System Test Engineer FlashArray at Pure Storage

QA Systems Testing Engineer, FlashArray

BE PART OF BUILDING THE FUTURE.

Since our founding in 2009, Pure Storage has empowered innovators to build a better world with data. In less than eight years, Pure reached $1B in sales, faster than nearly every enterprise company in history, and our incredible growth continues to outpace the competition.

Our mission? Deliver a simple, evergreen data platform that enables everyone to turn data into intelligence and advantage. The secret sauce? More than 3,000 team members (and growing!) around the world who join forces to invent the next big thing. And then the next one.

The world is experiencing a revolution driven by next-generation technology like AI, machine learning, virtual reality, quantum computing, and self-driving cars—all of which require unprecedented amounts of data. This sets the stage for Pure’s technology to grow exponentially in the coming years. 

We’ve only scratched the surface of our ambitions, and as we continue to gobble up market share, we’re blazing trails and setting records:

• For five straight years, Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays and in 2019, Gartner named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage.
• Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a 2019 Medallia Net Promoter Score, certified by Owen CX, in the top 1% of B2B companies.
• Pure puts a premium on the future, investing 26% of revenue into R&D.

If you, like us, say “bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

The FlashArray team builds the industry’s most innovative, high-performance, and highly available portfolio of products that are designed for the most demanding mission critical applications.  While we deliver a hardware storage array, over 90% of our engineering staff are software engineers. Our customers are the most important part of our business and they love FlashArray for it's simplicity of management, the constant flow of new and exciting upgrades, and ability to live on the cutting edge of technology while never taking downtime, ever. Most recently, we extended the value of our FlashArray capabilities into the cloud with CloudSnap and Cloud Block Store for AWS. These new innovations enable our customers to leverage the agility of the public cloud for both traditional IT and cloud-native applications.  What you'll be doing:

• Ensuring FlashArray product and features ship with the highest quality.
• Create System test designs that focus on FlashArray Feature Interoperability at Scale, Automate workflows and find high value defects to assure quality of anything we ship.
• Work with Support and Escalation teams to help reproduce and root cause customer issues Identifying, analyzing, and documenting any defects discovered during testing.
• Design and build tools that make it efficient to execute and triage a large number of test scripts
• Deploy a number of customer applications and integrate them to create repeatable workflows to test customer use cases
• Understand the inner workings of features to target specific failure domains in our stack to make the product/features fault tolerant and resilient.
• Continuously look for test gaps, perform root cause analysis & close loop on customer found defects.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of software system testing experience, or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of System testing using end-to-end Automation
• Experience in qualifying enterprise products in cloud and container platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience with any  virtualization technologies: VMware, Hyper-V, OpenStack, Oracle deployment and customer use cases.
• Experience with multiple operating systems: Linux, Solaris, Windows.
• Hands on automation in Python or similar scripting languages
• Preferred but not required - storage protocols Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI, NVME.
• Ability to independently deploy and maintain test environments.
• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Capable of prioritising multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Natural curiosity with excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be willing and able to work in an open office, team environment.

BE YOU—CORPORATE CLONES NEED NOT APPLY.

Pure is where you ask big questions, think differently, and make an impact. This is not just a job, but a place where you have a voice and can accelerate your career. We value unique thoughts and celebrate individuality, and with ample opportunity to learn, develop yourself, and expand into different roles, joining Pure is an investment in your career journey.

Through our Pure Equality program, which supports a flourishing field of employee resource groups, we nourish the personal and professional lives of our team members. And our Pure Good Foundation gives back to local and global communities through volunteering and grants.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.

PURE IS COMMITTED TO EQUALITY.

Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com.