Job Description - Staff Engineer - Tanzu Mission Control
The Elevator Pitch: Why would you enjoy this new opportunity? **
Enterprises are running mission-critical software in more places than ever before -- in their data center, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and at the edge. In order to catalyze Enterprise transformation through software, VMware envisions a world where Kubernetes is as available as a utility - like electricity - customers need to deploy a consistent Kubernetes grid across all their operational environments. VMware Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) is a centralized management hub with a robust policy engine that simplifies multi-cloud and fleet Kubernetes management. TMC enables platform operators to reduce complexity through centralized management, increase consistency through configuration management, and offer a better developer experience with self-service tools.
The VMware Tanzu team is looking for engineers to grow the Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) team to build world class offering to run on both SaaS and on-prem environments.
What is theprimary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for?
We are looking for someone with a strong technical vision, who can deliver complex on-prem software, and go deep into the nuances of Kubernetes cluster management. You can expect to collaborate with product management and engineering teams to build out our SaaS and on-prem offering which solves lifecycle management challenges across a fleet of Kubernetes clusters.
You will be working with the cross-functional teams to build, package, release and manage versions of products. You will work with CI/CD system to build and manager pipelines. You will also work on services and tools that will streamline the packaged software delivery.
Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months, you will work toward completing?
You will be expected to:
Perform platform engineering tasks to design and build automation and CI/CD infrastructure, solve infrastructure problems, and improve software delivery
Have strong understanding and working knowledge of Kubernetes clusters, Kubernetes Image management, cluster lifecycle management
Have strong hands-on experience in Bash scripting and running Linux Infrastructure
Proactively leading team processes and quality standards, and mentoring more junior team members in reaching those bars
Proactively works to facilitate team collaboration, and drives the team to sprint deliveries
Establishing a relationship of trust and leadership with the team, and becoming an influential voice in the success of the team
Representing the team and product in cross-team design discussions, identifying dependencies and areas of impact
Be able to take general guidance from product and engineering leadership, identify areas of ambiguity, complexity, and risk, and propose solutions
Proactively makes proposes and improvements to the benefit of the team
What type of work will you be doing? Whatassignments or requirements will you be performing on a regular basis?
On a regular basis, you will
Most of your time will be managing and automating software delivery infrastructure to build, package and release TMC Self Managed
Work with REST APIs, databases, message queues, distributed tracing, monitoring, and more.
Debug Golang code as all of our services are written in Go.
You will write automated tests in Go to validate and secure critical customer functionality
You will be responsible for delivering your code changes to production and monitoring/maintaining our CI/CD pipelines.
You will take on-call responsibilities where you will triage, troubleshoot, and mitigate production issues.
Work directly with Technical Project Managers and Product Managers to better understand requirements, and define the scope of work
You'll be given responsibility for high-level epics, and be asked to help define requirements and tangible deliverables. You will be expected to break down the work into individual work items that can be assigned to the team, and lead in estimating and scoping.
You can expect to collaborate with partner teams, identify dependencies, and align on delivering cross-team initiatives
You'll work closely with management to understand priorities and advocate for them on the team
What is leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?
The hiring manager for this role is Senior Manager of Engineering who has led Cloud Native Open Source teams and currently responsible for delivering TMC product for both SaaS and on-prem environments. They will work with you to set the direction, provide guidance, and remove impediments. You will be expected to be autonomous, innovative, and passionate to achieve the team's mission.
What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?
You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com .
. Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types
. Generous Time Off Programs
. 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
. Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities
. Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)
This role is eligible for #TeamTanzu referral campaign
For US based candidates, the annual pay range (OTE for commissioned roles; Salary for other roles) for this position is: $139,000 - $331,000. The actual offer will be based on the role, location, and individual candidate experience. Bonus, commission, and/or equity may be eligible for this position. VMware offers comprehensive benefits including, but not limited to: medical, dental, and vision plans, company paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. Additional benefits for this position can be found at https://benefits.vmware.com/. Your talent advisor can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry.
Category : Engineering and Technology
Subcategory: Software Engineering
Experience: Business Leadership
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Posted Date: 2023-06-22
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