Hardware Analyst and Planner
Company: Microsoft
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Do you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest
hardware designs to propel Microsoft's cloud growth? Are you
seeking a unique career opportunity that combines both technical
capabilities, cross team collaboration, with business insight and
strategy? Join our Hardware Strategy and Planning---(HSP)---team
within Microsoft's Azure Hardware Systems &
Infrastructure---(AHSI)---organization and be a part of
the---organization behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud
Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's
"Intelligent Cloud" mission.------ -Microsoft delivers more than
200 online services to more than one billion individuals worldwide
and---AHSI---is the team
behind---our---expanding---cloud---infrastructure. We deliver---the
core---infrastructure and foundational technologies for
Microsoft's---cloud---businesses including---Microsoft
Azure,---Bing, MSN, Office 365,---OneDrive,---Skype,
Teams---and---Xbox Live.------ -The HSP organization within Azure
manages hardware roadmap planning and program management from
concept through production for all of Microsoft's current and
future on-line services. - Well-defined and executed strategic
planning ensures products meet the requirements for performance,
features, and time-to-market. The ability to draw insights from a
deep understanding of the cloud HW Infrastructure landscape and
industry trends is critical in informing the roadmap and planning
decisions. -Microsoft is looking for multiple candidates to join
the hardware strategy and planning team, an influential group
within the Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure organization
responsible for driving end-to-end hardware strategy. You will be
responsible for workload performance and cost analysis in cloud and
datacenter, to enable achieving the right hardware and product
strategy for Microsoft Azure cloud business. Our teams invent,
design, and sustain the most scalable, secure, and efficient
platforms and systems to power Azure now and into the future,
building the best hardware systems that can power this platform - a
vertically integrated hardware and software stack from silicon to
servers, racks and clusters, up through the datacenter
infrastructure. -As a Hardware Analyst and Planner, you will own
evaluation and communication of workload KPIs ensuring optimal
understanding of their impact to performance and value across
different product families and business segments.--- You will
partner with key suppliers, as well as engineering teams, finance,
and execution teams on improving product performance understanding,
reducing overall cost of goods, and optimizing working capital.---
You will leverage your creativity to solve complex performance and
cost optimization problems in a scalable way and drive continuous
improvement of technology and hardware planning processes by
benchmarking against best practices. -ResponsibilitiesCore
Responsibilities: -Business Intelligence and Analytics: Perform
analyses & build 'what-if' scenario models to support decision
making; work to improve data systems and develop new reporting
tools to improve model visibility and accuracy. -Workloads and
Performance Comparisons: Fundamental understanding of cloud and
datacenter workloads. Ability to comprehend and utilize industry
tools to project and model performance on variety of CPU
architectures. Manage and monitor inventory key performance KPIs
for general purpose compute, high performance compute, and internal
Microsoft customers. Clear understanding of Spec CPU benchmarks and
micro-benchmarks (SIR, SFR, Spec JBB, etc.), artificial
intelligence and machine learning benchmarks for inference and
training (BERT, BERT-3, GPT, Resnet, etc.) Identify problem areas
and drive appropriate actions to achieve performance targets for
the KPIs.--- Define process and predictive analytics to align
consensus on server and datacenter workload and performance models.
-New performance and workload analysis capability development:
Identify and evaluate new cloud workloads. Recommend how to improve
server performance models and drive analysis for planning new
platforms, systems, and processes to achieve greater efficiency and
scale within Microsoft for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Deep dive into---CPU, Memory,---and---Storage technology offerings
and trends, quantitatively compare various offerings
and---develop---recommendations and strategy that give a unique
edge to Azure hardware infrastructure.------ -Cost plan management:
Lead creation of new plans and scenarios for optimizing cost
ensuring goals are achieved. Publish and build plan to engineering
groups, planners, execution team and track cost indicators'
performance against plan, proactively managing all deviations and
mitigating risks to meeting the commitment. Partner with supply
chain, finance, business groups and engineering teams to determine
and execute on an optimal cost plan. - -QualificationsBasic
qualifications -BS in engineering, operations management,
mathematics, physics, applied sciences or similar STEM field, OR
corresponding technical experience. -3+ years industry experience
in hardware technology development (CPU, GPU, Storage, Memory) or
cloud product development -Experience in building complex
analytical models in Microsoft Excel -Preferred Qualifications: -5+
years' experience in hardware technology development (CPU, GPU,
Storage, Memory) or cloud product development -Strong knowledge of
server hardware performance modeling and analysis e.g.: CPU,
Memory, and other components -Strong knowledge of cloud hardware
and software ecosystem, including workloads and their affinity to
different hardware architectures -Strong knowledge of supply chain
with prior experience in product planning, performance analysis or
manufacturing operations -In depth knowledge of MS Office
Applications, including advanced knowledge of Excel along with a
solid analytical capabilities and experience with statistical tools
(Regression analysis, advanced Excel / VBA, Power BI is a plus)
-Strong process/system background and proven ability to rapidly
understand, use and drive improvements in new processes/systems and
drive to a consensus for recommendation to senior leadership and
executives -Critical thinking, analytical skills and ability to
drive resolution in ambiguous situations -Good business judgment &
exceptional communication/presentation skills -Master's in
engineering or STEM a plus -#MicrosoftRaleigh #MicrosoftAustin
#MicrosoftPDX #MicrosoftSVC #MicrosoftRedmond---#HSP #AHSI
#AzureHWJobs -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.
-Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender
identity or expression, genetic information, marital status,
medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability,
political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion,
sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other
characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and
ordinances.--- We also consider qualified applicants regardless of
criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need
assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability
during the application or the recruiting process, please send a
request---via the Accommodation request form. -Benefits/perks
listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment
with Microsoft and the country where you work. -Microsoft is an
equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry,
color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression,
genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national
origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation,
protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including
pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic
protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. - We also
consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories,
consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a
reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application
or the recruiting process, please send a request -via the
Accommodation request form.Benefits/perks listed below may vary
depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the
country where you work.Benefits and PerksIndustry leading
healthcareSavings and investmentsGiving programsEducational
resourcesMaternity and paternity leaveOpportunities to network and
connectDiscounts on products and servicesGenerous time awayJob
SummaryJob number: 1281521Date posted : 2022-06-04Travel:
0-25%Profession: Product ManagementRole type: Individual
ContributorEmployment type: Full-TimeExperience: Experienced
professionals
Keywords: Microsoft, Sunnyvale , Hardware Analyst and Planner, Professions , Sunnyvale, California
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