strong technical judgment; and fostering a culture that values continuous learning, collaboration, and customer‑centered problem solving
You will drive continuous improvement and operational maturity by overseeing capacity planning, performance management, device lifecycle management, risk assessments, quality assurance, and data‑driven decision‑making across the telecom service portfolio
You will strengthen organizational alignment and partnership by proactively removing inter‑team blockers, influencing partner roadmaps, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and vendor ecosystems, and creating consistent execution frameworks that scale across globally distributed infrastructure and service teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
OR equivalent experience
2+ years people management experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
Preferred
15+ years technical engineering experience in telecom services including, but not limited to VoIP, PSTN, and Cellular Voice/Data
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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