Member of Technical Staff, Kernel
Everpure · Posted Oct 26
Enterprise data storage and management platform for apps, analytics, and AI
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About the role
Everpure is a data platform company with a broad technology focus spanning hyperscalers, AI labs, AI hardware, and data platform providers. The Kernel and Driver development team works on storage area network protocols, Linux and VMware initiator stacks, and Fibre Channel and NIC drivers on Pure Storage FlashArray. This role leads a group of engineers responsible for kernel and driver development, debugging, performance optimization, and upstream Linux contributions.
What you will do
- Team lead for a group of engineers with responsibility for Linux and VMWare initiator stack behavior as well as Fibre Channel and NIC drivers on Pure storage array.
- Working for a team that deals primarily in various storage area network protocols such as Fiber Channel and Ethernet.
- On the initiator side, the team will be responsible for Linux initiator behavior attached to Flasharray. Focus is on NVME (ROCE, FC, TCP/IP) but also includes FC-SCSI (FCP) and iSCSI interfaces. This includes software development/fixes for Linux initiator stack, debugging initiator problems, and creating compatibility documents for Purity. For VMWare, focus is on debugging issues with VMWare as an initiator, and creating compatibility documentation.
- For FibreChannel and NIC Drivers, focus is responsibility for FC-SCSI driver stack for storage side and responsibility for NIC drivers on networking side. This includes responsibility for related code, utilities, enhancements supporting RAS, as well as debugging failures found internally and in the field.
- Maintain Linux kernels for internal testing
- Documenting supported configurations for customers
- Responsibility for evaluating Linux initiator behavior and optimizing for Pure Storage Flasharray. This includes correctness as well as optimizing for performances. Will contribute bug fixes and enhancements to Linux upstream. Analyze and debug difficult Linux bugs to optimize Flasharray attachment.
- Responsible for maintaining Purity’s Fibre Channel SCSI (FCP) target driver. Maintenance includes driver updates for enhancements, bugs fixes and new hardware.
- Resolve difficult Fibre Channel bugs found internally or externally and enhancing the resilience of Pure’s FC stack. This includes projects around multipathing and link health.
- Responsible for maintaining NIC drivers on Pure’s storage systems.
- Dealing with middle ware C++ modules
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong experience writing device drivers and/or kernel development for Linux/Unix. Prefer experience in storage and/or networking drivers
- Minimum 5 years of development experience, but expect that typically candidates would have 15+ years experience.
- Experience designing and implementing significant components in storage protocol stacks and storage systems.
- Experience with storage protocols: either SCSI (FC-SCSI or iSCSI/FCP) and/or NVME Fabrics (NVME/ROCE, NVME/TCP or NVME/FC) will be an advantage.
- Experience leading other engineers technically. Should be able to mentor more junior engineers and lead other engineers in an overall project. Should demonstrate on time delivery with high quality.
- Experience with performance analysis/optimization for storage systems or protocols
- Should have VMWare experience, with understanding of their initiator stack.
- Experience writing Linux storage device drivers, including some sets of Fibre Channel, NVME, ROCE, block and multipath modules.
- Experience debugging difficult storage attach issues.
- Experience with software development using C and C++, along with Python
- Experience upstreaming Linux code is preferred
- Should have experience developing test automation
- Experience analyzing and optimizing storage performance
- Experience writing storage or networking device drivers, preferred in Linux/Unix environment
- Demonstrated experience debugging difficult protocol/kernel/system issues
- Experience with network protocols, including TCP/IP.
Benefits and support
- flexible time off
- wellness resources
- company-sponsored team events
About Everpure
Everpure is an enterprise data storage and management company that unifies all data with an enterprise data cloud, making it easy to manage and get AI-ready fast. Formerly known as Pure Storage, the company delivers an industry-leading, ever-evolving storage and data management platform.
- Industry
- Data Storage
- Company size
- 6000+ employees
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $470M raised
- 2013-08-29Series E$150M
- 2014-04-23Series F$225M
Leadership
Chairman and CEO
Rob Lee
Chief Technology Officer
Dan FitzSimons
Chief Revenue Officer
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