Principal Protocol_ Kubernetes

As a Principal Software Engineer - Protocols, you will play a key role in enhancing our cloud-scale NAS platform. Your responsibilities will include:

• Participate and lead requirements analysis, architecture design, design reviews, and other work related to expanding Nasuni's Platform, Protocols, and Operating System.
• Developing and maintaining software and services that power our NAS appliance, delivering high performance and reliability to customers.
• Building and enhancing High Availability (HA) and Upgrade mechanisms to ensure seamless, non-disruptive customer experiences.
• Investigating and resolving bugs and defects reported by QA, customer support, and the development team.

Required Skills and Experience

• 11+ years of experience building and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems or cloud-based services.
• Proven expertise in C and C++ programming, with a strong focus on performance and reliability.
• Solid understanding of Linux clustering technologies such as Pacemaker, Corosync, etc.
• Proficient in object-oriented design and SDK development in both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, multi-threaded systems, I/O subsystems, and Linux internals including XFS/EXT filesystems.
• Strong grasp of operating systems, distributed systems architecture, and cloud service fundamentals.
• Experience working with hypervisor platforms such as ESX, Hyper-V, KVM, or OpenStack.
• Ability to work with technical partners to translate ambiguous requirements into well-defined, actionable designs and component-level specifications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly present complex technical topics to diverse audiences.
• Ability to lead technical implementation efforts, including rapid prototyping and delivery of proof-of-concept solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and support team members, contributing to team knowledge around tools, technologies, and development best practices.
• The Storage Network Protocols we use include; NFS, SMB, CIFS, and SAMBA.