Principal Kubernetes Software Engineer

Please Note:1. If you are a first time user, please create your candidate login account before you apply for a job. (Click Sign In > Create Account)2. If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply.Job Description:Principal Kubernetes Software Engineer - Palo Alto, CA VMware by Broadcom is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions.VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a full-stack Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform that provides a unified, self-service experience for deploying and managing virtual machines (VMs) and containers across on-premises and public cloud environments. It delivers consistent infrastructure and operations across a variety of clouds, enabling organizations to modernize their applications and optimize their cloud deployments. The Kubernetes Distribution team in VCF is focused on delivering up-to-date and secure Kubernetes and CNCF projects as packages for the vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) and vSphere Supervisor. The Kubernetes Distribution team is looking for a Principal Kubernetes Engineer with deep expertise in Open Source Software (OSS) and Cloud-Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) contribution processes and community. The role is focused on Kubernetes internals, and other related projects. In this role, you will design and perform business-aligned contributions primarily for releases, security, manageability, scale, and integrations.This position is ideal for engineers who are highly skilled in Go, familiar with Kubernetes technology and processes and passionate about talking about and building technology for our customers with a global community of open source engineers.What are the primary needs, technical challenges, and problems you may be responsible for?Leverage common patterns to develop fixes and features for Kubernetes and CNCF projectsDesign customer-oriented and community-aligned features by building consensus through Key Enhancement Proposals (KEPs) or related open source contribution processEnsure explicit Kubernetes version and feature compatibility with continual improvements to automation, pipelines and testingTimely delivery of releases which meet SLAs, architecture, security, and compliance requirementsLeverage your own credibility through community interactions and positive contributionsCollaborate internally with stakeholders from product, security, infrastructure, and operations teamsSuccess in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?Within your first six months:You're seen as an internal expert, advising and influencing across VCFYou understand the vision, architecture, and data model of the VKS and Kubernetes DistributionsYou have familiarity with common Kubernetes interfaces for runtime, networking, storage, and resource managementYou have production experience with deploying additional packagesYou ensure different components and subsystems work well togetherYou have an in-depth understanding of Kubernetes extensibility and reconciliation logicYou will demonstratedly design, implement, test, and deploy services developed in GoYou champion technologies that boost project speed and automation.You understand how to meet Broadcom and industry standards After six months+:You're great at aligning future customer needs with community interests in technical areasYou're a recognized technical and community leader across various projectsYou designed and got approval for a Kubernetes KEPYou've consistently made an impact on upstream projects through your contributions to code, architecture, community management, and public representation You made available a new CNCF software component or had material impact for other features for VCFYou define and implement process changes, helping to clear out technical debt and make architectural improvementsYou lead developer efficiency efforts and take personal ownership of improving the culture of innovation of the teamYou mentor fellow engineers in their role, and coaching them into influential voices in the departmentWhat type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing regularly?As part of the Kubernetes Distribution team::Most of your time will be developing using Kubernetes controllers and patterns, mostly written in GoYou will collaborate with a global community of engineers in various CNCF open source projectsYou will be responsible for delivering your code changes to open source projects and satisfying any requirements for contributionYou'll work closely with management to understand priorities and advocate for them on the team.You will collaborate internally with set of stakeholders, leads, and team members to make projects or contributions available as featuresYou'll be responsible 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 will write automated tests to validate and secure critical customer functionalities.You will mentor junior engineers, providing technical leadership on complex problems, and contributing to plans for new product opportunities.You will identify key issues, anticipate problems, generate ideas to reduce costs and improve quality/efficiency, and proactively identify improvements to business processes and policies.You will take on-call responsibilities to triage, troubleshoot, and mitigate production issues. Requirements:Kubernetes expertise and material engineering contribution to at least 1 CNCF project and various OSS projectsExperience with one or more cloud platform architecturesHistory of leading system software projects/teams.Good knowledge of distributed systems, databases, algorithms, data structures.Good verbal and written communication skillsBachelor's degree plus 12+ years of related experience or Master's degree plus 10+ years of related experienceNice to haves:vSphere experienceExtensive knowledge and experience using and delivering complex container, kernel, packaging, and operating system functionality.Operational knowledge of Kubernetes in production environmentsMaterial contribution to 2+ CNCF projects or Kubernetes SIG projects, ie.Kubernetes, Cluster API, ContainerD/RunC, Cluster Autoscaler, Metrics Server, ArgoCD, Certmanager, Flux, Gateway API, Etcd, Harbor, Helm, Istio, Jaeger, KEDA, Kubeadm, Kubeflow, Kuve-vip, Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, OpentelemetryWhere is this role located?This role is located in Palo Alto, CA USA.Must have legal authorization to work in the USCompensation and BenefitsThe annual base salary range for this position is ToAs a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.SummaryLocation: USA-CA - Promontory B; USA-TX-Austin - River Place B7; USA-TX-Austin - River Place B6; USA-CA - Promontory E; USA-CA - Promontory D; USA-CA - Promontory A; USA-CA - Promontory CType: Full time