Total 43 job vacancies by Western Digital

We are seeking a skilled and proactive DevOps Observability and Automation Lead to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for enhancing our DevOps automation framework, applications' observability and reliability. You will collaborate closely with engineering, operations, and development teams to ensure our systems are highly available, scalable, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement observability strategies, including monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions, to ensure high availability and performance of systems.
• Lead efforts to automate infrastructure deployment, configuration management, and continuous integration/delivery pipelines.
• Develop and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations, ensuring operational best practices are followed.
• Extensive experience in shell scripting/programming, systems automation tools (Ansible(preferred)/Salt/Puppet/Chef/Kickstart/Terraform)
• Must possess strong documentation skills and can work with rapid change and at a fast pace.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills to manage complex process and technology issues.
• Expertise in handling custom workflow design, automation and product license management
• Collaborate with software development teams to integrate observability and automation into the software development lifecycle.
• Analyse system performance and reliability metrics to identify and address bottlenecks and optimize performance.
• Implement security best practices in observability and automation solutions.
• Mentor and coach team members on best practices related to observability tools, automation frameworks and DevOps methodologies.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Analyze business requirements to develop technical network solutions and standard
frameworks.
• Provide deep expertise in network design conceptual, proof-of-concept, and network
deployment mythologies.
• Develop a strong working relationship with engineering, manufacturing, and cross IT
functions.
• Partner with cyber security to detect, prevent and defend security network vulnerability.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues related to routing, switching, and wireless
infrastructure.
• Provide technical expertise and fully engage during P1/P2 network escalation.
• Engage with external vendors on technology evaluation and recommendation.
• Hands-on experience with large SD-WAN and Aruba Wireless deployment.
• Knowledge of Airwave and Aruba Insight for wireless network visibility.
• Extensive familiarity with Cloudflare and Infoblox DNS & DHCP services.                              • Extensive knowledge and experience in routing and switching especially with Arista and Cisco products and services

• Solid understanding of India datacenter market, Make in India initiative & storage-related trends
• Deep understanding of datacenter Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) & hyperscale business including strategy, competitive landscape, product lines, opportunities - Total Available Market (TAM), serviceable market etc.
• World-class customer engagement to deeply understand OEM pain points & deliver solutions, create & execute product Go-To-Market (GTM) plans, working closely with WDC internal stakeholders, to drive design wins, help achieve & exceed business targets
• Vet new opportunities & deliver business justification to help Product Management & Engg. develop products designed to meet and surpass customer requirements and expectations
• Create & deliver targeted, crisp outbound customer messaging with compelling value proposition, roadmap & product positioning to OEM customers
• Manage all aspects of new product introduction, product transitions, end of life etc., aligned with Business Marketing & Sales
• Establish a firm handle on the datacenter market pulse through customer interfaces, ecosystem partners, broader industry network and thorough understanding of 3rd party analyst & other relevant industry reports etc.
• Solid understanding of ecosystem partner roadmaps & datacenter trends
• Create & deliver field team (Sales & Customer Technical Support) product and roadmap training assets
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders – Sales & Customer Technical Support, Product Management, Business Marketing & Apps Engg

Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug large scale applications with cross geography user base and distributed architecture. 

Develops data driven applications with C and C++, SQL, Java script and Python.

Understands and collects analysis requirements from different departments and incorporates with the software engineering team to plan and develop host and web applications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Using sound test engineering principles, knowledge of the product and technology to ensure the product meets functional and customer requirements and is ready to ship on schedule
• Owns product validation regarding test plan definition, test plan execution, and primary lead in failure analysis
• Primary lead in performing performance characterization of product and tracking down any observed anomalies
• Contributes to overall test schedule development
• Writes the test plans for new product features, generates test matrices, test reports, and other relevant test documentation that is required for flawless program execution
• Defines new tests based on customer feedback and defect fixes
• Executes existing/regression test cases for the project during the entire product development cycle
• Works closely with the other system test, hardware, ASIC and firmware engineers to improve test methodology and develop new tests and new strategies
• Configures customer hardware and software systems; troubleshoot problems to get to root cause
• Maintains customer and test equipment to current revision

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Members of the Software Tools Team work on design and implementation of tools for SSD products. Members of this team develop the in-house software tools used to interact with the SSDs and test their performance. Individual is expected to understand technical specifications (like protocol specs), design and implement features in the tools.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-9 Years’ Experience in Application development on Windows Platform
• Hands-on in C++, STL/Boost programming.
• Strong in data structures, design patterns.
• Hands-on in multi-threaded design and programming.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues.
• Able to work independently and perform in fast paced environment.
• Prior experience in working with Agile/Scrum.

