Cloud Developer III - Virtualization

Cloud Developer III - Virtualization

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

Join HPE's team and help shape the virtualization stack powering hybrid cloud solutions for the world's largest enterprises. As a Cloud Developer, you won't just manage VMs — you'll scale, optimize, and evolve the platform itself. From high-performance virtual compute and storage to secure workload isolation and dynamic scheduling, your work will directly influence the direction of HPE's virtualization software and solutions, used across global enterprise environments.

Essential Functions:

• You will be responsible for virtualization infrastructure software development.
• You will design, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot software systems.
• You will analyze feature specifications, deliver and integrate features, and develop test plans and documentation with senior engineers' guidance.
• You will partner with architects and engineering leadership to develop and deliver competitive roadmaps.
• You will assist customer issues as needed, provide RCA insights and help ensure technical standards and documentation requirements are met.
• You will stay updated on industry trends and technology changes to help drive innovation into the business.
• You will collaborate with sales, engineering, and operational teams to understand customer needs and recommend solutions.
• You will learn about operational challenges faced by engineering teams and assist in developing risk-mitigating strategies to address them.

About You:

• You have expertise in Java, Groovy, and/or other object-oriented languages. Ruby or Python experience is a plus.
• You have experience in virtualization or container infrastructure technologies such as KVM, libvirt, QEMU, Kubernetes, Docker and Podman.
• You have experience developing for compute, storage or networking products and solutions.
• You have experience developing for and debugging in Linux kernel/OS environments.
• You have experience with storage infrastructure technologies such as Ceph, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, GFS2 or similar.
• You are familiar with build tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle), version control systems (e.g., Git), and CI/CD pipelines.
• You have eagerness to learn and apply cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• You have strong communication skills and a willingness to listen and learn from more experienced engineers, architects, and senior leaders.
• You take complete ownership of projects and mistakes, possess problem-solving skills, and have tremendous self-drive.
• You thrive in Agile-based software development lifecycles with dynamic roadmaps and iterative delivery.
• You hold yourself and others accountable to high standards of software quality and promote shift-left improvements accordingly.
• You know distributed system architecture and clustering design principles.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ Years of experience developing software and delivering solutions at scale.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Pursuing or completed a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, CompTIA Security+).

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.