Red Hat's OpenShift Engineering team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our global team positioned at the heart of Red Hat's hybrid cloud strategy. In this role, you will contribute to the engineering of Authentication, Authorization (IdPs, OAuth, LDAP, OIDC, etc.) and APIServer features (RBAC, quota, policy, auditing, etc.) in the core of Kubernetes and the OpenShift platform. You will work in a Red Hat team and with a larger upstream community of top Kubernetes project contributors to create new features and to improve the stability of Red Hat OpenShift, most notably in the area of the Auth Special Interest Group (sig-auth) in Kubernetes. This software engineering role will focus on implementing authentication and authorization methods and standards to ensure the evolving needs of OpenShift's rapidly growing customer base are met.What you will bring
- Create and guide new feature development; contribute to high profile and strategic open source projects
- Create/submit patches for bug fixes and review patches from other contributors
- Continuously test your component/code on all levels and continuously improve our CI system
- Provide support for your component/code in production for internal and external customers.
- Improve current solutions and workflows; prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure-prone ones
- Communicate and work effectively with all levels of associates including senior management
- Document and demonstrate solutions by developing enhancements, diagrams, code comments, and clear code where necessary
- Collaborate with other engineers across the OpenShift engineering organization and work alongside members of the Documentation, Support, and Quality Engineering (QE) teams.
What you will do
- Development experience in an authentication engineering role including knowledge of TLS, certificates, OAuth2, IAM and RBAC.
- Experience with Linux operating systems
- Strong development experience writing code in Go or an equivalent
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills including performing root cause analysis
The following are considered a plus:
- Experience working with Kubernetes and/or Red Hat OpenShift
- Solid understanding of the Kubernetes Control Plane components and architecture
- Ability to work Hybrid in Raleigh , NC
- Knowledge of Distributed Systems
- Record of contributing to an open source project or community including Kubernetes SIGs
- Graduate of computer science or software engineering or equivalent work experience
- Presentations skills and public speaking skills for conferences and demos
- Enjoys solving challenging problems and working with emerging technologies
The salary range for this position is $142,140.00 - $234,500.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
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Benefits•Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage•Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care•Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan•Retirement 401(k) with employer match•Paid time off and holidays•Paid parental leave plans for all new parents•Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave•Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.
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