Cloud Developer III - Virtualization

Cloud Developer III - Virtualization

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

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 value diverse backgrounds and succeed together. We offer flexibility to manage work and personal needs, bold moves, and a force for good. If you’re looking to stretch and grow your career, our culture will embrace you with open opportunities.

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.

• Responsible for virtualization infrastructure software development.
• Design, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot software systems.
• Analyze feature specifications, deliver and integrate features, and develop test plans and documentation with senior engineers’ guidance.
• Partner with architects and engineering leadership to develop and deliver competitive roadmaps.
• Assist customer issues as needed, provide RCA insights, and ensure technical standards and documentation requirements are met.
• Stay updated on industry trends and technology changes to drive innovation into the business.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, and operational teams to understand customer needs and recommend solutions.
• Learn about operational challenges faced by engineering teams and assist in developing risk‑mitigating strategies.

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

• 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.

• 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+).

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, Dev Ops, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Release Management, Security‑First Mindset, User Experience (UX).

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite…