About the job
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. We strive to make software freely accessible to everyone around the world. Software developed at Red Hat runs in vehicles that landed on the moon, airlines, banks, trains, social media, health care, academic institutions, robots, and in many other places.
If you're interested, keep reading.
The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a highly motivated individual who wants to gain practical experience with open source and Red Hat products during a 6 month Software Engineering Co-Op position. In this role, you will work in an environment where diverse perspectives are invited, the best ideas are valued, and people feel empowered to contribute. Freedom and courage are two of our core values, which is why you'll need to be comfortable taking risks and exploring the unknown. But being a Red Hatter isn't just about being brave, it's also about demonstrating commitment and sticking to it. We can offer you professional development, social engagement and networking, performance and development, and meaningful work throughout your summer at Red Hat.
This position is a pipeline requisition for all open Software Engineering Co-Op positions within North America. If you are a good fit for one of our roles, a recruiter will reach out to you with next steps. We are hiring for two co-op cohorts, beginning in January 2022 and July 2022.
Red Hat's Engineering team is responsible for design, construction, implementation, and maintenance of Red Hat's products, working upstream on customer-desired features to bring them up to a quality level needed for enterprise use. As a Software Engineering Co-Op, you will have the opportunity to work in one or more of the following areas: cloud, quality engineering, systems engineering, emerging technologies, ecosystem engineering, security, networking, and more.
What you will do

• Work in collaboration with Red Hat development engineers designing, developing, and testing new storage management features
• Contribute to software and test development for our open source OpenStack cloud solutions
• Develop automation tooling using Python, Bash, Ansible, and other languages as appropriate
• Develop tools, scripts, and code to help improve application deployment processes
• Communicate with developers, automation engineers, UX designers, and the community
• Work closely with peers to perform and improve manual and automated test cases
• Participate in test case and test framework coding and automation

What you will bring

• Ability to work full-time either January 2022- June 2022 or July 2022- December 2022
• Currently pursuing a degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field; if you have graduated, be no more than 6 months past your graduation date
• Coding experience in languages like C or Python
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Any of the following are considered a plus:

• Knowledge of the UNIX or Linux operating system in any distribution
• Experience with Go, React, or Angular
• Previous code contributions to or participation in open source projects or code samples on GitHub
• Knowledge of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Kubernetes, JavaScript, or Bash scripting
• Experience with networking technology (server, switch or appliance configuration), key networking protocols, tunneling technologies, switching, and routing
• Experience with virtualization technologies (QEMU, KVM, etc.)
• Experience with container related technologies (Docker, Podman, cri-o, etcd)
• Willingness to wear a lot of red

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.