Senior ESX Kernel & Virtualization Engineer

Broadcom; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Broadcom is seeking an ESX Core Platform Quality engineer to advance the validation of the ESX Core Platform and VMKernel. You will learn, design, and implement validation techniques for ESX, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver robust test coverage for the enterprise-class VCF virtualization platform.

You will own parts of validation projects, grow under guidance from a technical lead and manager, and contribute to a career path in systems software development with a focus on

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years experience, or MS degree with 6+ years experience.
• Strong understanding of kernel-level memory scheduling, memory management and reclamation; CPU management is a plus.
• Experience with OS virtualization solutions and hypervisors (ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM, XEN).
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix/Solaris/BSD-like OS architectures and low-level OS components.
• Extensive test and automation development experience for low level OS components.

Responsibilities

• Learn tools and processes to become an ESX/VMKernel engineer and design novel validation techniques.
• Collaborate with a technical lead and manager to set goals for career growth.
• Implement advanced test strategy and coverage for ESX vmkernel and userspace features.
• Work with multiple engineering teams to deliver test coverage for new products based on the VCF platform.
• Take on ownership of parts of ESX Core Platform validation projects and lead larger parts of projects.

Skills

Memory scheduling

Memory management

CPU management

OS virtualization

Hypervisors ESXi

Linux architecture

Test automation

Python programming

C programming

Analytical & debugging

Communication skills

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Intel x86

Hardware technologies

Job description

Broadcom is seeking an ESX Core Platform Quality engineer to advance the validation of the ESX Core Platform and VMKernel. You will learn, design, and implement validation techniques for ESX, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver robust test coverage for the enterprise-class VCF virtualization platform.

You will own parts of validation projects, grow under guidance from a technical lead and manager, and contribute to a career path in systems software development with a focus on