Red Hat Telco Engineering is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Integration team supporting Telco 5G product offerings. You will be part of a team responsible for designing and implementing the container platform for 5G telecommunication companies, contributing to industry-leading technologies in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

As a part of a geographically distributed team, you will collaborate with multiple Red Hat engineering teams and open source communities around the globe. To be successful in this role, you will need to have motivation, curiosity, passion for problem solving, experience with Telco technologies, Linux, Kubernetes, and open source.

What you will do

• Play an active role researching and then integrating various Kubernetes and TelCo features into an unified solution.  Daily activities will be deploying, automating, demonstrating, troubleshooting and documenting integrations
• Develop and integrate changes in multiple projects to troubleshoot, analyse bug root causes and provide resolutions
• Review and validate design, enhancement proposals and patches from other members
• Work with the quality engineering team (QE) to ensure effective test coverage
• Publicise the team's work through blogs, web postings, or conference talks

What you will bring

• Kubernetes and OpenShift technologies background is mandatory
• Experience with automation tools and/or scripting languages (Ansible, bash, go)
• Experience with networking technology (server, switch or appliance configuration), key networking protocols, tunnelling technologies, switching, and routing 
• Proficient in Linux operation and administration
• Familiarity with open source projects (git workflows) is a plus
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proficient with diagramming tools which enable you to visualise and talk through solutions to gather consensus on proposals
• Proficient in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Google Gemini, Cursor) to accelerate integration workflows through in-depth research, summarizing technical documentation and complex information, drafting effective communications, and boosting problem-solving efficiency

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Open vSwitch (OVS), and Open Virtual Network (OVN)
• Experience with container related technologies (docker / podman, cri-o, SR-IOV)
• Experience using, supporting, or troubleshooting  various VNFs / CNFs
• Comfortable providing support and knowledge transfer for other teams as they onboard with new technologies that you are familiar with.
• RHCE or equivalent RHEL knowledge

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