Software Engineer - OpenShift Virtualization Performance
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Location: Raleigh, WV 25911
Description:
About the Job
The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer to join the OpenShift Virtualization (OCPv) Performance and Scale group. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, a core feature of Red Hat OpenShift, offers a modern platform that enables organizations to deploy and manage both new and existing virtual machine (VM) workloads. This solution facilitates the easy migration and management of traditional virtual machines (VMs) onto a trusted, consistent, and comprehensive hybrid cloud platform. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive storage performance and scalability assessments of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (OCPv). Our goal is to make OCPv the preferred platform for Red Hat's enterprise customers in leveraging virtualization technologies. You will help achieve this by driving performance and scalability improvements within the OCPv platform. We're looking for an engineer who is creative, adaptable, and eager to learn and apply new technologies. You'll be joining a dynamic open-source culture and contributing to the performance and innovation of the Red Hat engineering team.
The broader mission of the Performance and Scale team is to establish performance and scale leadership across Red Hat's product and cloud services portfolio. This includes component-level, system, and solution analysis, as well as targeted enhancements. The team works closely with engineering, product management, product marketing, customer support, and Red Hat's hardware and software ecosystem partners.
What you will do
What you will bring
The following are considered a plus
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The salary range for this position is $90,480.00 - $144,660.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
Pay Transparency
Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat's compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
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.
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.
Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hat's culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email application-assistance@redhat.com. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.
The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer to join the OpenShift Virtualization (OCPv) Performance and Scale group. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, a core feature of Red Hat OpenShift, offers a modern platform that enables organizations to deploy and manage both new and existing virtual machine (VM) workloads. This solution facilitates the easy migration and management of traditional virtual machines (VMs) onto a trusted, consistent, and comprehensive hybrid cloud platform. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive storage performance and scalability assessments of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (OCPv). Our goal is to make OCPv the preferred platform for Red Hat's enterprise customers in leveraging virtualization technologies. You will help achieve this by driving performance and scalability improvements within the OCPv platform. We're looking for an engineer who is creative, adaptable, and eager to learn and apply new technologies. You'll be joining a dynamic open-source culture and contributing to the performance and innovation of the Red Hat engineering team.
The broader mission of the Performance and Scale team is to establish performance and scale leadership across Red Hat's product and cloud services portfolio. This includes component-level, system, and solution analysis, as well as targeted enhancements. The team works closely with engineering, product management, product marketing, customer support, and Red Hat's hardware and software ecosystem partners.
What you will do
- Formulate test plans, and carry out performance and scalability benchmarks against various storage components/features of the OCPv platform to characterize performance, drive product performance improvements, and detect performance regressions through data analysis and visualization
- Develop tools and automation to aid the performance benchmarking work
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to resolve performance issues
- Triage, debug, and solve customer/partner cases related to virtualization storage performance and scale
- Publish results, conclusions, recommendations and best practices via internal test reports, presentations, external blogs and official documentation to support our partners and customers.
- Participate in internal and external conferences about your work and results
What you will bring
- Experience in performance benchmarking, data capture, and data analysis.
- Experience with storage systems and protocols (NAS, SAN, NFS, iSCSI, RBD, etc)
- Experience with testing windows technologies like MsSql, Win Desktop / Citrix / VDI, .Net etc.
- Experience with container technologies (Podman, Kubernetes)
- Experience with systems performance engineering and metrics collection and analysis tools such as iostat, vmstat, sar, perf, pcp, prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch
- Strong programming skills in Python
- Hands-on experience working with the Linux operating system
- Excellent written and verbal language skills in English
The following are considered a plus
- 3+ years of relevant experience
- Experience of working with virtualization technologies such as VMware
- Familiarity with storage APIs (snapshot, clone, provision, attach), Data Protection and Disaster Recovery
- Experience of working with Ansible automation platform
- Knowledge of performance observability/profiling tools like eBPF, Flame Graphs
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related fields
- Experience of Git or similar version control system
#LI-HM1
The salary range for this position is $90,480.00 - $144,660.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
Pay Transparency
Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat's compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
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.
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.
Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hat's culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email application-assistance@redhat.com. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.