The Red Hat Product Security team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer or Software Engineer level. In this role, you will work as part of a team responsible for the development and maintenance of applications that generate, maintain and process vulnerability metadata (published in standardized formats such as CSAF VEX or OVAL) for our customers and 3rd party scanning vendors. All applications are mostly backend-heavy and written in Python.

In this role, you will be a part of a team whose focus is on crafting highly usable tools, services, and solutions. You will frequently have to solve challenging data problems, be comfortable with learning new technologies when the need arises, and collaborate with other team members to align on a common vision for the entire application portfolio.

What you will do

• Design and develop an engine to process vulnerability metadata and publish them in standardized formats (CSAF VEX).
• Integrate our tooling with various internal systems to improve the flow of data to better meet SLAs put on publishing CVE information to our customers.
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines of applications deployed in various environments (example: improving automated deployment to an Open Shift cluster).
• Serve as an adviser to our stakeholders on process-related inquiries (example: advise on data model for storing CVE which impact component X).
• Continuously improve the process of Red Hat's software delivery (example: suggest/implement automation for legal approval of components in the registry).

What you will bring

• Advanced (5+ years) knowledge of the Python programming language and its ecosystem

• Intermediate (3+ years) with relational databases (e.g.

• PostgreSQL)

• Intermediate (3+ years) experience with Linux system administration

• Interest in the container ecosystem (that is, Kubernetes, Red Hat Open Shift, Docker, Podman)

• Well versed with agile methodologies and comfortable with rapid iteration and fast delivery

• Good understanding of system architecture

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Any hands-on experience with the following tools and technologies is not required, but interacting with them will be a part of your daily job responsibilities: Django, Celery, JavaScript/HTML/CSS, Ansible, OpenShift, GitLab CI

About Red Hat:

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