Senior Software Engineer - Ansible

About the Job:

As a Software Engineer in the Ansible organization, you will be working across geos with technical team members to analyze, design, develop, debug, and deliver new products and feature functionality for the Ansible offerings. You will get an opportunity to collaborate with diverse agile teams around the world to deliver value for our customers and partners in an open source way.

This is also a great opportunity to hone your skills while working with a wide range of modern languages, frameworks, and technologies. You will also become a part of Red Hat’s culture, which makes us unique in the industry. You will work with communities passionate about open source software
 

What will you do?

• Develop and maintain software to automatically provision, upgrade, monitor, and heal Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

• Work with technical leads and the business to understand feature requirements. Help break requirements down into smaller units of work.

• Contribute to all aspects of product delivery, including design/architecture, development, testing, documentation, and deployment.
   

What will you bring?

• Passion for automation and an excitement to automate all the things

• Knowledge of Linux, system administration, shell scripting and source control system fundamentals

• 3-5 years experience with a modern programming language, such as python or go, utilizing concepts like parallelism, concurrency, and polymorphism

• Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud providers, and REST APIs principles

• Knowledge of infrastructure systems and networks; experience with distributed systems

• Customer empathy with clear understanding of how automation of repetitive tasks provides business value

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
   

The following are considered as a plus:

• Proven track record of delivering complex features in a golang environment

• History of integration with third party providers, leveraging APIs and implementation of abstraction layers

• In-depth experience with public Cloud providers and Terraform

• Demonstrated knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), including administration and management

• Familiarity with ansible and its ecosystem catalog

• Demonstrated history of open-source projects contributions 

• Previous experience leading development of new product functionality from story discovery through to implementation, testing, and deployment.

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