Principal Software Engineer; Storage

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Family Definition:

Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs the Kubernetes-based control plane software for HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000, an enterprise storage product. Develops Go microservices, Kubernetes controllers and host networking daemons that provide highly available client networking, manage data-center network infrastructure, and distribute and upgrade software across the cluster. Works across Linux networking, Kubernetes and network hardware.

Contributions have visible technical impact on a product or major subcomponent. Applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. Visible contributions improve time-to-market, achieve cost reductions, or satisfy current and future unmet customer needs. Recognized internal authority on key technology area applying innovative principles and ideas. Provides technical leadership for significant project/program work.

Leads or participates in cross-functional initiatives and contributes to mentorship and knowledge sharing across the organization.

• Designs, develops and owns Go microservices and Kubernetes controllers/operators for cluster networking, network infrastructure management, and software distribution.
• Develops host-level Linux networking software that configures interfaces, addressing and routing to give clients highly available access over IPv4 and IPv
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• Automates the configuration and lifecycle management of data-center network switches, including safe, recoverable firmware upgrades.
• Develops and maintains services that package, store and distribute software and container images for cluster installs and upgrades.
• Designs distributed, highly available services that remain correct through node failures, restarts and partial upgrades.
• Reviews and evaluates designs and code for correctness, failure handling and testability; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and reduce the risk of failure.
• Develops automated unit, integration and system tests, including fault-injection testing.
• Troubleshoots customer escalations and field issues across Kubernetes, Linux networking and network infrastructure, and turns the findings into lasting product fixes.
• Collaborates with cross-functional storage, platform and cloud teams on designs that span multiple components.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to junior team members to set an example of software design and development excellence.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• Typically 10+ years experience developing production software, including significant experience with distributed or infrastructure systems.

• Strong programming experience in a systems language (e.g., Go, C/C++, Java), including concurrency and testable design, and willingness to develop primarily in Go.
• Hands-on…