Job Summary

The Red Hat SP RHEL Workflow team is looking for a Release Software Engineer to join us in Bangalore, India. In this role, you will streamline tooling, improve releases of our offerings, and guide team processes. You'll focus on standardizing processes and creating solutions for product teams by delivering changes in a timely and methodical manner. As a Software Engineer, you’ll need to have passion for technology and development, balanced with the responsibility for improving the processes and procedures that support releases of our offerings. You'll need to be able to work in a fast-paced and sometimes chaotic environment, with the goal of making our end users and customers more effective with each release.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities

Guide new processes and procedures in the solutions space to improve the quality, consistency, and automation of releases.

Contribute to release engineering tooling to deliver the functionality according to established requirements

Help your team understand and prioritize requirements

Support multiple offerings and releases by helping to ensure that content is delivered on time and to specification

Interact with multiple teams within Red Hat and the open source community

Communicate with engineering and management teams across the globe

Work in a fast-paced environment where timely deliverables are as important as the big ideas for potential growth

Communicate with end users through IRC, forums, and email

Required Skills:

Experience with development in Python or Ruby, Shell scripting

Experience with Linux or UNIX command line tools and utilities; UNIX shell knowledge (Bash), command line text processing (grep, awk, sed …)

Familiarity with Git

Good written and verbal communication skills in English

 

The following will be considered a plus:

Previous experience releasing multiple offerings in a production environment

Ability to debug issues across multiple software layers

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.

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