Storage Systems Engineer

Job description

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. **Who We Are** Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. **Job Description** **High Performance Computing, AI and Labs** is a critical element of HPE. We are focused on delivering innovative solutions that accelerate our customers’ digital transformation, enabling them to tackle their complex, and data-intensive workloads. Combining deep expertise and the development of the world’s most cutting-edge, high-performance supercomputers, is defining the next era of computing delivering valuable insight & innovation. Join us and redefine what’s next for you. **HPE Nonstop** is a complete software stack and offers a rich suite of security products to protect Nonstop workloads and data - be it the new crypto, standards compliance, auditing, new security design in the enterprise and so on. Nonstop comes with its own unique security architecture that has continued to protect the Nonstop deployments over time. The portfolio of security products is enhanced at regular intervals to stay with times and ahead of the curve. At Nonstop, we have been studying the trends, listening to our customers, and looking at ways to not only make Nonstop secure but also enable customers to secure their Nonstop environment and implement corporate security practices for their Nonstop infrastructure. Given that Nonstop is a complete software stack, we look at it in terms of – **a)** security infrastructure available in the platform for customers and application developers protect and secure the information flow **b)** Integrate into Enterprise’s Authentication and Access control architecture **c)** implement modern cryptography **d)** help customers monitor their Nonstop workloads using modern tools and techniques **e)** implement advanced forensics to track user actions **f)** help customers implement regular compliance measures and demonstrate compliance **g)** monitor emerging threats from a technology landscape, research and scout for solutions. **What You'll Do** - Develop and maintain core storage system components (data path, metadata, protocols, and management services) - Design and implement scalable, distributed storage features with focus on performance and reliability - Debug and resolve complex system-level issues across software, firmware, and hardware interactions - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, networking, performance, and support) - Contribute to system architecture, design reviews, and feature planning - Ensure compliance with HPE secure development lifecycle and coding standards - Support testing, validation, and release activities - Produce technical documentation and participate in code reviews **What You Need To Bring** ***Education and Experience Required:*** - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent. - Typically 4-6 years experience. - Strong programming skills in C/C++ (Python a plus) - Experience with Linux/Unix systems and system-level development - Knowledge of distributed systems and parallel computing concepts - Strong debugging and problem-solving skills - Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, high-speed interconnects) - Experience with storage technologies (file systems, block or object storage) **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience with Lustre and/or HPC storage systems - Experience in performance tuning and large-scale distributed systems - Familiarity with cloud-native or microservices architectures - Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and automation tools - Exposure to hardware/software integration (servers, SSD/HDD, networking) **Knowledge And Skills** - Expertise in multiple software systems design tools and languages. - Software engineering fundamentals and system design - Distributed systems and scalability - Security-first development mindset - Strong cross-team collaboration and communication - Ability to solve complex technical problems with measurable impact **Scope & Impact** - Contributes to core HPE HPC storage products supporting HPC and AI workloads - Works on features directly impacting system performance, scalability, and reliability - Collaborates across global engineering teams **Additional Skills** Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design, Testing & Automation, User Experience (UX) **What We Can Offer You** **Health & Wellbeing** We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing. **Personal & Professional Development** We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division. **Unconditional Inclusion** We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and pers