About the job
The Red Hat Ecosystem Engineering team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Telco Platform and Partner Workloads team. You will be part of a globally distributed team responsible for enabling the Telco partner ecosystem , driving adoption of Red Hat technologies and platforms, as well as promoting cloud computing best practices.
We are a development centric team focused on codifying industry and standard cloud computing best practices, developing the essential framework and tools, certifying complex 5G Cloud-Native Network Function workloads for OpenShift . As a part of our team, you will collaborate with a wide variety of Red Hat development, solution architecture, and business units across CTO, Engineering, Customer Experience & Engagement, as well as directly with our strategic partners and open source communities . To be successful in this role, you will need to have motivation, curiosity, passion for problem solving, and experience with Containers , Kubernetes , open source software development, and Telecom technologies.
What you will do

• Codify, promote, and contribute to industry and standard cloud computing best practices around security, scalability, and reliability
• Mnage behavior-driven development (BDD) of test and automation framework for Telco workload certification on OpenShift
• Collaborate with Telco partners to accelerate containerization of their products and integration with the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, to ensure best in class functionality, performance, and reliability for introduction into 5G and edge computing networks worldwide
• Collaborate with Telecom equipment vendors to develop best practices, system integration and unit tests, continuous intagration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines, plugins, tools, and processes to enable automated certification and ongoing validation of partner workloads
• Collaborate with upstream open source communities, industry bodies, and technology standard working groups
• Work closely with platform engineering teams to troubleshoot, analyze bug root causes, and provide resolutions and recommendations
• Work closely with certification and integration teams to improve and streamline partner onboarding experience
• Work closely with the quality engineering (QE) team on positive and negative testing to ensure that code, framework, documentation, APIs, and commands are properly tested
• Have an active role in daily scrum standup peer discussions and code reviews

What you will bring

• 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes platforms, expertise in container technologies
• 4+ years of software development experience in a Linux/RHEL environment with at least one of the following languages: Golang, Python, Java, or C and C++
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies, standards, and practices
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts and efficiently summarize information

The following are considered a plus:

• Knowledge of cloud computing best practices: container security, performance scalability, Site Reliability Engineering
• Experience with building CI and CD systems, BDD of test and automation frameworks, QE positive and negative testing, and chaos engineering
• Contribution in open source communities, active involvement in CNCF work groups
• Experience in Telecom infrastructure and networks, knowledge of 5G Core and RAN architecture and protocols, 3GPP standards, O-RAN, Mobile Edge Computing, and SDN and NFV

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
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.