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Red Oak Technology is seeking a
Performance Engineer for our high tech giant client located in Austin, TX for a Contract position.Applicants must be able and willing to be W2 employees of Red Oak. Applicants employed through other companies will not be considered for this contract opportunity. (i.e. C2C is not an option)“NOTE: If selected for this position, you are required to perform ALL work within a commutable distance of your assigned Worksite Location.”Performance Engineer (Austin, TX)Responsibilities: Acts as the technical subject matter expert Understand core concepts for cloud native technologies, AWS Work with teams to implement solutions based on AOS integrations Demonstrate the impact of transformation for cloud native technologies in partnership with teams Builds integrations to solve for feature and scale issues Define and drive the XaaS (FaaS, SaaS, IaaS, CaaS) solution software architecture Define and drive event-driven, instantly scalable, micro services along with monitoring, service assurance, and billing infrastructure Participate in design and code reviews Troubleshoot performance issues in a complex large-scale, multi-tier cloud based infrastructure Develop and maintain scripts and tools to load simulated test data to test environments Determine future performance needs and architectural changes based on the continued growth of the company The ideal skillset: 5-10 years of experience architecting highly available systems. 5+ years of development, programming & scripting Experience in Bash, C#, Python, Node.js, Terraform along with Java, Spring boot, REST web services, Angular, Django or Go 2-3+ years of experience in designing, developing and deploying projects in AWS or Google Cloud Platform suite Experience working with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, version control systems (Git) Experience with containers and container orchestration (Rancher, Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos) Hands on ability to code to create proof of concepts etc. Experience working in an open source community. Excellent technical knowledge and aptitude for learning. Ability to set and maintain goals, welcome feedback and enjoy success. Ability to drive a project from inception to completion Enthusiasm for solving challenging problems Team attitude: a willingness to roll up your sleeves, work with others and get things doneDesired Qualifications: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering At least 5 years of experience architecting cloud scale software solutions Strong understanding of Akamai or CDNs Demonstrated experience in XaaS infrastructure and deployments Experience with AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, Apache OpenWhisk, Microsoft Azure Functions Demonstrated experience with in modern day DevOps tools Deep working knowledge with data center scale software infrastructure including Orchestration Kubernetes, Open Stack, etc. and Micro-services Docker Containers, etc. Deep understanding of processor, memory, storage, network, acceleration and I/O technologies Deep understanding of Software Defined Networking or Software Defined Storage Working knowledge and experience with distributed software development tools such as Kafka, Cassandra, etc. Experience with scripting and coding or content creation and distribution using Python, preferably. Hands on ability to code to create proof of concepts etc. Able to work independently and collaborate effectively with highly technical resources in a fast-paced environment Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills Ability to solve complex challenges/problems and rapidly deliver innovative solutions Expertise in standard concepts and technologies used in CI/CD build, deployment pipelines Analytics technologies such as HIVE, Presto, Hadoop, Tableau, etc. a plusVacancy expired!