Principle Responsibilities:

Contributes to the design and architecture of new or re-engineered software/storage environments

Prepares written software/storage specifications for complex products from architectural diagrams and documents

Develops and reviews design, functional, technical and/or user documentation, as needed

Develops, reviews, analyzes and implements test strategies for software products and systems/for storage products and systems

Develops, tests and integrates code for new or existing software of significant complexity 

Provides sustaining or maintenance support to existing software/storage environment, either by implementation or providing guidance to less senior engineers

Designs and implements source code revision control methods for products 

Prepares accurate project status documentation for leadership

Measures and analyzes quality metrics. Defines and implements actions for departmental or cross-functional process improvements

Contributes to resource, schedule and cost sizing for software development projects of medium complexity

Skills:

Solid knowledge of modern programming languages; operating systems; system deep stack programming

Good to have Knowledge: firmware; BIOS; device drivers; databases; network, operating system, and application administration; embedded software/firmware; tools and utilities

Able to code/debug more complex programs using either written or verbal design specifications

Able to achieve mastery of new tools and languages with training and on-the-job experience

Able to understand and follow software lifecycle methods

Understands tradeoffs between hardware and software interactions

Able to learn new operating systems with training and on-the-job experience

Knowledge of software networking architectures and applications

Solid knowledge of network file systems, disk-based file systems and/or file virtualization technology

Solid knowledge of replication technologies and server migration strategies

Knowledge of server, storage, networking and client technologies

Education:

Typically requires 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 

or     

3+ years with a Master’s degree; 

or 

PhD without experience; or equivalent experience