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Last seen by MeritLog September 10, 2026Source: AshbySource version: ashby-public-job-posting-v1

MeritLog read this listing from DDN's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 10, 2026.

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Job details

Work model: On-site
Salary: Not listed by source
Location: Pune Office

Hiring context

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What the role asks for

What you'd do

12+ years systems/storage performance engineering at staff/principal level.
Deep Linux storage I/O path and kernel module profiling/tuning.
Distributed storage benchmarking at scale (fio, file-system tools).
NVMe/NVMe-oF, block-device internals, erasure coding / RAID data paths.
RDMA (RoCEv2/InfiniBand), TCP offload, NUMA-aware tuning.
C, Python, and Linux perf tooling (perf, ftrace, eBPF, flamegraphs).
Add build gating and smoke-test stages so broken builds never reach QE.

What they're asking for

Lustre performance (LNet, OSTs/MDTs, obdfilter-survey, client fio).SkillPreferred
Software-defined NVMe-oF / distributed block storage internals.SkillPreferred
Cloud bare-metal (OCI/GCP), dense NVMe platforms.SkillPreferred
OFED/MOFED/DOCA driver evaluation, ConnectX-class NIC tuning.SkillPreferred

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Job description

Job Summary Key Responsibilities • 12+ years systems/storage performance engineering at staff/principal level. • Deep Linux storage I/O path and kernel module profiling/tuning. • Distributed storage benchmarking at scale (fio, file-system tools). • NVMe/NVMe-oF, block-device internals, erasure coding / RAID data paths. • RDMA (RoCEv2/InfiniBand), TCP offload, NUMA-aware tuning. • C, Python, and Linux perf tooling (perf, ftrace, eBPF, flamegraphs). • Add build gating and smoke-test stages so broken builds never reach QE. Preferred Skills: • Lustre performance (LNet, OSTs/MDTs, obdfilter-survey, client fio). • Software-defined NVMe-oF / distributed block storage internals. • Cloud bare-metal (OCI/GCP), dense NVMe platforms. • OFED/MOFED/DOCA driver evaluation, ConnectX-class NIC tuning.

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