About us

NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud. We provide a full range of hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation. Together with our partners, we empower global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation, and optimize their operations.

Job Summary

From the newest ideas in cluster computing to the latest web framework, NetApp software products embrace innovation to deliver compelling solutions to our business.

NetApp HCI/SolidFire is actively seeking a Director and a quality leader for a high growth HCI/SolidFire Quality Engineering team. As part of the quality engineering function, the focus of this role is to own the vision, direction and execution for product quality, test automation development, CI/CD, regression test suites and customer success.

Job Responsibilities

This position requires the manager to be technically strong, experience in building CI/CD infrastructure & systems, possess strong leadership, able to work with cross-functional teams, and driven to ensure delivery of high-quality features.

• Lead design and building of common test framework and tools.
• Drive consistency across global agile teams for testing tools and automation frameworks.
• Establish a strong connection between customer scenarios and pre-release test coverage and automation.
• Work closely with sustaining team, support team to understand customer usage and then plug gaps in existing test coverage.
• Proven ability to manage and lead remote teams.
• Empower your team to learn and grow and support them in their career goals.
• Build and promote a work environment that is highly collaborative and team centric.
• Collaborate with leadership team to ensure we are building the best teams.
• Work closely with sustaining, support and product management to get the right test coverage
• Interface and work with customer facing support and maintenance teams to understand customer issues and help triage them
• A willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will positively contribute towards team, department, and company goals

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be self­-driven, with a strong quality background
• A track record of "followership" - people want to work for and with you.
• Track record of hiring, growing and nurturing cohesive, high performing quality engineering teams.
• Experience in qualifying system level products in industries like cloud services, hybrid-cloud, virtualization, security, storage or database systems.
• Ability to work with external partners, cross functional teams and internal partners.
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM
• 8-10 year’s experience managing and leading quality engineering teams working on enterprise products in a high-growth, fast-paced system software engineering company.
• Experience working with geographically remote teams.
• Ability to work on a diverse team or with a diverse range of people.

Desired

• Cloud, hybrid-cloud or cloud infrastructure experience
• Experience with Agile frameworks like SAFe.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of experience is required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a Master Degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required

What You'll Love About Us

• Our Culture: It’s our culture and our people. If you ask anyone at NetApp why they work here, the answer is inevitably the same: it’s the people.
• Our Location: We have a beautiful Boulder office, with amazing Flatiron views, on the vibrant downtown Pearl Street.
• Health Benefits: NetApp provides comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family.
• Financial and Savings Programs: Whether it’s flexible spending, stock purchases, or competitive retirement plans, we work with you to capitalize on total compensation now and into the future.
• Work Life balance and more: To make sure of work-life balance, we offer paid and volunteer time off, educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts and fitness centers.
• Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: We fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global workforce with a culture of belonging that leverages the backgrounds of all to cultivate a higher performing organization.

At NetApp, we take care of each other, our customers, our partners, and our communities simply because it’s the right thing to do. Along the way, we’ve repeatedly transformed businesses and set industry standards.  Join us, and we’ll help each other do our best work!