The OpenShift Cluster Infrastructure team is a specialized engineering group that plays a pivotal role in bridging OpenShift's capabilities with major infrastructure service providers. They architect and maintain the critical integration layers that enable OpenShift clusters to seamlessly interact with and leverage cloud-native services across Azure, AWS, GCP, and other platforms. By harnessing the power of Cluster API, they implement declarative infrastructure management that allows organizations to provision, scale, and operate OpenShift clusters consistently across diverse environments. The team develops and enhances cloud-specific controllers and operators that automate complex infrastructure operations, ensuring optimal resource utilization and high availability while maintaining security and compliance with enterprise requirements. Working at the intersection of OpenShift's container platform and provider infrastructure services, these engineers contribute to both upstream open source projects and downstream enterprise solutions. They collaborate to implement new features, optimize performance, and ensure reliability of cloud-specific integrations. Through their work with technologies like cloud-controller-manager, they enable OpenShift clusters to efficiently manage resources such as load balancers, and networking, and other components, while maintaining the platform's vendor-neutral architecture. This team's expertise ensures that organizations can confidently deploy and manage OpenShift clusters at scale across any environment, supporting the hybrid cloud strategy that is central to modern enterprise operations.
What you will do:
- Design, implement, and maintain distributed systems components, with a focus on test-driven development and CI/CD.
- Collaborate across OpenShift engineering, QE, Docs, Support, and upstream open source communities.
- Provide technical leadership in code reviews, integration tests, and mentoring junior engineers.
- Create design documentation and proof-of-concept solutions for new features.
- Own and support components in production, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
- Contribute to upstream Kubernetes SIGs and review community patches.
What you will bring:
- Proficient in Golang is mandatory
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and Kubernetes architecture, activities in OSS comunities are welcome
- Experience to develop Kuberntes operators
- Experience with containers and Linux systems.
- Skilled in CI/CD, build tools, and version control (Git, GitHub/GitLab).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus
- Familiarity with highly available systems (e.g., failover, monitoring, alerting) is a plus
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Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
- Proficiency in Golang or other relevant languages
- Experience in designing and developing test automation frameworks
- Solid understanding of Linux/UNIX operating systems
- Experience with container technologies and Kubernetes
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is presented as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision along with life and disability coverage. Access to HSA/FSA options and broadly positive reception of health benefits support the view that healthcare is a core strength.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, with substantial PTO for new hires plus additional recharge days and an end-of-year shutdown for many non-critical roles. Paid volunteer time, holidays, sick days, and supportive expectations around taking time off reinforce the breadth of leave benefits.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — The rewards package includes performance bonuses and a recurring quarterly bonus program tied to company and individual performance. Availability of ESPP participation further adds to incentive pathways beyond base pay.
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