2 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python test automation frameworks and infrastructure.
- Own end-to-end validation for SAN and block storage features, including test design, execution, and defect lifecycle management.
- Develop functional, integration, stress, scale, and performance tests for distributed storage systems.
- Analyze failures, debug issues across software and system layers, and drive root-cause resolution.
- Define validation strategies, improve testability and coverage, and promote automation-first testing.
- Contribute to product design discussions involving reliability, observability, and diagnosability.
- Lead or significantly contribute to test planning, quality reviews, and release readiness.
- Collaborate with development, QA, and field support teams on customer use cases and production readiness.
- Mentor junior engineers and influence team-level engineering and test automation practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
- 8–12 years of relevant industry experience and a record of owning quality outcomes for complex subsystems.
- Strong Python programming skills and experience building automation frameworks.
- Experience with system-level testing and debugging of distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, multithreading, and system internals.
- Experience with storage technologies, preferably SAN protocols such as FC, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF.
- Understanding of file systems, data paths, replication, or high-availability systems.
- Experience testing scale, performance, and stress scenarios.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and modern development workflows.
- Ability to work independently on moderately to highly complex problems and drive solutions.
- Preferred experience includes ONTAP, SnapMirror, SVM, HA/MetroCluster, large-scale system validation, customer scenario testing, cloud-integrated or hybrid cloud storage, and team-level SDET automation strategy.
About NetApp
NetApp builds data storage and data management software and hardware for enterprises, including ONTAP-powered all-flash arrays and hybrid cloud services that integrate with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It sells systems and subscriptions that support backup, disaster recovery, databases, and container/Kubernetes workloads. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in San Jose, California, NetApp is a public company listed on NASDAQ.