File Systems Engineer

File Systems Engineer

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.

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Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet-related tools. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design.

Applies developed subject matter knowledge to solve common and complex business and technical issues within established guidelines and recommends appropriate alternatives. Works on problems of diverse complexity and scope. May act as a project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitating decision-making. Exercises independent judgment within generally defined policies and practices to identify and select a solution. Handles most unique situations independently but may seek advice on highly complex issues.

Provides guidance and mentoring to lower-level professionals.

• Designs enhancements, updates, and programming changes for specific subsystems of parallel file systems, including Lustre and underlying Linux kernel I/O stacks.

• Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required for assigned features, such as layout evolution, Object Storage Target (OST) striping policies, or data tiering.

• Writes and executes complete testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned storage subsystems; identifies, debugs, and creates solutions for direct I/O call stacks, VFS bottlenecks, and kernel panics.

• Collaborates seamlessly with a project team of software systems engineers and internal partners to develop reliable, high-performance storage solutions for HPC and AI workloads.

• Communicates with management and internal development partners regarding software systems design status, project progress, and issue resolution for assigned components.

• Participates as a key technical contributor in the storage software engineering team across various phases of larger enterprise storage architecture projects.

• Provides guidance, code review, and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

• Typically, 4-7 years' experience.

• Strong proficiency in systems programming languages, specifically C, alongside capabilities in Python, Bash, or Rust.

• Solid architectural knowledge of the Lustre file system codebase and Linux OS internals (page cache, memory management).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for debugging distributed state machines and system-level I/O bottlenecks.

• Experience designing and maintaining software systems running on high-performance computing clusters and enterprise storage networks.

• Software systems testing methodology, including performance profiling and debugging using tracing tools (e.g.,…