Storage (SAN/NAS) Test Engineer

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

The team

Hitachi Vantara seeks a Test Engineer with strong hands-on technical skills that span Hitachi or Competitor enterprise storage arrays, replication products, SAN switches, Operating system, scripting etc.. The individual will be responsible to contribute on replication performance tests and other solution tests with minimum assistance from peers.

The role

Responsibilities

• Set up test environment and run performance benchmarking tests on replication environment with Hitachi and non-Hitachi storage environment.
• Create and document detailed test plans, performance briefs, Implementation Guides and other technical documents that detail the configurations, test methodology results and Best Practices.
• Work with Engineering and partners (if appropriate) to properly set test and performance goals and maximize results.
• Design, develop, and maintain a dynamic lab environment that can be rapidly configured to suite specific hardware or software solutions.
• Create and provide advanced-level technical training to System Engineers (& other technical audiences as appropriate).
• Develop automated scripts for testing, setup preparation etc. (using Python, Shell, etc).
• Provide frequent status updates and reports to keep management up-to-date.
  
  

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

• Experience in performance benchmarking, tuning and analysis. File, Content and/or Block performance bottleneck identification is critical for this role.
• Experience in Cloud computing, e.g. AWS.
• Good experience on NAS, File storage architecture, configuration, and management.
• Experience on software defined storages, configuration, provisioning, troubleshooting etc.
• Experience in Cloud platform and storage administration is an advantage.
• Experience with other virtualization technologies such as VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of the Linux operating system.
• Good hands on experience with HDS storage or at an expert level with IBM/HP/Dell EMC/NetApp storage in block and file services.
• Good storage knowledge in RAID, disk-subsystem, file system, snapshot, replication (in-system, remote) and deduplication.
• Excellent knowledge in networking and storage protocols: NFS, CIFS, TCP/IP, Fiber Channel, Storage Area Network.
• Coding experience (in python, Perl, shell, etc.) to automate test scripts is a big plus
• Excellent writing and documentation skills; very good verbal communications (including presentations and providing technical training).
• Broad exposure and experience in integrating hardware solutions including servers (UNIX, LINUX, and Windows) with storage systems.
• Excellent internal and external customer skills. Possess the ability to work and communicate with the senior technical and executive levels including consultants, SE, PM, VP, etc.
• A team player and fast adoption to changes (technical and process) is a must.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/ Computer Science or equivalent.
  
  

About Us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

How We Look After You

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.