Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Storage/FileSystems

Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the indefinite right to work in the job location. Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

PLEASE NOTE the following requirements for this position:

• A commitment to work onsite in office 2-3 days per week (hybrid) out of Santa Clara, CA
• Strong experience with NAS storage protocols like SMB/S3 & NFS
• Programming experience with Pytest (ideally), Go, Python, and/or Bash
• Domain experience working in distributed systems, the storage stack, and file system internals
• Experience with testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFS, and/or virtana

How You’ll Spend Your Time Here

• Own product areas and lead the test effort focused in storage, data path, file system & Cloud components.
• Work with the engineering team during the feature design and implementation phases to develop:

• the test methodology (designing the test approach) to test the feature end-to-end.
• test plans.

• Collaborate with other testing members, developers, technical writers, and customer solutions engineers to ensure the company delivers high quality products to our customers.
• Execute multiple iterations of the test plan by running manual and automated test cases.
• Analyze failures and root cause issues, file defects, follow up with developers, documentation and other teams on the resolution.
• Automate test cases.
• Monitor and manage the continuous integration environment.
• Mentor team members.

WE’D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• 6+ years of software testing experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Experience with NAS storage protocols like SMB, NFS, S3, iSCSI, and CIFs
• Programming experience in Pytest (ideally), go, Python, and/or bash
• Technical proficiency with the storage stack, file system internals, and testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFs, virtana, etc.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, including databases, storage, map-reduce frameworks, etc.
• Troubleshooting skills spanning multiple software and hardware components, including storage systems and kernels
• Possess good understanding of QA methodologies and processes.
• Strong test planning ability with understanding of enterprise storage workflows.
• Ability to take up variety of roles in a startup environment.
• Excellent troubleshooting abilities spanning multiple software and hardware components (such as switches, storage systems, kernels).
• Good knowledge of storage stack, file system internals and testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFs etc.
• Demonstrated ability to implement AI-driven solutions to improve business processes and operational efficiency

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$146,000.00-$182,500.00

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.** Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the right to work in the job location.