Sr. Performance Engineer- StorageGRID

About the role

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. NetApp’s StorageGRID is a software-defined, object-based storage platform that provides intelligent policy-driven data management. StorageGRID stores 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.

Job Responsibilities

• 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 Infrastructure Support Documentation
• 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.

Essential Functions

Awareness 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. 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. Strong aptitude for learning new technologies. Ability to follow standard engineering principles and practices. Creative approach to problem solving.

Job Requirements

• 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 Have’s

• 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

Education

A minimum of 10 years of experience is required. 10 to 15 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.

General Information

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.