Desired Skills and Experience

  • Linux kernel level crash dump analysis 
  • Linux driver troubleshooting and analysis 
  • Linux transport services (protocol support) 
  • fibre channel 
  • iscsi 
  • Passion around debugging and resolving complex storage related issues 
  • Understanding of the VMWare ecosystem 
  • Strong C and or C++ skills 
  • Experience in the support chain 
  • Good issue resolution documentation skills
  • Strong Linux experience building and qualifying Linux distros
  • Proven troubleshooting experience 
  • Experience in scripting languages (e.g. python and bash) 
  • Proficiency using kernel level debug tools (e.g. kgdb) 
  • Proficient in Linux networking including bonding, bridging and experience debugging network issues 
  • Development experience in C++ (can substitute C programming but must have the ability and desire to learn C++) Bonus 
  • Experience building and/or maintaining packages under Ubuntu or Debian using dpkg and APT 
  • Working exposure with the open source community (monitoring and contributing code) 
  • Experience troubleshooting complex environments.
  • B.S., M.S., or PhD. In Computer Science or other related field or equivalent 
  • Minimum five years relevant experience