Director / Head of Quality Engineering - Enterprise Storage
Location : Bangalore, India
Experience : 15+ years (with leadership and second-level management)
Key Responsibilities :
- Drive Quality Engineering initiatives across storage, flash, and networking products, ensuring enterprise readiness, resiliency, and reliability.
- Lead and mentor engineering teams, promoting adaptability, accountability, and high execution discipline.
- Architect automated test strategies and frameworks, integrating test-driven development and CI / CD for accelerated release cycles in storage, flash, and networking domains.
- Manage projects through the full SDLC, ensuring on-time delivery and effective customer feedback loops into development for all product areas.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation in an agile (Scrum) environment.
Required Skills and Experience :
15+ years in enterprise software, with hands-on technical leadership in storage, flash, and networking domains (file systems, Linux kernel storage / drivers, network protocols).Minimum 8+ years in leadership roles, including at least 2 years in second-level management, with experience building and scaling engineering teams.Proven expertise in test strategies, automation frameworks, CI / CD, and release velocity applied to enterprise storage, flash, and networking products.Track record of managing projects through full SDLC, delivering resilient, reliable solutions and enabling continuous improvement in agile environments.Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills; Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent.Key Attributes :
Passion for "building stuff," innovation, and driving quality improvements across storage, flash, and networking.Strong ownership and responsibility for delivery, execution efficiency, enterprise resiliency, and reliability.Adaptable, resilient leader in dynamic and fast-paced engineering environments.Collaborative and cross-functional, working closely with product, development, operations, and customer teams.Committed to building robust, enterprise-ready solutions in storage, flash, and networking domains.(ref : hirist.tech)