Job Description

Job Title -Sr. Linux Developer (Distribution & Packaging)(1018130)

Meet our Team

We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

What you'll be doing

Seeking to build strong relationships and trust with new and existing customers across industry sectors such as retail, finance, manufacturing and public sector.

Articulating our industry leading solutions, which include Data Centre/Storage, Cloud, Big Data, Advanced Analytics and IoT, to enable your customers to realise the highest levels of success.

What you bring to the team

Responsibilities:

• We are recruiting a Software Engineer to work as part of the development team in Hitachi Vantara Engineering, who are responsible for designing, developing and testing the next generation of the Hitachi NAS Platform product.
• An ideal candidate will understand the entire process of creating valuable software, and be involved with the complete development-test cycle. This involves being an integral part of a team that produces high quality functional software and unit testing, working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• The role will involve being part of an agile scrum team of skilled/mixed-discipline engineers, understanding the required deliverables and pro-actively taking part in the team's self-organization to ensure sprint goals are met.
• The engineer will play a key role in shaping the design, development, testing, and integration for prioritized work.
• This will involve tackling problems of diverse scope, designing and implementing complex software while ensuring quality of the product remains high.
• A successful candidate must have a proven track record of delivering complex software solutions, and a demonstrable understanding of the software lifecycle. They will also have an inquisitive mind, an openness to new ideas, an excellent attention to detail and an adaptability to change. Strong verbal and written communication skills are important, as is being a self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities:

• Apply your scripting expertise to Debian / Ubuntu Linux network, storage, and system configuration
• OS package management; installs, updates
• Stay informed of security issues and integrate patches and updates to close them
• OS footprint reduction
• Integrating OS builds into CI/CD pipelines
• Effectively utilize a wide range of tools in development, including Linux admin and config, shell scripting (bash) as well as python. Possibly some c or c++

Qualifications & Skills:

• Degree in Computer Science (or other scientific discipline), or equivalent applicable experience.
• At least 8 years of product development & 5 years of Linux development experience
• Extensive experience of shell programming in a Linux system (bash, sh, etc.)
• Good experience of maintaining, building and installing packages on a Linux-based system with a standard package management tool (e.g. apt, rpm, yum, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience in developing Linux apps, Linux distribution-related work is a must
• Candidates must possess high adaptability, flexibility, desire and drive to branch out from comfort zone
• C/C++ is a desirable
• Excellent analytical, debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with one or more of the following: storage systems and management, high-availability systems
• Scrum master or product owner experience or certification is a plus.

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values

Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don't meet all of the set criteria. We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours and part-time arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge