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Senior Software Engineer

The Role

The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Machine Configuration Operator (MCO) team. In this role, you will work as a part of a team responsible for evolving and supporting our Kubernetes native operating system management operator. The MCO (https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/machine_configuration/index.html#about-machine-config-operator_machine-config-overview) is a key component of OpenShift, operating the space between the installer and Red Hat Linux CoreOS (https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/architecture/architecture-rhcos.html) (RHCOS). It manages updates to systemd, cri-o/kubelet, kernel, NetworkManager, and many other components. It is at the heart of unlocking new capabilities and resolving new challenges as our product is adopted by new customer user cases. You can view our primary code base here: https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator

As part of a geographically distributed team, you will collaborate with multiple Red Hat’s engineering teams and open source communities to help our customers succeed. It is the delight that you bring to both contributing to projects and collaborating with a team to address the challenges that emerge as we evolve within OpenShift’s industry-leading solution that will make you an essential asset to this team.

What you will do

• Collaborate with multiple skill sets and disciplines to design, support, and debug enhancements to the Machine Configuration Operator.

• Decompose complex tasks with engineers from multiple teams to continue our investment in supportable, scalable, performant, and secure architecture.

• Contribute at a level that has direct technical impact on elements of business and/or meet customers' unmet needs.

• Own your team’s component, measure and track its health, help colleagues and customers understand its functionality, and resolve issues that do not align with intended functionality.

• Mentor and be mentored by others and provide and receive thoughtful feedback.

What you bring to the table

• You enjoy and have experience with container runtime and Kubernetes.

• You have a practice of continuous improvement and continuous delivery.

• You can contribute to technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions.

• You are a clear communicator, able to represent your contributions and ideas with clarity while remaining open to the contributions and ideas of others.

• You have an eagerness to share your extensive knowledge of Linux systems.

• You are regarded as a mentor and leader in expressing business needs in a language such as Golang, python, C, or Rust

• You take pride in what you can do as part of a team.

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About Red Hat

Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/) is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/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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