• Install, configure and manage MySQL Databases in a Linux environment.
• Maintain and monitor backup of databases using MEB or logical backup.
• Develop and Support MySQL database replication.
• Monitor performance of Database and their servers: CPU, IO, memory, and storage.
• Perform Database Query tuning as required.
• Diagnose and correct database availability and reliability issues.
• Provide root cause analysis for Critical issues and suggest and implement corrective actions.
• Collect Database performance metrics for weekly/monthly and quarterly review.  
• Work with DBA lead to design database strategies, monitor and improve database performance and capacity, plan for future expansion requirements.        
• Participate in 24x7 on-call support in supporting databases across multiple regions and time-zones.
• Work closely with infrastructure and application teams in supporting projects and enhancement requirements.

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Software Development Engineer to join our team at Western Digital. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining our digital twin infrastructure and machine learning software tools. Key responsibilities include:

1.      Develop and enhance our digital twin infrastructure to improve efficiency and accuracy across the design and manufacturing processes.

2.      Leverage machine learning and data analytics techniques to optimize the design and manufacturing process, develop design recommendation systems, identify anomalies, and support failure analysis.

3.      Design, develop, and maintain software tools that streamline simulation workflows, minimize human error, and enhance the interpretation of simulation results.

2 - 4 Years Experience • Hands-on in programming with Python Language scripting language.

Prior experience with Web GUI

• Prior experience working with testing of storage protocols (SCSI, ATA, and NVMe).

• Experience in testing of software using test frameworks (Pyunit, Robot,Katalon, Unittest, Pytest)

• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues.

• Able to work independently and perform in fast paced environment.

• Prior experience in working with Agile/Scrum.

We are looking for a Senior Chatbot Technical Lead for Flash who will own the development and design of our chatbot application supporting Western Digital employees across multiple business domains.

As the Technical Lead, you will be responsible to manage the Chabot platform, maintain the relationship with the vendors, be responsible for the technical health, performance, and development of the chatbot, The lead should have excellent analytical, problem-solving skills, and user experience oriented. Have a passion for technology and learning.

We are seeking an experienced professional to join our team as a Hardware Asset Management analyst. This role is essential for overseeing the entire lifecycle of IT hardware assets and optimizing our asset management processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, develop, and continuously improve global ITAM processes to improve customer experience, enhance productivity, increase data accuracy, minimize liability, and achieve savings.
• Interface with customers, global professional groups, and corporate teams to maintain and improve collaborative processes.
• Analyze asset data to identify trends, exceptions, and opportunities for optimization.
• Issue ITAM reports & metrics regularly, for stakeholder reviews and decision-making.
• Create and maintain ITAM standard operating procedures.
• Oversee compliance with asset management processes and related policies.

WHAT WE DO 

Western Digital India Team represents Engineering R&D, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Strategy, Business Functions and Communications. We have a large R&D presence in Bengaluru and sales offices across the country. 

WD Bangalore is a Center of Excellence and within R&D, our team is focused on enterprise Hard Disk Drive Engineering. It is a growing team that has been responsible for key enterprise products and has been instrumental in design, development of next generation architecture and products.  

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

As senior manager you will grow and manage a highly achieving team developing and operating a variety of business critical development and CI/CD tools and work closely with IT in coordinating the infrastructure needs for continuous automation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage and lead cross functional teams in the Test development/Validation of eHDD (Opti-NAND).Experience in architecting & implementation of white box/grey/ Blackbox Tests and Validation. Products with a special emphasis on key technologies (Simulation, NAND etc), qualification testing and processes.

• Primary Responsibility to lead team own’s DVT [Device Verifications Test] Development which include Directed test and Random workload test development and Validation.

