Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled 'Storage Software' product Development Engineer with over 15 years of expertise in software product development, design, and support, with a strong preference for experience in the storage domain and in data protection. The ideal candidate will lead a team of seasoned software engineers, with hands-on responsibility for design, implementation, support and optimization of storage solutions to ensure high performance, stability, and reliability of IBM Storage Software.
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- Software Development and Maintenance:
- Design, develop and maintain Storage management software for data protection, backup / restore, and cyber-resiliency.
- Design and be an avid coder, who can be involved in the coding to the deepest level.
- Use modern orchestration platform - like Kubernetes; develop, deploy & operationalise microservices.
- Work across the spectrum - frontend, backend, NoSql databases; in the data-plane & control-plane.
- Validate and continuously improve the quality of the software - through automation
- Collaborate with Product management and architects on roadmap planning and POCs.
- Set technical direction for development team.
- Work in an Agile environment of continuous deliverables.
- Lead the release of high-quality products on schedule.
- Mentor and guide team members to maintain coding excellence and productivity
- Product Support:
- Provide technical expertise and support to customers and internal stakeholders regarding product inquiries and issues.
- Drive customer feedback and ideas into the product roadmap, ensuring timely and effective delivery. Manage incidents, tickets, problems and escalations from customers with innovative solutions.
- Collaborate with product management to align technical solutions with business goals.
- Troubleshooting and Debugging:
- Investigate and resolve complex software issues, Excellent debugging, analysis skills.
- Working closely with cross-functional teams to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify, diagnose, and solve performance and reliability issues.
- Storage/Backup Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of storage and backup technologies, such as disk-based backup, and cloud-based solutions.
- Utilize comprehensive knowledge of system-level programming to optimize storage solutions.
- Continuous Improvement:
- Stay updated with the latest advancements in database technologies, and software design principles. Recommend and implement improvements to enhance product performance and maintainability.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- 15+ years of relevant experience in system software development.
- Excellent programming skills and experience in Java programming and the related tools.
- Good experience working with Spring (dependency injection, Spring MVC/Web Flux) and Spring Boot Framework.
- Experience working with MongoDB.
- Experience working with REST API Design & Development.
- Experience working with Microservices, Docker & Kubernetes.
- Experience working on Virtualization platform.
- Comfortable working in a Unix/AIX/Linux based development environment including git source code repositories.
- Knowledge of Storage technology and Backup products.
- Basic Python scripting knowledge.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Basic admin level experience with SQL, Exchange, SAP HANA, Oracle will be beneficial.
- Exposure to Product development in an Agile based model
- Working Knowledge of L3 support & working closely with customer environment.
- Understanding and experience working with CI/CD frameworks such as Jenkins.
- Good Analytical and communication skills.
- Domain knowledge in Multi-Threaded App Development