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　　Job Summary

　　Sr. Manager, Performance Engineering - the qualified candidate will manage a strong team of performance analysis engineering professionals. This is a critical role to manage the performance analysis work for the various concurrent hardware and software projects for ONTAP releases. This individual is responsible for ensuring that ONTAP is delivering competitive product performance for each release, managing schedule and resource needs for performance-oriented projects, and reporting progress on these projects in various engineering forums.

　　As a senior manager, this individual will work closely with various engineering development teams as well as product marketing teams to help drive performance agenda, understand performance needs for various teams, establish clear objectives and plans, prioritize and coordinate performance team's deliverables for various development projects. The team is responsible for providing performance projections, performance guidance for architecture and design decisions, performance characterization, analysis and modeling across all major areas of NetApp storage products which includes the hardware platform and various subsystems within Data ONTAP software.

　　Essential Functions:

　　Manage the performance analysis work for the various concurrent hardware and software projects for product releases. Ensure that the performance team is influencing product designs to deliver competitive product performance, providing schedule and resource needs for performance-oriented projects, and reporting progress on these projects at engineering review forums.Work closely with various engineering development teams as well as product marketing teams to help drive performance agenda, understand performance needs for various teams, establish clear objectives and plans, prioritize and coordinate performance team's deliverables for various development projects.Manage people, capital budget, and lab equipment resources of the Performance Team to ensure maximum productivity.Manage and drive to resolution critical performance issues and escalations in the field. Coordinate with customer support, field teams, and other engineering teams to provide solutions for complex performance issues at customer sites.Manage hiring and staffing of the performance team and shape the organization to scale effectively with future growth.Assist in driving the vision and company-wide performance strategy and leading cross-organizational efforts to meet product competitive and consistent performance goals. Work with others in performance engineering, product management, and partner teams to contribute to performance analysis and improvement roadmap.

　　Responsibility:

　　This position is responsible for managing many tasks for multiple large groups, a department or departments, or a function within a country or global geographic area.The focus of this role is on creating and influencing strategy and policy.The potential impact of decisions made by this individual have significant operational or financial impact.This individual will apply in-depth knowledge to solve broad issues that are complex in scope and establish medium to long- range plans.

　　Interaction:

　　This individual must work effectively with staff to vice president level employees and employees within and outside of their function and organization.Utilizes people skills and available people manager tools to critically impact the growth of an individual within the company and career. This individual must demonstrate favorable results through providing leadership to the function.

　　Job Requirements

　　Experience managing professional level employees, many with advanced degrees.Track record of building, developing and maintaining strong teams. - A clear understanding of the product development cycle, technical requirements, and project management.Strong understanding of enterprise hardware/software development and testing processes, preferably in computer server or storage systems, and the role of performance at various stages in these processes.Strong understanding of performance benchmarks, analysis, modeling concepts, methodologies, tools, and techniquesA strong understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, file systems, and storage.Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.Ability to plan and track multiple concurrent projects covering a wide spectrum of technical areas.Ability to deal with conflicting agendas, frequent emergencies, and demanding customers.

　　Education

　　A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a Master's degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required.Minimum of 10 years of experience as an individual contributor and a minimum of 5 years as a people manager is required.

　　Equal Opportunity Employer:

　　NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

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　　We expect a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We provide comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts. We also offer financial savings programs to help you plan for your future.

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　　USA Residents Only:

　　The base salary hiring wage range for this position which the Company reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position in the specified geographic areas or locations, is [$178,200] - [$266,200]. Final compensation will be dependent on various factors relevant to the position and candidate such as geographical location, candidate qualifications, certifications, relevant job-related work experience, education, skillset and other relevant business and organizational factors, consistent with applicable law. In addition, the position may include some of the following comprehensive benefits such Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(K), Paid Time off (PTO), sick time, leave of absence as per the FMLA and other relevant leave laws, Company bonus/commission, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU's).

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