DDN Storage is seeking great candidates to join our dynamic team of passionate customer-enabling technologists!

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DDN Storage is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

"DDN's A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure." - IDC

"The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments" - ~ Marc Hamilton VP, Solutions Architecture & Engineering | NVIDIA

DDN Storage is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge storage and data management solutions are designed to accelerate AI workloads, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance, reliability, and scalability, DDN Storage empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation, customer success, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

We are seeking a hands-on Manager, DevOps to join the DDN Infinia storage team, where you will play a crucial role in managing a global DevOps team. This role will require you to be fully hands-on, leading by coding, issue investigation, process improvement and setting technical direction that will help improve developer/tester efficiency. We prefer this Candidate to located in the Denver, Colorado area however will consider other locations.

Coach and mentor team members and direct reports for career development; Provide technical and strategic leadership to DevOps Engineer
• Leads capacity planning for Infinia team while working with Developer/QE managers and leads of DDN managed data center. and how to figure out the hardware needs for ordering new hardware considering current utilization and needs of the future including adding additional engineers and demands of higher development/testing load.
• Takes ownership of infrastructure management, and monitoring. Provides direction to identify and eliminate critical infrastructure problems and single points of failures.
• Knowledgeable of complex CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Enterprise through the automated building of code, deploying to multiple environments including bare metal servers, containers on bare metal servers and Kubernetes pods, running repeatable tests in different configuration.
• Knowledgeable of scalable self-managed backend infrastructure on VM and container virtualization technologies like KVM, VMware, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Comfortable using container and orchestration technologies to provide enterprise framework of deploying containers and running services at scale.
• Assist where needed to debug high level failures that an end user might see like service not starting down through the various layers of automation to find root cause in a complex lab environment.
• Solid understanding of programming with the ability to write production level code in Linux Shell, Python, and GoLang.
• Expert in using deployment and automation tools to quickly bring up new systems and recovery failed systems and environments including Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, and Salt. Automate every task.
• This is a Hybrid Position. Occasionally perform emergent data center work at our facility in Wheat Ridge, CO

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related technical field with a minimum of 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development
• At least 3 years of experience in the management of DevOps teams with a proven track record in building modern software organizations.
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Demonstrated experience in running successful infrastructure projects to completion.
• Strong working knowledge of GitHub Actions or similar CICD environments and its usage
• Strong grasp and demonstratable experience in orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and Docker
• Working knowledge of Configuration Management such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, etc
• Strong working knowledge of Python, Linux Shell, Ansible languages required, GoLang strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of GCP, Azure, and / or other cloud and cluster-based Infrastructure

Target Salary: $175,000K

Our team is highly motivated and focused on engineering excellence.

We look for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.

Engineers are encouraged to work across multiple areas of the company.

We operate with a flat organizational structure.

All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission.

Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.

All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills.

They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

Interview Process:

After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 30-minute interview ("phone interview") during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four technical interviews:

• Coding assessment in a language of your choice.
• Systems design: Translate high-level requirements into a scalable, fault-tolerant service.
• Systems hands-on: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
• Project deep-dive: Present your past exceptional work to a small audience.
• Meet and greet with the wider team.
• Our goal is to finish the main process within one week.
• We don't rely on recruiters for assessments.
• Every application is reviewed by a member of our technical team.

DataDirect Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.