Job Summary and Duties:
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to provide senior technical leadership
for the StorNext sustaining engineering team. This role is responsible for driving resolution of complex
field escalations, sustaining and modernizing StorNext Storage Manager and related filesystem
components, advancing platform compatibility with current operating system releases, and
strengthening the build, test, and deployment infrastructure used across engineering. The ideal
candidate will bring deep systems-level expertise, strong ownership, and the ability to operate
independently across customer support, product engineering, QA, and release operations.
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
• StorNext Sustaining Engineering Leadership: Serve as a senior technical owner for StorNext
software in production, with primary responsibility for Storage Manager and supporting
responsibility for StorNext filesystem-related issues, including:
⦠Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex customer escalations, including
crash dumps, field logs,



and difficult-to-reproduce production issues.
⦠Partner with Product Management and senior engineering stakeholders to evaluate
feature requests, technical feasibility, risk, and long-term maintainability.
⦠Drive platform modernization efforts required to support new major Red Hat, Linux
distribution, Windows, and other operating system releases.
⦠Own and provide technical direction for critical legacy and sustaining components,
including:
⪠snauditlogs
⪠TSM/MSM
⪠Legacy GUI (Java code)
⪠Third-party packages
• Engineering Workplace and VM Template Ownership: Architect, build, and maintain the
VM templates and engineering environments used for development, build, and test workflows,
including:
⦠Track, assess, and plan support for new Linux and Windows releases used across
development, build, qualification, and customer environments.
⦠Create new VM templates for Linux (Alm

📌 Stornext Principal Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Quantum Default Brand
📍 Bengaluru