C/c++ & System Programming - Mts/smts - Corestorage

**Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?**

VMware Virtual Volumes is an integration and management framework for external storage that provides finer control at the VM-level, streamline storage operations and offers flexibility of choice.

The vVOL storage engineer will be responsible for providing deep technical expertise on our next generation storage initiatives, the engineer will be developing new products and solutions based on an enterprise-class virtualization platform. Duties will include design, implementation, testing, and debugging. Engineer will also interact with other groups outside of engineering in helping analyze and prioritize product features, interact with partners, customers, support and with key VMware technical leaders to influence and execute vVOL storage initiatives.

In this role, you will have opportunity to demonstrate the following Job responsibilities,
- Design, develop, and maintain the next generation of storage virtualization products.
- Work on the management/middle-tier infrastructure running on VMware's vCenter Server.
- Design and maintain APIs to expose the underlying concepts in the physical and virtual infrastructure to various components in VMware's ecosystem, including the UI.
- Coordinate with platform, UI and usability teams to ensure that features work seamlessly end-to-end.
- Interact with Storage partners to discuss technical aspects of API specification and implementation.
- Help investigate customer support escalations on our storage products
- Work with test engineers and ensure software testability, quality and stability.
- Work with the documentation team and ensure good quality documentation of the product and API.

If you are passionate about system programming, virtualization, distributed systems, building a scalable and performant platform, storage, and snapshot technologies you will feel right at home.

If you are looking forward to work on the latest technology related to building cloud infrastructure and want to have experience of working on highly scalable distributed systems, user and kernel programming, and storage virtualization technology then this is the place.

**Success in the Role**:What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing**?**
- **In your first 6 months**:

- You will be expected to have good understanding of architecture and design of vVols (Virtual Volumes) and overall knowledge of storage stack and IO path of VMware vSphere product.
- You will participate in design discussions and feature development activities
- You will be making code changes of low quantum to understand overall development process.

After 6 months+
- You will be responsible for designing and delivering solutions for various vVols requirements.
- You will be responsible for addressing feature enhancement or issue resolution in vVols as part of bigger feature or ask by end customer.
- You will be regularly evaluated on the quality of the product you create and the code you write to ensure continued advancement of your technical skills in an environment that looks to expand them.
- As a member of the vVols team you are expected to interact with other engineering groups and groups outside of engineering in helping analyze and prioritize product features. You are expected to interact with support team, various storage partners and with key VMware technical leaders to influence and execute next generation vVols.
- Innovation is the key to success and any new product ideas that you can come up with will be fully supported by management and if its relevant will be funded by organization to make sure that it gets into the product.

**What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?**

Your regular activities may be modified to suit your professional strengths, and in this role, you will have opportunity to demonstrate the following Job responsibilities,
- Design, develop, and maintain the next generation of storage virtualization products.
- Work on the management/middle-tier infrastructure running on VMware's vCenter Server.
- Design and maintain APIs to expose the underlying concepts in the physical and virtual infrastructure to various components in VMware's ecosystem, including the UI.
- Coordinate with platform, UI and usability teams to ensure that features work seamlessly end-to-end.
- Interact with Storage partners to discuss technical aspects of API specification and implementation.
- Help investigate customer support escalations on our storage products
- Work with test engineers and ensure software testability, quality and stability.
- Work with the documentation team and ensure good quality documentation of the product and API.

The following competencies would help you in quickly ramping up on the project and building a great career at VMware in this project
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Masters preferred.
- 4+ years of Obj