The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will collaborate with product teams and other Performance & Scale engineers to plan, conduct and communicate performance evaluations of multiple microservices running in the Red Hat OpenShift cluster. Your work will help contribute and optimize Red Hat products. You’ll work in a fast-paced environment.
What will you do:
Work on the performance and scale planning, testing and results communicating of more microservices
Learning and documenting about how microservices in question work, what resources they are using and what are the potential bottlenecks
Collaborate with development, quality engineers and product management to identify and resolve critical performance issues of our offerings and help guide solutions
Develop and run complex performance tests to work with OpenShift, AWS EC2, debug test issues
Perform statistical analysis
Regularly provide updates to development, quality engineers and product management teams
Use tools for metrics, monitoring and results from analysis using Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch and Kibana
Help triage, debug and solve customer cases related to performance and scale if needed
Document your findings, educate the team and publicize the work the team is doing via blogs, web postings, or conference talks
What will you bring:
Passion for optimizing system performance; background in software performance and scale engineering
Experience with open source software, Linux, containers, Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes
Scripting experience, particularly with Bash, Python or Ansible
Experience with system monitoring and troubleshooting
Good knowledge of operating system internals and distributed systems
Practical knowledge of Apache Kafka and REST APIs
Experience with Jenkins, groovy and Git
Ability to convert raw data into meaningful graphs, draw conclusions, and present results to audiences with recommendations for improvement
Flexibility to work with a geographically distributed remote working team
Eagerness to share knowledge and improve the skills of others around you
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We’re a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
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