Industry Job Opportunity

NETAPP - Performance Analysis Engineer

Project: Multiple opportunities
Location: Sunnyvale, CA

JOB SUMMARY

Data is the currency of business in the digital era. NetApp is the data authority, helping customers leverage and manage their data wherever it resides – in the cloud, in their data centers, or anywhere data flows. Engineers at NetApp help transform the way customers utilize their dynamic, diverse, and distributed information. They are allowing doctors to save lives with deep data analytics shared with medical experts around the world, helping automotive engineers improve autonomous vehicle navigation with artificial intelligence, enabling scientists to monitor and identify environmental hazards through deep image analysis, and providing companies the ability to expand their businesses in yet unimagined ways.

By joining NetApp, you can take part in transforming how data is changing the world. ONTAP is the #1 Storage Operating System in the world, managing 100’s of Exabyte’s of customers information. We have more than 30000 customers today that rely on us to be the data authority. Take part in the transformation that is changing how we work and play daily. As a Performance Analysis Engineer, you will work as part of a team responsible for modeling, measurement and analysis of storage systems performance.

The overall focus of the Research and Development function, of which this role is a part, is on competitive market and customer requirements, technology advances, product quality, product cost and time-to-market. Performance engineers focus on performance analysis and improvement for new products and features as well as enhancements to existing products and features. This position requires an individual to be broad-thinking and systems-focused, creative, team-oriented, technologically savvy, able to lead large cross-functional teams, and driven to produce results.

Essential Functions:

  • Create analytical and simulation-based models to predict storage systems performance
  • Evaluate design alternatives for enhanced performance, and prototype opportunities for performance enhancements
  • Measure and analyze product performance to identify performance improvement opportunities
  • Design, implement, execute, analyze, interpret, socialize and apply storage oriented performance measurements and their results, including the creation of tools and automation as necessary
  • Work closely with development teams to drive the performance improvement agenda

Job Requirements

  • In-depth knowledge of performance analysis and modeling techniques, tools and benchmarking.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in computer operating systems, hardware architecture and design, data structures and standard programming practices; systems programming in C is highly desirable.
  • Strong scripting skills (perl, python (primarily within JupyterHub), shell)
  • Knowledge of storage and file systems highly desirable
  • Exceptional presentation and interpersonal skills
  • Strong influencing and leadership skills
  • The ability to make accurate work estimates and develop predictable plans
  • A creative and analytical approach to problem solving
  • A willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will positively contribute towards team, department, and company goals
  • The ability and willingness to adapt to rapidly changing work environments, and create/enhance automation frameworks (generally python-based) to improve productivity in those environments

Education

B.S and 6 years of experience, M.S.and 4 years of experience or Ph.D., in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, preferred, or related engineering/scientific field.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Netapp is an equal opportunity employer of minorities/women/vets/disabled.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply using the link on the Netapp Recruiting page, or directly contact Curt Thiem, Manager, ONTAP Performance Analysis or Mehdi Hanbali, Senior Recruiter, NetApp.