Location: Austin United States of America
Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds people cross borders energy become smarter and much more. More than 30000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things grant access to digital services analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.
This role is Hybrid sitting out of Austin TX
As a member of a dynamic engineering team you will have the opportunity to contribute to and influence the design of new features keep updated of new features distributed in major new releases of Windows operating systems and work in the area of file systems clustering security and solution for cloud security.
The Sr. Software Engineer will build and implement new features and maintain existing features in CTE product. This position with other Developers QA engineers support engineers andProduct Managersthroughout the software development life cycle.
- Research design and implement cross-platform kernel software mostly at the file system and storage level layers.
- Design code with special attention to performance and correctness.
- Collaborate with the project managers in US to understand the customer requirements and use cases. Work with architects to expand the requirement and write the design/functional specifications.
- Work with support and compatibility teams to solve customer escalations.
- Attend North America customer calls to understand customer configuration collect relevant technical logs analyze them and provide the solution in timely manner. Provide the necessary timely updates to customer on escalation progress.
- Develop unit tests and ensure quality of the product; required to work with the system test team to define test plans troubleshoot and resolve software defects.
- The candidate must be able to use the Linux tool chain both in user space and in the kernel in order to debug issues and develop code for FUSE based file system code.
- The candidate must be able to write functional specs using confluence and wiki tools participate in review meetings and be able to quickly prototype to evaluate feasibility.
- They will use debuggers to determine the root cause of issues in code they or other team members have written to improve the product quality.
- On occasion the candidate will help triage customer reported defects either working with the customer directly or through the support organization.
- The candidate must be very transparent and communicative in their work as the team comprises QA Documentation and support organizations.
- The candidate participates in daily huddles as the team uses SAFe Agile for planning and progress discussions and work individually or in a group setting with their peers on the assigned tasks and stories.
- Bachelors degree in a technical subject (e.g. Computer Science Electrical Engineering Mathematics or Engineering)
- Experience in clustering and distributed file systems design is highly desirable
- Knowledge of virtualization - virtual machine (VM) and Hypervisor system design and Docker/containers
- Strong C/C and GO
- Expert troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Knowledge and passion for Agile software development solid software engineering practices release processes and project life cycles
- Knowledgeable with the Intel/AMD 64-bit architectures
Preferred Qualifications:
- Software development experience on Linux FUSE filesystem in the areas of memory management I/O access paradigms performance and file system internals
- Experience with the implementation of Linux Userspace Filesystem Framework (FUSE) system calls and vector table
- Experience in designing/implementing and debugging software in multi-processor machine architectures
- Masters degree a plus in one of the disciplines listed above ie Computer Science Electrical Engineering Mathematics or Engineering)
- Performance engineering
- Familiarity with AWS and Azure IaaS environments
- Excellent communications skills both verbal and written
- Must be able to write clear functional specifications and design documents and engage with customers on technical discussions
- Self-directed; requires minimal supervision on work products
- Strong team player
- Willingness to proactively interact with the team and achieve results in a dynamic environment
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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with a criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified consistent with federal law state law and local ordinances.
We are an equal opportunity employer including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period
Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off
Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Well-being Program