About the job
The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is looking for a Senior Performance and DevOps Engineer to join our OpenShift Virtualization Performance and Scale team in North America. In this role, you will be part of a team responsible for improving the performance and scalability of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (upstream KubeVirt) through benchmarking, data analysis, debugging, data visualization, and building automation tools. You will be required to formulate and execute performance test plans, investigate Linux, KubeVirt, and Red Hat OpenShift performance tuning knobs, and publish results on a regular basis. You will also have the opportunity to enhance or create benchmarking tools, develop automation, and build a Continuous Performance Evaluation framework to make us more productive. As a Senior Performance and DevOps Engineer, you'll need to be able to think creatively, adapt to rapid change, and have the willingness to learn and apply new technologies. You will join a vibrant open source culture and help promote performance and innovation in this Red Hat engineering team. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What you will do

• Execute performance and scalability benchmarks against Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
• Collaborate on the building of the Continuous Performance Evaluation framework using in-house developed code and external applications like Jenkins, Apache Airflow, Elasticsearch, and Grafana
• Build and execute performance test plans against new product features in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
• Collaborate with the Development and quality engineering (QE) teams to resolve performance issues in the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization offering before it is released
• Triage, debug, and solve customer cases related to OpenShift Virtualization performance
• Publish results, conclusions, recommendations, and best practices via documents and blogs to the field, partners, and customers
• Speak in internal and external conferences about your work and results

What you will bring

• 4+ years of relevant technical experience
• Experience running performance tests and data capture, analysis, and visualization
• Experience with Elasticsearch for data storage and Grafana for data visualization
• Programming experience with Python or willingness to learn
• Broad familiarity with the Linux operating system; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora, or CentOS are a plus
• Experience with virtualization technologies like KVM, Red Hat Virtualization, or VMware vSphere

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
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.