*Telecommuting permitted: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from the Red Hat, LLC office in Raleigh, NC.
Collaborate with developers, quality engineers and architects to test, analyze, find root cause of issues and fix performance issues. Assess customer requirements to design scale tests that mimic customer environments.
What You Will Do:
- Evaluate Red Hat OpenShift performance on public cloud and other platforms.
- Devise, execute and report on test plans for Red Hat OpenShift.
- Benchmark and analyze performance and system metrics of Red Hat OpenShift to identify bottlenecks and propose improvements.
- Build and use open source and AI agentic tooling to monitor Red Hat OpenShift Platform behavior under load.
- Actively engage with upstream Kubernetes performance communities to enhance downstream product, Red Hat OpenShift and present in public conferences to build a community around Performance & Scale.
- Collaborate with product managers to identify and prioritize testing needs for software.
- Interact with customers to understand how they use Red Hat OpenShift, model internal test cases, and continuous integration pipelines.
- Setup test environments to help developers find the root cause of software bugs.
- Help establish software performance goals, devise plans to test and validate it, and collect and communicate results to relevant stakeholders.
- Collect data from performance tests, organize and present to internal and external stakeholders.
- Devise methods and tools for comparing performance data across multiple versions of Red Hat OpenShift to identify regressions in performance.
What You Will Bring:
- Master's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or related role OR Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related role.
- Must have three (3) years of experience with: AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and OCS; developing and testing software in Python or Golang; performance monitoring and observability tools; the following productivity software and methodologies: Github, Jira, Confluence, Miro, and Agile development sprints; Linux Operating System administration and Bash scripting; data retention, transformation, summarization, and retrieval; large scale distributed systems design and analysis; the following software profiling tools: perf, cProfile, Pyroscope, and Parca; and working with CI/CD frameworks and tools.
- Must have two (2) years of experience utilizing and working with Containerization technologies and Kubernetes.
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The salary range for this position is $159,910 - $195,680/year. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
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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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Skills Required
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field and three years of experience in the offered or related role
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and five years of experience in the offered or related role
- Three years of experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and OCS
- Three years of experience developing and testing software in Python or Golang
- Three years of experience with performance monitoring and observability tools
- Three years of experience with GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Miro, and Agile development sprints
- Three years of experience with Linux administration and Bash scripting
- Three years of experience with data retention, transformation, summarization, and retrieval
- Three years of experience with large-scale distributed systems design and analysis
- Three years of experience with perf, cProfile, Pyroscope, and Parca
- Three years of experience with CI/CD frameworks and tools
- Two years of experience with containerization technologies and Kubernetes
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is presented as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision along with life and disability coverage. Access to HSA/FSA options and broadly positive reception of health benefits support the view that healthcare is a core strength.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, with substantial PTO for new hires plus additional recharge days and an end-of-year shutdown for many non-critical roles. Paid volunteer time, holidays, sick days, and supportive expectations around taking time off reinforce the breadth of leave benefits.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — The rewards package includes performance bonuses and a recurring quarterly bonus program tied to company and individual performance. Availability of ESPP participation further adds to incentive pathways beyond base pay.
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