Western Digital · 7 hours ago
Staff DevOps Engineer
Roseville, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
10+ years expWestern Digital is a leading innovator in Enterprise Storage Networking, seeking a passionate and skilled DevOps Engineer. The role involves building end-to-end automation for firmware development and system validation, as well as creating custom Linux kernel patches to enable feature development.
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Responsibilities
Design reusable Python/Bash libraries and CLIs for FW build/test/regressions
Integrate Docker, Jenkins/GitLab CI/Azure DevOps, Gerrit/Git, Jira, test mgmt systems
Create custom Linux Kernel patches and upstream
Enable FW developers with unit test harnesses, lint/format, emulation adapters
Implement telemetry/ETL pipelines for coverage, reliability, and performance KPIs
Collaborate across FW/HW/ASIC; document standards and best practices
Qualification
Required
10+ years of system level programming in C (and some assembly) with a strong track record of shipping low level code
Deep understanding of Linux OS internals: processes, scheduling, memory management (paging, MMU, slab/slub allocators), VFS, block subsystems, networking stack
Direct experience modifying or upstreaming Linux kernel code, not just using kernel APIs
Comfort with hardware–software boundaries: interrupts, DMA, device registers, firmware handoff, PCIe, IOMMU, ACPI/DT, boot sequence
Automation experience in FW/system validation
Expert Python; linux ; kernel modules; Bash; working C/C++ for FW hooks; PowerShell as needed
PyTest/Robot Framework; hardware-in-the-loop experience
CI/CD expertise (pipelines-as-code, artifacts, secrets, flaky test mgmt)
PCIe/NVMe, DMA/interrupts, RTOS; lab debug with logic/protocol analyzers
Tool integration with Gerrit/Git, Jira, test mgmt, results DBs
Proven log analysis and failure bucketing; strong communication/documentation
Preferred
Proficiency with Linux kernel build system, Kconfig, cross-compilation, git bisection, patch submission workflow
Prior contributions to LKML or to a major subsystem tree
Ability to follow kernel coding style, patch series etiquette, and review cycles
Strong debugging skills: perf, ftrace, bpftrace, kgdb, crash dumps, static analysis
Experience with CI for kernel builds and regression testing, especially with custom hardware
CMake/Bazel; cross-compilers; artifact signing
Data stack (SQLite/PostgreSQL, Pandas); Grafana/PowerBI dashboards
Prior storage FW or networking ASIC validation experience
Company
Western Digital
Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.
10001+ employees
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