Senior Manager - Telco Engineering - Platform

Job Summary
The Red Hat Engineering team is looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Telco engineering group. In this role, you will be responsible for growing and leading a geographically distributed team of engineers responsible for leading the development of industry leading features enabling the Telco 5G partner ecosystem on OpenShift for 5G telecommunication companies globally.  

You and your team will collaborate with multiple Red Hat engineering, business, and solution architecture teams, as well as  strategic partners and open source communities around the globe.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have motivation, curiosity, passion for problem solving, and experience with Telecom infrastructure, container technologies,  and leadership in open source development.

You'll need to be able to effectively manage the balance between business priorities and the team capacity, embracing and amplifying the Red Hat core values of freedom, courage, commitment, and accountability.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Grow and lead a high performance team of engineers to deliver on the telco engineering platform objectives. 
• Work with product managers, partners and other teams to ensure priority alignment, consistent quality of interactions and effective collaboration 
• Coordinate with cross-functional managers and teams on documentation, product management, support, and quality engineering (QE) to coordinate tasks necessary for certifying and maintaining enterprise-quality software
• Proactively direct the team for continuous improvement in a rapidly changing environment
• Champion your team during tight schedules, aggressive deadlines, and ever changing priorities
• Collaborate and publicize the team's work through blogs, web postings, or conference talks
• Coordinate knowledge sharing within and outside the company
• Lead all associates in managing their careers and growth

Required Skills

• Leadership skills to effectively hire, train, and lead 
• A passion for problem-solving, investigation, and quickly learning new technologies
• 5 years of experience in system engineering, Telecom software development, or in a related field
• 3 years of experience managing software development, system, or integration engineers 
• Familiarity with deploying infrastructure and applications with container-related technologies like Kubernetes, cri-o, or etcd
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent working experience
• Proficiency in Linux operation and administration
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working within an agile development framework
• Understanding of open source development models, partner and community interactions
• Flexibility to work with a widely distributed and remote team
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and balance multiple schedules

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience contributing to open source communities
• 3 years of experience working in an partner collaboration role
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat CoreOS
• Experience with Linux system programming (network communication, shared memory, process initiation, etc.), in a programing or scripting language
• Familiarity with using, supporting, or troubleshooting cloud-native network functions (CNFs)
• Telco-specific knowledge and experience including:
• High availability
• Performance characterization and optimization
• Network functions virtualization (NFV) architecture (High performance networking technologies)
• Telco Operator Edge designs
• RAN architecture, O-RAN, FlexRAN
• This role may come into contact with confidential or sensitive customer information requiring special treatment in accordance with Red Hat policies and applicable privacy laws.

#LI-OA1

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
Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email application-assistance@redhat.com. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.