Senior Director Engineering - storage/ cloud

Senior Director / Head of Engineering - Storage / Cloud

Location: Bangalore, India

Experience: 15+ years (with leadership and second-level management)

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Quality Engineering/ Software 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; Bachelors 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.