Search JobsJob DescriptionThe Elevator Pitch: Why would you enjoy this new opportunity? Enterprises are running mission critical software in more places than ever before -- in their datacenter, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and at the edge. In order to catalyze Enterprise transformation through software, VMware envisions a world where Kubernetes is as available as a utility — like electricity — customers need to deploy a consistent Kubernetes grid across all their operational environments. Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) provides Enterprise organizations with a consistent, upstream compatible, Kubernetes substrate across SDDC, Public Cloud, and Edge environments that is ready for end-user workloads and ecosystem integrations. TKG builds on trusted open source and community projects and delivers an engineered and supported Kubernetes platform for end users and partners.What is the primary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for? You will be a part of the TKG LTS Engineering team tasked to develop, test and release various TKG LTS releases. The focus of this role is to strengthen the contributions from VMWare to the upstream projects (Kubernetes, containerd, prometheus, coredns, csi, envoy and so forth) and help VMWare develop enterprise class upgrade feature across LTS releases. Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months, you will work toward completing?You will be expected to:Improve the overall experience of upgrading TKG from one LTS version to next and patch upgrades.Independently contribute and review code to one or more of the Open Source projects included in Tanzu like Kubernetes, containerd, etcd, prometheus, coredns, CSI, envoy, and so forth. Increase your visibility into an Open Source project by working on Refactor, cleanup existing tech debt or fixing flaky tests and raise in the contributor ladder set forth by the project. Contribute towards new features and critical fixes to the projects.Participate in the project community meetings and mentor other contributors.Stay on top of the features and bug fixes that impact VMWare customers and contribute them to the Open Source project. What type of work will you be doing? What assignments or requirements will you be performing on a regular basis? On a regular basis, you willDesign and implement features, triage, review and respond to incoming issues related to TKG upgrades, which in turn depend on the Open Source projects like Kubernetes, CAPI, etcd etc.Participate in community discussions around the open source project like participating in the Kubernetes slack, mailing lists and meetings.Collaborate in upstream and internal architecture planning and design meetings.Collaborate with internal teams to solve issues involving your Open Source project.Fix security issues and maintain critical patches in both the open source project and the enterprise internal version of the project.Work closely with the open source team and internal teams to ensure that the build and test pipelines of community and VMWare are functioning properly and enabling the developers to contribute with confidence to the project. Mentor, provide direction and guidance to junior engineers and new contributors to the project.Work in a distributed team across multiple geographical locations.What is leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like? The hiring manager for this role is Kiran Mova, Senior Engineering Manager. Kiran Mova joined VMware with the mission to create a Open Source Engineering team around the Tanzu platform focusing on Kubernetes and other upstream projects.Kiran has over 20 years of experience working on platform and infrastructure products at companies like Cisco, Lucent and Novell. Prior to joining VMware, he was the co-founder of a storage startup where he worked as an architect and engineering manager for Open Source projects that have now become part of CNCF. He is known by his team members for Laissez-faire leadership style by being transparent to the team about the business goals and putting the trust in the team to lead the efforts. He is also an active organising member of the Open Source events and foundations led from India.Kiran will work with you to set the direction, provide guidance, and remove impediments. He will expect you to be autonomous, innovative, and passionate to achieve the team’s missionWhat are the benefits and perks of working at VMware? You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com.Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family TypesGenerous Time Off Programs40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your communityRethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilitiesFinancial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)Healthy and local inspired snacks in all our pantries VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law. Search Jobs
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