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Analyzes performance and reliability signals for components (e.g., device drivers, provisioning workflows); proposes small improvements. Contributes to firmware interaction points (APIs, protocol handling); triages cross-layer issues using standard tools. Authors and updates operational documentation, test cases, and runbooks; participates in code/design reviews and adheres to standards. Supports platform bring-up tasks and assists incident response by collecting diagnostics and applying known fixes.\n Key Responsibilities\nSystems Software Development:\nLearning to design, develop, and deploy software layers and tooling to automate hardware provisioning and onboarding of servers to large-scale fleet following general guidance.\n\nIntegrate and validate routine and occasionally non-routine system firmware with hardware components. Collaborate on platform bring-up, firmware updates, platform-level diagnostics, and cross-layer debugging.\n\nContributes to troubleshooting hardware bring-up, provisioning, and lifecycle operations and support efforts with platform engineering, operations, firmware development, silicon/board vendors, and data center teams.\n\nSoftware Development and Coding:\nContributes to designing software solutions and analyzes requirements to achieve business and operational goals, with limited guidance.\n\nAdheres to all phases of the software development lifecycle.\n\nApplies working knowledge to develop and review code for new software features and enhancements following design specifications and develops documents to clarify software design and code.\n\nConducts debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix simple and moderately complex software issues.\n\nDevelops fixes for identified issues.\n\nImplements software testing (e.g., functional testing), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging, following established frameworks.\n\nSupports the implementation of standard and non-standard performance profiling and optimization of coding.\n\nTroubleshoots and resolves standard and non-standard issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.\n\nImplements standard and non-standard API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.\n\nIssue/Defect Collaboration - Software Products Support:\nCollaborates with own team and begins to network outside of team to understand customer issues and align solutions.\n\nMay provide technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues, with limited supervision.\n\nAssists peers to advocate for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements based on feedback.\n\nInfluences efforts to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication.\n\nUtilizes working knowledge to implement customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes, with some guidance.\n\nCollaborates with experienced colleagues to investigate and troubleshoot product maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions.\n\nPractices and Standards Compliance - Security and Compliance:\nBegins to collaborate with the team to establish and follow development practices and coding standards.\n\nAssists in ensuring code quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria during development.\n\nDemonstrates working knowledge of industry best practices and applies them to software development processes.\n\nAssists in implementing secure coding practices to prevent security vulnerabilities.\n\nDevelopment Operations - System Maintenance:\nPerforms periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities), with limited guidance.\n\nAssists in driving improvements, ensures automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.\n\nCore Responsibilities\nPlanning & Execution:\nTracks timelines with minimal supervision, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements.\n\nPrioritizes and adjusts work as resources or timelines change, with some guidance.\n\nCollaboration & Partnership:\nCollaborates within a team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives.\n\nLeverages a foundational understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance.\n\nActively listens and asks questions to enhance collaboration.\n\nProblem Solving:\nIdentifies and addresses issues, escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures.\n\nCompiles and reviews data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.\n\nContinuous Learning:\nSeeks opportunities to gain knowledge and learn new skills and/or tools aligned with industry trends and best practices.\n\nUtilizes feedback and training to improve skills.\n\nParticipates in a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.\n\nContinuous Improvement:\nImplements updates to processes, protocols, and workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness as directed with some guidance.\n\nContributes to ideation for future process improvements.\n Disclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.\nRange and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only\nUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $83,000 to $166,100 per annum. 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