Senior Software Engineer

The RHEL Distribution team in the Software Production (SP) organization is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us in the U.S. You will be contributing to Red Hat's mission-critical systems aimed at delivering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) offerings to Red Hat customers and partners. You will help us build the next-generation distribution pipeline on our hybrid cloud infrastructure. Being a member of the SP organization is about having a passion for new technologies, and their real-world application and management. This is an unique opportunity to work with some of the best minds in the industry, in a team that is constantly evolving the most sophisticated enterprise-class Linux distribution system in the world. Because the team owns a broad collection of tools and services, engineers on our team have the opportunity to experience a number of different programming languages and cutting edge technologies like Openstack, Openshift, AWS.

What you will do:

• Design, develop and maintain software using Agile practices

• Improve the tools and processes used to deliver Red Hat solutions to customers

• Use good test methodologies to ensure that services are robust, reliable, and futuristic

• Participate in releasing content to Red Hat customers and partners

• Adopt CI/CD methodologies to deploy services and maintain SLIs/SLOs

• Work in an hybrid cloud environment where your software interacts with bare metal platforms as well as virtualized platforms like Openstack and Openshift

• Collaborate with users and other stakeholders to find solutions to their problems

• Collaborate with upstream open source communities on relevant projects

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience

• Expertise in Python programming

• Experience with Linux command line tools and utilities

• Experience with Jenkins, Ansible

• Experience with design, development, code reviews and unit testing of bugs and features in a complex and highly evolved code base

• Familiarity with agile methodology

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as you'll be working in a globally distributed team

• Ability to define, follow, and enforce processes

• Ability to work under pressure, for example fixing issues during product releases

The following will be considered a plus:

• Experience with Golang, AWS technologies

• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift, Tekton, ArgoCD

• Previous code contributions to open source projects or code samples on GitHub/Gitlab 

• Experience with CI/CD

• Knowledge of Database technologies

• Familiarity with container management tools like docker / podman

Pay Transparency

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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. 

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