About the Job:

The Red Hat Open Shift Virtualization CI and Release team is looking for a Senior Release Engineer to join us. In this role, you will own and evolve the release pipelines that ship Open Shift Virtualization to production -- from container builds through operator catalog assembly to verified candidate releases. You'll also contribute to the team's internal release observability platform, a Node.js/TypeScript application that provides real-time visibility, gating dashboards, and AI-powered insights to stakeholders across the organization. As a Senior Release Engineer, you will work across both pipeline operations (CI/CD pipelines, Git Ops-driven promotions) and tooling development (automation scripts, APIs, monitoring), bridging the gap between build infrastructure and the engineering teams that depend on it. You should be comfortable operating in a Git Ops-driven environment, debugging distributed build systems under pressure, and collaborating asynchronously with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.

What will you do:

• Design, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD release pipelines for Open Shift Virtualization component builds and promotions across multiple release streams, using pipeline-as-code and Git Ops-driven promotion patterns

• Build and operate container image build systems, managing Dockerfiles, midstream repositories, and operator catalog assembly for a large-scale multi-component product

• Develop and maintain automation tooling in Python and Bash for release workflows -- issue tracker integration, commit tracking, cross-team task coordination, and automated source synchronization between upstream and product repositories

• Contribute to the team's release observability platform (Node.js/TypeScript) -- adding backend services, integrating data sources, and improving release visibility for stakeholders

• Execute and verify production releases: manage smoke testing, gated verification flows, and candidate-release promotions through staged quality gates

• Triage and resolve build and release incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive post-incident improvements to prevent recurrence

• Coordinate cross-team release activities such as base image rebases, dependency bumps, and version branching across 50+ component repositories

• Document release processes, runbooks, and architectural decisions; support onboarding of new team members.

What will you bring:

• 3-5+ years of experience in release engineering or DevOps, or CI/CD infrastructure roles

• Hands-on experience with container technologies: building container images, managing registries, and operating in Kubernetes/Open Shift environments

• Proficiency with at least one CI/CD pipeline framework (Tekton, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions);

• Familiarity with Git Ops tooling (ArgoCD, Kargo, Flux) is a strong plus

• Solid scripting skills in Python and Bash for automation and tooling

• Demonstrated knowledge with Git, including multi-repo workflows, branching strategies, and merge conflict resolution at scale

• Familiarity with operator lifecycle management (OLM) and the Red Hat operator ecosystem.

• Comfortable reading and writing YAML-heavy configurations (Kubernetes manifests, CI/CD pipeline definitions, Git Ops application specs)

• Strong debugging and incident response skills, ability to trace failures across distributed pipeline stages, container builds, and cluster environments

• Effective asynchronous communication skills, experience collaborating across time zones with distributed engineering teams

• Active GitHub/GitLab profile.

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with Git Ops tooling (ArgoCD, Kargo, Flux) is a strong plus

• Experience with pipeline-as-code build systems for container image production at scale

• Familiarity with operator catalog assembly

• Exposure to AI/ML tooling for engineering automation (e.g., AI-assisted code review, intelligent alerting, or predictive release quality)

• Experience with issue tracker REST API integration and workflow automation

• Contributions to open source projects

• Knowledge of gRPC, WebSocket, or real-time event-driven architectures

• Experience with Node.js/TypeScript development is a plus, particularly for API and backend service work

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with Git Ops tooling (ArgoCD, Kargo, Flux) is a strong plus

• Experience with pipeline-as-code build systems for container image production at scale

• Familiarity with operator catalog assembly

• Exposure to AI/ML tooling for engineering automation (e.g., AI-assisted code review, intelligent alerting, or predictive release quality)

• Experience with issue tracker REST API integration and workflow automation

• Contributions to open source projects

• Knowledge of gRPC, WebSocket, or real-time event-driven architectures

• Experience with Node.js/TypeScript development is a plus, particularly for API and backend service work

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