Job Description

Join Intel as a Cloud Software Architect specializing in Software-Defined Storage (SDS). In this role, you will architect, design, and provide technical oversight and direction for the development of Intel's cloud software products, including system software, frameworks, protocols, algorithms, and applications. You will also be responsible for software structure and validation direction.

In this role, your r *esponsibilities will include:  *

• Architect and design software-defined storage solutions for Intel's cloud software products, andprovide technical oversight and direction for the development of system software, frameworks, protocols, algorithms, and applications, as well as software structure and validation direction.

• Research and design optimal end-to-end cloud computing software solutions for various environments, including cloud, cloud-native, orchestration, enterprise, edge, IoT, telco cloud, service mesh, networking, microservices, and distributed computing.

• Engage with major customers to understand use cases and participate in open source and standardization industry work to influence architectures and optimize software.

• Interact with technologists and product managers across Intel to evaluate the feasibility of requirements and determine development priorities.

• Make high-level design choices focused on manageability, scalability, usability, resiliency, availability, security, and safety for software structure, protocols, and algorithms.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

*Minimum Qualifications:  *

• Bachelor's Degree with 9+ years of experience, OR a Master's Degreewith 6+ years of experience, OR a PhD with 4+ years of experiencein Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or technical Stem-related field.

• 4+ years of experience in architecting and implementing enterprise and cloud-scale, mission-critical solutions.

• 4+ yearsof experience in engineering and implementing Software-Defined Storage solutions for private or public clouds, enterprises, or telco industries.

• 4+ years of knowledge of datacenter storage hardware, protocols, software implementations, control plane/orchestration, and data plane.

   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with public cloud storage offerings such as EBS, EFS, and S3.

• Experience in designing and building storage solutions for AI/ML, HPC, and other I/O intensive workloads at multi-petabyte scale.

• Experience in implementing and supporting one or more SDS solutions (e.g., Weka.IO, VAST, Ceph, MinIO).

• Knowledge of Kubernetes, especially its storage interface (CSI).

• Understanding of datacenter designs and processes, networking hardware (e.g., Arista, Cisco), protocols, and interconnects.

• Experience in datacenter storage management, automation, and monitoring.

Inside this Business Group

Enable amazing computing experiences with Intel Software continues to shape the way people think about computing – across CPU, GPU, and FPGA architectures. Get your hands on new technology and collaborate with some of the smartest people in the business. Our developers and software engineers work in all software layers, across multiple operating systems and platforms to enable cutting-edge solutions. Ready to solve some of the most complex software challenges? Explore an impactful and innovative career in Software.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here. (https://jobs.intel.com/en/benefits)

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US $203,833.00-$325,999.00

*Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role is available as a fully home-based and generally would require you to attend Intel sites only occasionally based on business need. This role may also be available as our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.