Overview : At NetApp, we have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. That’s because we bring new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively in the most efficient possible way. As an Engineer with NetApp, you’ll have the prospect to work with modern cloud and container orchestration technologies in a production setting. You’ll play an key role in scaling systems sustainably through automation and evolving them by pushing for changes to improve reliability and velocity.

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.

Job Summary : We're looking for a Site Reliability Engineer, focused on building and operating the data and AI/ML infrastructure platform that powers NetApp's cloud-native data services. You'll work at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure operations — designing systems for reliability, driving automation, and ensuring our platforms meet the highest availability standards for customers worldwide.

This is an infrastructure-focused SRE role, you'll own the reliability of large-scale Kubernetes clusters (including GPU workloads), streaming data pipelines (Kafka), and analytical compute infrastructure (Spark, Dremio) across hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud environments.

Job Requirements :





- 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering roles
- Extensive experience with Linux (RHEL/CentOS), including shells, filesystems, kernel tuning, networking, and performance optimization
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes at scale, including cluster administration, troubleshooting, networking, storage, RBAC, and lifecycle management (on-premises and Rancher Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience operating GPU workloads on Kubernetes, including NVIDIA GPU Operator, device plugins, scheduling, and resource management
- Strong experience managing Confluent Kafka in production, including operations, monitoring, performance tuning, and disaster recovery
- Experience operating Apache Spark and/or Dremio, including cluster management, job scheduling, scaling, and performance optimization
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Helm, and GitOps workflows with ArgoCD/FluxCD
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Shell, Ansible, and Python, with a solid automation-first mindset
- Experience with scheduling and orchestration tools such as cron jobs and Apache Airflow
- Deep familiarity with monitoring and observability tools, including Dynatrace, Grafana, and Prometheus
- Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including operations, backup, and monitoring
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and release processes




- Expertise in AWS cloud platforms and hybrid-cloud integration
- Strong systems thinking, with an understanding of how infrastructure design choices impact failure modes, scalability, and recovery
- Strong incident management skills and post-mortem facilitation experience
- Excellent written communication skills for design documents, runbooks, post-mortems, and operational documentation

Nice to Have

- Familiarity with ML platforms such as Kubeflow, MLflow, and Ray, as well as AI/ML training infrastructure
- Experience with Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, or Apache Flink

Education :

- 5-8 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; a Master’s Degree is preferred.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer : NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

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