Senior Systems Software Manager, Platforms

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What do NASA and emerging space companies have in common with COVID vaccine R&D teams or with Roblox and the Metaverse? 

The answer is data, -- all fast moving, fast growing industries rely on data for a competitive edge in their industries. And the most advanced companies are realizing the full data advantage by partnering with Pure Storage. Pure’s vision is to redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data. With 11,000+ customers including 58% of the Fortune 500, we’ve only scratched the surface of our ambitions. 

Pure is blazing trails and setting records:

• For eight straight years, Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant 
• Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a certified Net Promoter Score in the top 1% of B2B companies globally
• Industry analysts and press applaud Pure’s leadership across these dimensions
• And, our 4,000+ employees are emboldened to make Pure a faster, stronger, smarter company as we go

If you, like us, say ���bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

The FlashArray Team builds the industry’s most innovative, high-performance, and highly available portfolio of products that are designed for the most demanding mission critical applications.  While we deliver a hardware storage array, over 90% of our engineering staff are software engineers. Our customers are the most important part of our business and they love FlashArray for it's simplicity of management, the constant flow of new and exciting upgrades, and ability to live on the cutting edge of technology while never taking downtime, ever. Most recently, we extended the value of our FlashArray capabilities into the cloud with CloudSnap and Cloud Block Store for AWS. These new innovations enable our customers to leverage the agility of the public cloud for both traditional IT and cloud-native applications. 

What You Will Be Doing...

• Directly manage a development team focused on projects related to Linux kernel development, new Flasharray platforms, NVMe fabrics protocols and features
• Work closely with Program managers, Release managers and other peer teams contributing to cross functional projects
• Drive execution in conjunction with the above teams to ensure that we are achieving product development milestones.
• Work with partners and vendors to integrate third party deliverables into the product
• In coordination with Purity software teams - drive detailed software plans for Purity releases.
• Develop plans for continuous integration, and phased execution.

What You Bring To The Team...

• BS in computer science or equivalent
• 3 plus years of technical lead or management experience, while staying hands-on in development
• 5 plus years of Linux kernel or protocol development experience in servers, networking or storage, ideally on x86 NUMA systems.
• Experience in technologies and industry standards such as NVMe, NFS, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, SCSI, or protocols such as SMB,NFS.
• Experience  in Agile development and continuous integration in development projects.
• Proficiency in C/C++/Java and scripting languages such as python/shell
• Working knowledge of Linux virtualization tools, or data path technologies such as DPDK
• Proven expertise in managing projects throughout the entire SDLC,  delivering products to market on schedule, and ensuring feedback loops from customers into development
• Strong customer focus
• Data driven, with experience in extracting operational insights from metrics
• Solid knowledge of end-to-end quality best practices
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

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