Senior Principal Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned expert to lead the design and execution of benchmarks for their innovative storage services. This role involves analyzing performance issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and developing tools to enhance storage performance. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies, you'll have the opportunity to work with industry-leading benchmarking tools and contribute to the advancement of storage architecture. If you have a passion for technology and a strong background in storage systems, this position offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in storage systems and benchmarking.
• Strong programming experience with Python, Go, C/C++, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of benchmarks for storage services.
• Analyze performance issues and provide actionable recommendations.

Skills

Storage Systems

Benchmarking

Python

Go

C/C++

Java

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Terraform

Ansible

Git

FIO

Crystaldiskmark

IOR

MLPerf

VDBench

Job description

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the design and execution of comprehensive benchmarks to evaluate the performance of our storage services, including I/O operations, throughput, latency, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of our storage architecture, networking, and cloud architecture.
• Analyze and troubleshoot performance issues in software applications and systems, identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
• Analyze benchmark results, identify trends, and provide insights to drive storage performance improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks and areas of improvement, providing actionable recommendations.
• Work with the product management team to develop performance metrics that meet customer requirements.
• Develop and maintain benchmarking tools and scripts to automate testing and analysis.
• Monitor and analyze storage performance using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and other monitoring solutions.
• Create and maintain application profiles to simulate real-world workloads and test storage performance under various scenarios.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is required.
• 12+ years of experience in storage systems, database performance, and benchmarking.
• Experience with Distributed Storage Systems.
• Strong background in Storage Systems, File Systems, and architectures (SAN, NAS, DAS).
• Experience with industry-leading benchmarking tools such as FIO, Crystaldiskmark, IOR, MLPerf, VDBench, HammerDB, SysBench, etc.
• Strong programming experience (5+ years) with Python, Go, C/C++, or Java.
• Strong understanding of CPU architectures and networking fundamentals.
• Knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and Storage Protocols like iSCSI, NVMe-oF, NFS, SMB.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and version control systems such as Git.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Ability to identify performance issues, root cause problems, and propose potential solutions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with cloud storage services such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong SQL skills and database performance tuning.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Experience with application profiling and workload simulation.
• Knowledge of OS virtualization constructs like para-virtualization, SR-IOV.