Software Engineer - OpenStack Engineering Services on OpenShift (Waterford Office, Ireland)

Job Summary

The Red Hat OpenStack engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join us in Waterford, Ireland.

In this role, you will collaborate with upstream communities and lead the build-out and continuous improvement of the continuous integration (CI) process for the Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployment project. You'll contribute to feature test coverage, tooling frameworks, production chain tools, issue troubleshooting, and resolution of Red Hat OpenStack Platform services.

As a Software Engineer, you will participate as a member of a geographically distributed team, using multiple communication tools for close collaboration. You'll need to have passion for modern open source development methods, an interest in Testing methodologies, and a desire to apply broad software engineering skills to automation. Successful applicants must reside in a country where Red Hat is registered to do business.

What You Will Do

• Become a contributing member of the open source community to develop CI framework tools like Red Hat OpenStack Platform’s Zuul, Jenkins, GitHub, and GitLab CI
• Contribute to the delivery of Red Hat OpenStack Platform release cadence
• Participate in upstream and internal continuous integration and continuous delivery (CD)
• Work with the Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployment and upstream CI teams to improve automation coverage
• Proactively define and implement automated test tooling
• Maintain and troubleshoot issues in the Red Hat OpenStack Platform production chain pipeline
  
  

What You Will Bring

• Exceptional Linux development experience
• Experience developing in Python and shell scripting
• CI pipeline experience using OpenShift or Kubernetes
• Deep understanding of cloud computing and configuration management; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
• Focus on test-driven development (TDD) and good knowledge of unit testing frameworks and methodologies
• Familiarity with CI and CD
• Experience using, developing, or administering Red Hat OpenStack Platform environments, including the knowledge of Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Zuul -is a big plus
• Passion for open source software development
• Ability to work in a distributed team environment
  
  

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