Software Engineer

About The Job
Red Hat's Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join us in Bangalore, India. In this role, you will be joining the Operator Foundry team, to work on automating, improving and streamlining the release process of the Red Hat products. You will be working on Open Source Projects, collaborating with other Continuous Integration (CI) engineers and members from the Red Hat Product Development Engineering teams. You will work with the latest technologies available in the market today such as Virtualization technologies (Red Hat OpenShift, Docker & Kubernetes), Change/Configuration Management technologies (Ansible, Jenkins, Tekton) and Variety of Language Bindings (Go, Java, Python, Groovy).

What will you do?

• Work with various CI and CD tools and assist with products like Jenkins, Ansible, OpenShift that enable Container Management/Orchestration
• Actively participate in the release orchestration for containers. This includes community, infrastructure and support
• Provide support for CI/CD across various projects, streams, etc
• Write Go, Groovy, Python, Ansible and Shell scripts to automate and integrate with other projects and automate existing manual flows
• Develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate performance at improving operational efficiency
• Improve operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures
• Improve current solutions and workflows. Prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure prone ones
• Communicate & work effectively with all levels of staff including senior management
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation, testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of resources

What will you bring?

• Graduate of computer science or software engineering or equivalent work experience
• 3-5 years of proven experience with Linux operating system at least as a power user
• 3-5 years of experience writing code either in Go, Java, Python, Groovy or Bash
• Problem solving & troubleshooting skills, including performing root cause analysis for preventative analysis
• Proven ability of self learning and technical understanding of processes
• Work under minimal supervision on complex issues to deliver great results on schedule
• Works equally as well as an individual contributor or as a team member
• Good English written and verbal communication skills

The Following Are Considered a Plus

• Jenkins declarative or scripted pipeline experience and/or experience maintaining or developing Jenkins plugins
• Experience of developing CICD workflows using Tekton in an OpenShift/Kubernetes based container management platform
• Demonstrated experience containerizing applications and/or workflows using Ansible, ArgoCD, Tekton etc
• Agile experience; Scrums, Backlog grooming, etc
• Presentations skills and public speaking skills for conferences and demos
• Contributing to an open source project or community

About Red Hat
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.

Inclusion at Red Hat
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