Senior Software Engineer

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 LI-BR1 About Red Hat is the world s leading provider of enterprise software solutions using a community-powered approach to 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