• Software engineering and disciplines in design, development, test, source-code management, and CI/CD practices.

• Experience in Test/Validation of complex software/firmware systems, hardware products.

• Active participation in technical discussions with architects and key technical leaders.

• Ensure that program objectives and deliverables are accomplished in a timely fashion to meet product ramp requirements and build contingency plans.

• Support agile team Test development processes and Validation, helping to resolve roadblocks and impediments.

• Measure and monitor the quality and progress of the work of the team and adjust accordingly

• Hire, coach, and manage staff as needed. Provide career development and performance coaching.

• Collaborate with peer managers to lead broader organizational initiatives

• Create a team culture that supports open communication, collaboration across teams and across sites,and empowerment to employees.

• Having knowledge of multiple test-frameworks to architect and devise validation efficiencies

• Exposure to TDD would be preferred , provided knowledge is applied in real-world implementation

• Having worked in SaFE would be a plus

• Proven track record of contributions to Innovation and new-age technology adoption (ML, AI).

• 4-8 Years Experience hands-on with any Programming Language scripting language, preferably Python.

• Prior experience working with testing of storage protocols (SCSI, ATA, and NVMe).

• Experience in testing of software using test frameworks (Pyunit, Robot, Pytest)

• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues.

• Able to work independently and perform in fast paced environment.

• Prior experience in working with Agile/Scrum.

Job Description

WHAT YOU WILL DO

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop firmware using C/C++ in multiple environments using latest standards: FPGA, Simulator, for NAND/eHDD (Enterprise Hard Disk Drive) products.
• Follow Agile methodologies in development.
• Create design documents pertinent to the various phases of firmware development.
• You'll be on a scrum team responsible for full stack embedded firmware development for enterprise products. This includes innovation, design, implementation and debug of data path, software algorithms, data structures, drivers needed for our large and complex software environment.
• Deliver on cutting-edge storage products with interfaces like SAS, SATA, PCIe.
• Work with cross functional teams to develop HDD products.
• Self-motivated to work both unsupervised and as part of an agile team. Collaborate to develop self and others within group.
• Understand end to end product lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors in CS, CE, EE, EC or equivalent with 0 - 1 year experience is required.
• Minimum of 8.0 GPA
• Strong knowledge in C/C++/C#, Object oriented programming, Data Structure, Algorithms
• Strong aptitude and penchant for problem solving, algorithm design, system design, and complexity analysis skills.
• You have ability to rapidly learn new technologies, complex code and develop system view.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
• You'll be a fun and enthusiastic teammate who enjoys a challenge and celebrates success. An ever positive, can-do attitude.
• Interest in storage technologies (HDD, Flash, non-volatile memory) that is the backbone and lifeline of all the technologies (Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Machine Learning (ML), Cloud, Autonomous driving, Social Media, Streaming and entertainment, E-Commerce etc)

Preferred

• Familiarity with micro-controller architecture (ARM or ARC), embedded systems.

You will be part of our Global Network Services team responsible for implementing, maintaining, and optimizing our regional/local network infrastructure, ensuring high network performance/reliability, and delivering critical network services to meet business goals. 

Essentials Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Plan, build, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot global network infrastructure to ensure high resiliency/reliability. 

• Provide technical leadership to support complex Manufacturing/Office LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure. 

• Implement changes to hardware and/or software that improve network performance, speed and connectivity. 

• Troubleshoot network issues related to BGP, OSPF, VLAN, Spanning Tree, WAN, network hardware/software, wireless etc. 

• Align with Global Network architecture team to incorporate company standards and preferred practices into regional site network builds. 

• Ensure global network infrastructure is properly monitored. Act as a network engineering point of contact and Subject Matter Expert to respond to network incidents/service requests according to Service Level Agreements.  

• Partner with Security or Cyber Defense team to fix detected vulnerabilities with systems and users to maintain high security standard. 

• Interact/communicate with vendors, service providers, peers, stakeholders, and business units for effective integration/operations of services and systems. 

• Lead, plan and participate in IT projects and Maintenance Window activities. 

• Maintain close collaboration with other global IT functional teams. 

• Create and maintain complex network documentation and can self-manage multi-quarter projects.