$135K - 192K a year
Design and execute performance tests for Red Hat OpenShift on cloud platforms, analyze system metrics, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve software performance.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or related field with 3-5 years experience, proficiency in Python or Go, AWS and other cloud providers, Linux administration, Bash scripting, CI/CD tools, containerization and Kubernetes, and performance monitoring tools.
Assess customer requirements to design scale tests that mimic customer environments. Collaborate with developers, quality engineers and architects to test, analyze, root cause and fix performance issues. *Telecommuting role to be performed anywhere in the U.S. 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. Use open-source tools to monitor Red Hat OpenShift Platform behavior under load. Collaborate with product managers to identify and prioritize testing needs for software. Interact with customers to understand how they use Red Hat OpenShift and model internal tests cases and continuous integration pipelines along those lines. Help establish performance goals of software, devise plans to test and validate it, 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 and other cloud providers; developing and testing software in Python or Go; productivity software; Linux Operating System administration and Bash scripting; large scale distributed systems design and analysis; and working with CI/CD frameworks and tools. Must have two (2) years of experience with: performance monitoring and observability tools; and data retention, transformation, summarization, and retrieval. Must have one (1) year of experience utilizing and working with Containerization technologies and Kubernetes. #LI-DNI The salary range for this position is $134,618 - $191,840. 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. 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This job posting was last updated on 8/29/2025