Software/Senior Software Engineer - Performance and Scale

The Red Hat Performance and Scale Team is looking for an experienced senior level engineer to join our passionate global team to test, measure, analyze software performance and improve performance and scale of Red Hat OpenShift, the industry leading enterprise Kubernetes platform to help user workloads do more.

This role will focus on the scalability of Red Hat Openshift across various platforms and workloads that run on top of it.

The Engineer will leverage their knowledge of systems performance in the cloud as well as virtualized setups on baremetal to theorize bottlenecks and limitations, devise test plans, execute workloads, collect and analyze data, and communicate findings.

This role will require the ability to work cross-functionally with Product Management, Engineering Leadership, Development Teams and Quality Engineers to measure performance, clearly articulate findings and fix bottlenecks.

Time will also be spent in collaboration with software engineering teams on bug fixes, code optimization and reduction of resource usage, and in developing open source tools for reliability and repeatability of tests.

Our team is global and diverse, and as such the location for this role is flexible. The Engineer may be located in one of our many global offices or may work permanently remotely.

What you will do

Work closely with management, product owners, developers, and quality engineers to understand product requirements and build suitable performance test plans to verify OpenShift’s performance and scalability limits

Develop sophisticated tests that perform user workload simulations through comprehensive end-to-end automation, leveraging custom built and state of the art open source tools and frameworks

Deep dive into performance issues with the intent of discovering their root cause on complex distributed systems

Design and develop monitoring and reporting tools to do performance and scale tests and analysis

Document your research and results clearly and concisely, and communicate findings both internally and externally

What you will bring

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of experience in performance engineering or systems / software engineering or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+years of experience in performance engineering or systems / software engineering

Demonstrable experience or understanding and passion for performance engineering

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Strong programming, debugging, and profiling skills

Hands-on experience with performance measurement, analysis, and optimization

Experience with distributed systems

Very strong Linux system administration and system engineering skills

Solid scripting skills, particularly with Bash, Python, or Ansible

Experience working with bare metal systems and public clouds like AWS, Azure, GCP or IBM Cloud

Experience analyzing and interpreting large volumes of test results and succinctly communicating findings through easy to understand graphs / charts

Experience with collaborative software development methodologies, tools and version control

Knowledge of statistical analysis and experimental design techniques

Ability to work with independence and to proactively seek collaboration

The following are considered a plus :

Experience with container technologies like podman or docker and familiarity with building container images

Working knowledge of Kubertes or OpenShift

Working knowledge with Container Native Virtualization or OpenShift Virtualization

Experience with system performance engineering and metrics collection tools like iostat, vmstat, sar, perf, and prometheus

Familiarity with monitoring and dashboarding tools like Prometheus and Grafana

Track record of contributing to open source projects

Presentation and public speaking skills at conferences and demonstrations

The salary range for this position is $111,260.00 - $183,580.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

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Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and / or equity.

For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

About Red Hat

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Spread across 40+ countries, our associates have the flexibility to choose the work environment that suits their needs from in-office to fully remote to office-flex.

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Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care

Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan

Retirement 401(k) with employer match

Paid time off and holidays

Paid parental leave plans for all new parents

Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave

Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note : These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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When this is realized, it empowers people from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation.

Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated.

We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions of diversity that compose our global village.

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