Title:  Manager, System Software Engineer

Job Summary

NetApp's Core Data Foundation organization is responsible for the foundational technologies that power ONTAP, including storage media integration, RAID, storage management, resiliency, availability, scalability, and performance. Our team works closely with drive vendors, hardware engineering, product management, and partner organizations to bring new storage technologies and platforms to market while ensuring enterprise-class reliability and performance.

As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead a team responsible for enabling and integrating current and next-generation storage media technologies across NetApp's storage portfolio. You will drive innovation in storage devices, firmware qualification, media reliability, performance optimization, data protection, and large-scale storage systems spanning on-premises, cloud, and AI infrastructure.

This role requires a strong technical leader with deep knowledge of storage systems and media technologies who can provide strategic direction, execute complex programs, and build high-performing engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of engineers developing storage media, RAID, and storage management technologies within ONTAP.
• Drive onboarding, qualification, and integration of new storage media, drive firmware, adapters, and storage hardware platforms.
• Partner with drive vendors, hardware engineering teams, and product management to define technology roadmaps and qualification strategies.
• Drive innovation in storage resiliency, reliability, availability, and performance across large-scale storage deployments.
• Lead architecture, design, implementation, and delivery of enterprise-class storage infrastructure solutions.
• Investigate complex system-level issues involving media behavior, firmware interactions, performance bottlenecks, and field escalations.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and engineering excellence.

Job Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with 10+ years of experience in systems software, storage, or infrastructure engineering and demonstrated management leadership.
• Strong systems programming expertise in C/C++ on Linux/UNIX, including operating systems, multithreading, concurrency, performance tuning, and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of Core Data Foundation technologies, including RAID, storage management, distributed file systems, data protection, storage scalability, high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
• Extensive experience with storage media technologies including NVMe SSDs, SAS SSDs, SATA SSDs, HDDs, TLC/QLC Flash, Zoned Namespace (ZNS) devices, single-port and dual-port storage devices, storage shelves, and drive firmware qualification.
• Strong knowledge of storage connectivity technologies including Fibre Channel (FC) adapters, SAS HBAs, NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF), PCIe-based storage architectures, and storage networking protocols.
• Understanding of media performance characteristics, garbage collection behavior, endurance management, wear leveling, firmware interactions, reliability engineering, failure analysis, and large-scale storage deployments.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence technology direction, collaborate with storage device vendors, define technical roadmaps, and deliver complex storage infrastructure solutions from concept through production.