Windows Server 8: Microsoft Searching for an SDET to Help Ship Windows 8 Server Backup

In a Windows 8 Server-related job listing I ran across on Microsoft’s Careers site today, the Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) team is looking for a Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) to, “…collaborate with many Windows teams to ship a quality backup solution in [the] Win 8 timeframe.” Also to quote, the DLM team has “…just released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) (Version 3 release) to a multi-billion dollar data protection market and are currently working on the Version 4 of the DPM Product and Windows Server 8 backup.”

The aforementioned are the juicy bits of the job ad, but here’s the full thing in its glory — should you be interested in possibly applying for it :

Exciting career opportunities in Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) team!

v Join a team that is in start-up mode – A team where your technical skills and quality aptitude will make a great impact on the product’s success
v See how your customer engagements and technical contributions clearly impact the market, touch customers & partners!
v Be part of a team that is building a winning strategy & a successful product, in a highly competitive landscape!

“Never lose your data” is our simple, yet high impact promise to our customers. We are organized as a Product Unit in the System Center Division, with full business charter & complete end to end ownership of developing data protection & data lifecycle management solutions. We own inbox data protection platform & solution in Windows as well as Data Protection Manager for backup of all Microsoft workloads like Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Hyper-V, Laptops and File Server. We have just released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) (Version 3 release) to a multi-billion dollar data protection market and are currently working on the Version 4 of the DPM Product and Windows Server 8 backup.

If you are a lead who can lead a highly energetic team of testers, have hands-on experience testing products, have strong test design and development skills, are great in solving technical challenges, and you want to help create next generation software for data lifecycle management solutions then we want to talk with you. Come be a part of a team where quality is top priority and the opportunity to make a difference is huge.

You will have an opportunity to work on Windows backup and will have to collaborate with many Windows teams to ship a quality backup solution in Win 8 timeframe. You will work in feature teams where you will have very close interaction with Dev/PM counterparts to create huge impact in the backup space!

For more information on Windows Server Backup, visit Microsoft’s “Windows Server Backup” page on Technet.

Windows Server 8 Job Ad: Click Here

-Stephen Chapman
http://msftkitchen.com