Storage System Software Expert Engineer

Hewlett-Packard Company

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Job Description:

As a subject matter expert in Storage Management architectures, contributes to building storage management infrastructure and solutions.

· Effectively collaborates, builds relationships and influences team members to work towards common goals.

· Leads evaluation of "owned" technologies driven from divisional technology strategies and recommends choice points that best match program objectives.

· Provide solid technical backing and confidence for the entire team

· Identify and drive future technology adoptions in the area and drive the evolution and implementation of new product ideas

· Drive innovation within the domain

· Provide technical inputs and participate in checkpoint reviews

· Evangelizes best practices across peers and nearby project teams.

· Understands the financial justification of investing in a technology.

· Provide domain expertise in storage virtualization to other projects

· Provide oversight and consultancy on design issues, performance related activities, complex bug fixes, critical escalations investigations etc.

· Study state of the art and competition in storage virtualization and storage management automation domain

· Provide Mentoring and coaching for senior technical members in the team

· Working with a product management team, provide technical inputs towards Product Strategy and Roadmap throughout the lifecycle.

Ø Strong Technical knowledge in manageability applications and good understanding of product lifecycle.

Ø Strong design and development experience in Storage technologies

Ø Good understanding of NAS architecture with experience in NAS protocols like CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP.

Ø Excellent programming skills and passion to work with C, C++/.NET, Java and Perl/Python

Ø Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills. Working knowledge on Linux and Windows environments, preferable

Ø The candidate will need to work with counterparts at the level of Master / Distinguished Technologists and hence ability to work with senior technologists is essential

Ø Flexibility in accepting new or additional tasks and action items in related domains

Education and Experience Required:

9-14 years in product R&D of computer/ system software. Bachelors degree in engineering preferably in computer science or computer engineering or electronics/ electrical engineering. Masters/ PHD in relevant domain preferable

Critical Competencies to Drive Business Results:

Core Technical Leadership

Demonstrates leadership in the development of technical innovations and in ensuring optimum collaboration and knowledge sharing of technical insights

Project Leadership & Troubleshooting

Actively works to resolve project challenges and facilitate knowledge transfer between team members focused on shared objectives

Technical Breadth/Depth

Demonstrates motivation to build deeper technical depth in area-of-expertise, and inform that knowledge base through understanding of associated areas

Customer-Centric Focus

Ensures that a positive customer experience informs both the approach to work, the quality demonstrated, and the endpoint for measuring success

Thought Leadership

Understands how businesses operate and uses this context to drive innovation and ethical decision-making

Change Management

Develops methods for supporting innovation and change across the organization

Problem Solving

Approaches problems in a rational manner using sound strategies that ensure comprehensive understanding and effective resolution

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