Software Engineer Performance Dev (StorageGRID)

Job Summary

Picture yourself working with the worlds best employees. Join the StorageGRID team at NetApp and become a part of one of the top 30 Best Multinational Workplaces in the world as ranked by the Great Place to Work Institute.

NetApps StorageGRIDis a software-defined object-based storage platform that provides intelligent policy-driven data and manages unstructured data at scale to provide secure durable object storage. This is your chance to work alongside a group of talented developers impart your vision and rapidly launch the latest cloud storage software. If you have mastered your current technology language or development environments we know you will fit in with our team.

As a lead working on performance automation and analysis of StorageGRID product you will be responsible for designing the strategy for performance testing automation improvements around benchmarking tools and setting / testing configurations ultimately analyzing the root cause suggesting and making performance improvements.

You will be part of a highly skilled technical team and working closely with the team of software developers responsible for the design development QA and install/deployment of applications used by our post sales partners and customers.

Essential Functions:

A major part of your responsibility will be to apply current skills and use up-to-date technologies to complete projects as part of the design and development of application related solutions including:

Coding

Performance testing /automation/analysis

Infrastructure Support / DevOps pipeline

As part of a new team you will participate in technical discussions where evaluating and executing design and development plans for products/tools. You will have direct influence on the decisions and outcomes related to project direction.

A willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will contribute towards team department and company goals.

Job Responsibilities

• The types of tasks this individual is responsible are a mix of structured and unstructured tasks. This individual will apply attained experiences and knowledge in solving routine to moderately complex problems.
• Interaction:
• This individual interacts primarily with staff to director levels employees within the function and the technical team on assigned projects. There may be communication with employees in other functions as required.
• General direction is provided on routine work and detailed direction is provided on new projects and assignments as well as on-going review of activities and priorities.
• The ideal candidate will be an important contributor to team projects.

Job Requirements

Technical:

Must Haves:

• Hardware and software performance test experience of enterprise storage protocols (SAN NAS and/or HTTP/S3)
• Experience in software/hardware performance analysis and improvements
• Leadership of performance test strategy design execution and documentation.
• Defining and setting up infrastructure tools and support processes including CI/CD pipeline and benchmarking tools
• Proven hands-on working experience with Linux and TCP/IP networking
• Experience in automation with Python Shell/Bash or similar programming languages

Nice to Haves:

• Hands-on experience with Jenkins/Bamboo Elastic/ELK and Go/Java
• Working experience with benchmarking tools (eg fio iperf)
• Hands-on experience with enterprise servers storage switches and routers
• Familiar with HTTP and AWS S3 APIs
• Linux environment with containers or VMWare

Process and other skills:

Must Haves:

• Very good understanding of development methodologies like Agile Scrum/Scrum of Scrums.
• Must have competency and proven track record of delivering complex technical projects within a team environment of other engineers meeting tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Ability to work with remote teams
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment of other engineers to meet aggressive goals and meet high quality standards.
• Striving for efficiency consistency and effectiveness.
• Managing periodic reporting on progress to internal stake holders
• Incident management trouble shooting and RCA
• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies.
• Ability to follow standard engineering principles and practices.
• Creative approach to problem solving.

Education

• A minimum of 8 years of experience is required. 8 to 13 years of experience is preferred.
• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or a Master Degree; or equivalent experience is required.
• Demonstrated ability to have completed multiple moderately complex technical tasks.

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 150450 - 194700 CAD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidates location qualifications experience and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on On Target Earnings (OTE) representing the total potential earnings which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards reflecting a variety of factors and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance Life Insurance Retirement or Pension Plans Paid Time Off various Leave options employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stocks (RSUs). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws regulations and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1