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Principal Cloud Performance Engineer

Principal Cloud Performance Engineer

PegasystemsWaltham, MA, US
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

Join one of the most innovative and fastest-growing groups at Pega, working with talented engineers and product owners worldwide to build and optimize our scalable SaaS offerings.

What You'll Do at Pega

  • Analyze performance profiles of enterprise software on Pega Cloud and contribute to performance best practices and governance.
  • Develop and maintain tools for infrastructure performance monitoring, resiliency testing, and auto-scaling.
  • Implement and optimize monitoring solutions using Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Deploy and manage cloud-native applications using Docker and Helm.
  • Collaborate with capacity planning and operations teams to translate business needs into technical requirements.
  • Evaluate new technologies for applicability to current and future projects.
  • Provide performance oversight and guidance to teams delivering new features.
  • Communicate effectively with developers and product owners about performance analysis and alternative approaches.
  • Work within an Agile framework.

Who You Are

You are a senior performance engineer with experience building scalable, cloud-native systems and a passion for applying technology to solve business challenges.

  • 3-5+ years of software development experience, preferably in a product development company.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
  • Proven ability to implement solutions that meet engineering excellence standards with minimal oversight.
  • Experience with Agile methodologies such as SCRUM.
  • Hands-on experience with auto-scaling solutions in cloud environments.
  • Experience deploying and managing software in containers using Docker and Helm.
  • Experience designing software to scale using containers and microservices.
  • Experience with performance analysis and monitoring in clouds such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Strong experience with Grafana and Prometheus for monitoring and alerting.
  • Experience with databases, including both relational (PostgreSQL or Oracle) and NoSQL (Cassandra).
  • Experience with clustered deployments and distributed systems.
  • Experience with SCM tools including git and GitHub.
  • Programming expertise in Java (required); knowledge of Golang, Pega Platform, or AWS Cloud is a plus.
  • Experience with J2EE, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; fast learner.

    • What You've Accomplished

  • Designed and implemented highly available, scalable cloud-native systems.
  • Demonstrated strong knowledge in performance analysis, infrastructure monitoring, auto-scaling, and capacity planning.
  • Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions using Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Deployed and managed applications using Docker and Helm.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to align business goals with technical implementation.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field.
  • Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities
  • An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
  • Competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company

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