Specialist C++ Developer – Storage +Networking Protocols
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 8, 2026. Hitachi scores A on the Alion truth index.
Function
EngineeringOur Company
We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers - from banks to theme parks - can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate - and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team - and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
Job description
The Team
Hitachi is redefining the data landscape by merging world-class storage reliability with next-generation AI intelligence. By joining our team, you will contribute to a business that powers the world’s most mission-critical sectors.
We are looking for a Software Engineer Expert to join the Hitachi VantaraProductEngineering team. This teamassistin developing and testingVSP One File Solutions.(https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/storage/network-attached-storage-platform.html)
The Role
An ideal candidate will understand the full software development process and contribute across the entire development and testing cycle. This includes working as part of an agile team to build high-quality software and unit tests.
A successful candidate must have a proven track recordof delivering complex software solutions, and a demonstrable understanding of the networking protocols like SMB and NFS.
This role will include the following:
Design, development and maintenance of network storage and orchestration products
Workingwith test engineers to ensure automated test regression coverage
What you will bring:
This rolewillinclude the following:
Design, develop andmaintainstorage interface and orchestration products
Strong C/C++experience in developinghigh-performance software forstoragesystemsand hardware-based file systems
Demonstrated experience in developing Linux distribution-related work
Strong experience in networking protocols is a must includingNFS, SMBfile-sharing, one or moreof the storage systems and management high availabilitysystems is a plus
Work with test engineers to ensure automatedtestregression coverage
Python experienceis added benefit
StrongC/C++ experience in developing high-performance data path software for storage systems and file systems
Demonstrated experience in developing Linux distribution-related work
Strong experience in networking protocols is a must including NFS or SMB file-sharing, one or more of the storage protocols; and management high availability systems is a plus
Work with support engineers to diagnose and resolve escalated customer issues
Experience of programming in a multi-threaded environment
Experience with one or more of the following: File systems, TCP/IP, NFS, CIFS/SMB, FTP, HTTP, iSCSI, Kerberos, LDAP
Python experience is added benefit
Scrum master or product owner experience or certification is a plus
About us
We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.