System Validation and Testing Manager

Viking Enterprise Solutions has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyperscale and enterprise data centers worldwide. The division leads the market with ultra-high capacity and high-end flash systems. Viking Enterprise Solutions provides advanced data center products including solid-state memory and disk-based storage server appliances, JBOD storage systems and related products for a variety of data center and storage applications. Viking Enterprise Solutions products are tailored for integration into OEM, System Integrator and data center products.

Job Scope:

In this role, the System Validation and Testing Manager will lead a team responsible for product validation of cutting edge data storage and server product designs in Colorado Springs. This person will be part of the Viking Engineering organization accountable for validation of our storage and server product designs. The SVT team is also responsible for replicating field issues related to BIOS/BMC firmware, application software and various operating systems. Candidate may be required to engage with our external partners to resolve problems. The ideal candidate will have a successful record of accomplishment leading a product validation team as well as independently composing test scripts, executing on those scripts and documenting the results for audit purposes. Role also requires the use of JIRA for tracking issues reported. Note, initially, this is a small team, the candidate is required to be a "working manager" who can perform individual contributor tasks while leading the team.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manage team of SVT test engineers and Technical writing staff to support Viking designed server and storage products.
• Establish processes and procedures for system validation testing of Viking designed server and storage products.
• Establish and maintain JIRA tracking and reporting guidelines for all customer reported issues
• Working closely with Storage/Server Firmware team to provide feedback on product quality, performance and conformance to documented requirements.
• Working closely with firmware and test engineers to develop test plans for product validation.
• Develop test scripts that exercise product designs and requirements with the objective to establish pass/fail criteria.
• Execute product test plans against committed objectives and schedules.
• Provide and maintain test execution results that can later be used to audit the program.
• Support sustaining and development efforts by replicating failing environments and reproducing reported failures for purposes of debug and problem resolution.
• Document failing test cases in JIRA
• Participate in regular team meetings on product reviews
• Building systems in a lab environment
• Maintaining lab infrastructure and equipment
• Drive continual improvement and automation enhancements for test labs
• Replicate customer configurations in our lab and perform qualification and issue debug
• Actively drive test results and product improvement feedback into the design teams
• Deliver a bi-weekly SVT and FAE status readout to exec staff.
• Develop and execute a capabilities roadmap for the SVT team

Required Education and Experience:

• BS degree in engineering, computer science or related field
• Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience with at least 5 years of team management experience
• Excellent working knowledge of various OS (Linux, Windows, Unix etc.)
• Working understanding of Server/Storage system architecture
• Excellent working knowledge in scripting language and test automation (Python, Linux Bash)
• System Hardware/Software integration skills
• Experience with networking and networking protocols
• Understanding of SES, BMC, Redfish, BIOS testing requirements
• Basic knowledge of software version control (GIT)
• Basic knowledge of issue and project tracking software (Jira, Bugzilla)
• Good communication skills to interact with colleagues, external customers and engineering teams

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Preferred experienced in testing of BMC, BIOS and SES firmware for storage/server applications
• WHQL test experience
• Linux certification for IT professional (CompTIA Linux+, Linux Foundation Certified Engineer, Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator, Linux Professional Institute, Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Specialist, Red Hat Certified System Administrator)
• Microsoft certifications (Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Microsoft Azure Certification, others)

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary Range (annual): $130,000 - $160,000

Actual base pay within this range (determined at the offer stage) will be based on a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, and skills, and is just one element of our total rewards package. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program.