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Sr. Manager, Performance Engineering

San Jose, California, United States

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Overview

At NetApp, we have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. That’s because we bring new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively in the most efficient possible way. As an Engineer with NetApp, you’ll have the opportunity to work with modern cloud and container orchestration technologies in a production setting. You’ll play an important role in scaling systems sustainably through automation and evolving them by pushing for changes to improve reliability and velocity.

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Ready to be an engineer at NetApp? Explore the traits that can help you thrive.

  • Analytical
  • Adaptable
  • Communicator
  • Detail-oriented
  • Quick-thinking
  • Problem solver

Responsibilities

San Jose, California, United States Job category: HCE Job ID: 128133-en_US

About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, turning a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. No matter the data type, workload or environment, we help our customers identify and realize new business possibilities. And it all starts with our people.

If this sounds like something you want to be part of, NetApp is the place for you. You can help bring new ideas to life, approaching each challenge with fresh eyes. We embrace diversity and openness because it's in our DNA. Of course, you won't be doing it alone. At NetApp, we're all about asking for help when we need it, collaborating with others, and partnering across the organization - and beyond.

"At NetApp, we fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global workforce with a culture of belonging that leverages the backgrounds and perspectives of all employees, customers, partners, and communities to foster a higher performing organization."-George Kurian, CEO

Job Summary

Sr. Performance Engineering Manager – the qualified candidate will manage a strong team of performance analysis engineering professionals. The team is responsible for providing performance projections, performance guidance for architecture and design decisions, performance characterization, analysis and modeling across all major areas of NetApp storage products which includes the hardware platform and various subsystems within Data ONTAP software.

 Essential Functions:

  • Manage the performance analysis work for the various concurrent hardware and software projects for product releases. Ensure that the performance team is influencing product designs to deliver competitive product performance, providing schedule and resource needs for performance-oriented projects, and reporting progress on these projects at engineering review forums
  • Work closely with various engineering development teams as well as product marketing teams to help drive performance agenda, understand performance needs for various teams, establish clear objectives and plans, prioritize and coordinate performance team's deliverables for various development projects.
  • Manage people, capital budget, and lab equipment resources of the Performance Team to ensure maximum productivity.
  • Manage and drive to resolution critical performance issues and escalations in the field. Coordinate with customer support, field teams, and other engineering teams to provide solutions for complex performance issues at customer sites.
  • Manage hiring and staffing of the performance team and shape the organization to scale effectively with future growth.
  • Assist in driving the vision and company-wide performance strategy and leading cross-organizational efforts to meet product competitive and consistent performance goals. Work with others in performance engineering, product management, and partner teams to contribute to performance analysis and improvement roadmap.

Job Requirements

Responsibility:

  • This position is responsible for managing many tasks for multiple large groups, a department or departments, or a function within a country or global geographic area.
  • The focus of this role is on creating and influencing strategy and policy.
  • The potential impact of decisions made by this individual have significant operational or financial impact.
  • This individual will apply in-depth knowledge to solve broad issues that are complex in scope and establish medium to long- range plans.

Interaction:

  • This individual must work effectively with staff to vice president level employees and employees within and outside of their function and organization.
  • Utilizes people skills and available people manager tools to critically impact the growth of an individual within the company and career.
  • This individual must demonstrate favorable results through providing leadership to the function.

Education and Experience

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a Master’s degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required.
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience as an individual contributor and a minimum of 5 years as a people manager is required.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, critical projects is required.
  • A clear understanding of the product development cycle, technical requirements, and project management.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise hardware/software development and testing processes, preferably in computer server or storage systems, and the role of performance at various stages in these processes.
  • Strong understanding of performance benchmarks, analysis, and modeling concepts and methodology
  • A strong understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, file systems, and storage desirable
  • A demonstrated ability to manage professional level employees, many with advanced degrees
  • Ability to plan and track multiple concurrent projects covering a wide spectrum of technical areas
  • Ability to deal with conflicting agendas, frequent emergencies, and demanding customers
  • Proven track record of building and maintaining strong teams.

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 219,510 - 308,550 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO), various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process. 

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

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Why NetApp?

We are all about helping customers turn challenges into business opportunity. It starts with bringing new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively to run better - but also to innovate. We tailor our approach to the customer's unique needs with a combination of fresh thinking and proven approaches.

We enable a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We provide comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts. Finally, we provide financial savings programs to help you plan for your future.

If you want to help us build knowledge and solve big problems, let's talk.


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Our values

Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and our communities. Think and act like owners. Build belonging every day. Embrace a growth mindset.

Benefits

Volunteer time off

40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.

Well-being

Employee Assistance Program, fitness, and mental health resources to help employees be their best.

Time away

Paid time off for vacation and to recharge.

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NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status and any other protected classification. We pledge to take every reasonable step to ensure that our applicants and employees are respected, treated fairly and with dignity. See the EEO poster, Know your rights poster, and NetApp EEO policy. NetApp makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for religious purposes and for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions unless undue hardship would result.

State-specific postings/notices to applicants regarding contract compliance can be found here in English and here in Spanish, and fair employment practice information can be found here.

Reasonable accommodation

If you are an applicant with a physical or mental disability requiring an accommodation, or you require a religious accommodation for any part of our application process, please email gdib@netapp.com. Each request for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis, consistent with applicable laws and regulations. Please note, this email address is only for accommodation requests; we do not accept unsolicited resumes.

Data privacy

We care about your privacy and therefore ask that you read our Applicant Privacy Policy (PDF) before you submit any personal information to us.

NetApp may use an automated employment evaluation tool or similar tool as one of several tools, actions, and/or steps to assist with NetApp’s review of candidate applications for various hiring needs. Currently, when addressing certain hiring needs, NetApp uses the Eightfold tool which can provide an initial ranking of a candidate’s skills and experience, based on information provided by the applicant in the application and/or supporting documentation, in comparison to the NetApp designated key requirements of a specific role. Additionally, the tool may be used to help review and /or rank internal employees seeking promotion or other internal mobility.

An independent audit of the Eightfold Matching Model tool can be found at https://eightfold.ai/nyc-eightfoldmatching-model.

Candidates may request an alternative selection process which will not be subject to the Eightfold matching tool or to any electronic automated employment evaluation by contacting NetApp at careers@netapp.com. To bypass the Eightfold matching tool or any electronic automated employment evaluation, you must include a resume and job ID with your email to careers@netapp.com and you must include in the subject line of your email: Data Privacy Request. Candidates who have questions or want to request additional information on the source of data, type of data, and/or collection of data related to the candidate review process should contact NetApp at careers@netapp.com

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