Job Description

About the job:
The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us in Bangalore, India. In this role, you will work with a diverse team of highly motivated engineers focused on the performance and scale characterization, and improvement of current and future Red Hat solutions. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with other engineering teams to optimize the components that make our open source solutions perform at the highest level for Red Hat enterprise customers. This role can be based anywhere in India.
What will you do?
Work on performance and scale characterization and enhancement of the solution based on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and Kubernetes
Automate, test, and improve solutions and technologies including scale-out Linux containers with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Collaborate with software engineers and test engineers to identify and resolve critical performance issues and help guide solutions
Test, analyze, and document results via Red Hat performance briefs and reference architectures
Use tools for metrics, monitoring and results from analysis using Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch and Kibana
Regularly provide updates to development, quality engineers and product management teams
Mentor other engineers and help manage the onboarding process for new hires
Provide guidance and support to associates in solving issues, removing blockers, and proposing fixes to meet the project deliveries
Work as part of an agile team to actively communicate status and complete deliverables on schedule
What will you bring?
An engineering degree or higher, or equivalent in computer science or a related field
Overall 5 + years of experience in software development
At least 3 years of experience in programming languages, particularly Python.
At least 2 years experience with containers and kubernetes
Passion for testing and optimizing software performance
Background in software performance and scale testing, automation tooling, optimization, and monitoring
Ability to convert raw data into meaningful graphs, draw conclusions, and present results with recommendations for improvement
Familiarity with a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures in addressing system performance
Motivated, with excellent judgment and decision-making skills
The following are considered a plus:
Experience with cloud technologies is a plus
Familiarity with Red Hat OpenShift.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is a major plus
Understanding of open source development models
Prior participation in open source community software development or leadership
Familiarity with enterprise application development
Familiar with test-based development and agile or scrum methodologies
Experience with upstream Kubernetes development is a major plus
Hands-on experience utilizing Ansible, Jenkins, Groovy, and Git.
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