Senior Software Engineer - OpenShift Infrastructure and Security Compliance (EMEA)

Senior Software Engineer - OpenShift Infrastructure and Security Compliance (EMEA) page is loaded Senior Software Engineer - OpenShift Infrastructure and Security Compliance (EMEA)remote type: Remotelocations: Remote Ireland: Remote Italy: Remote Portugal: Brno - Tech Park Brno - B: Corktime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R-053050The OpenShift Infrastructure and Security Compliance (ISC) team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. The ISC team plays a major role in maintaining and improving OpenShifts security posture.As a core developer for the ISC team, you will have the opportunity to actively participate in development of our compliance tool set as well as the affiliated open-source communities. You will work as part of an evolving development team to rapidly design, secure, build, test, and release new capabilities. The role is primarily an individual contributor who collaborates closely with other developers and cross-functional teams. You should have a passion for working in open-source communities and for developing solutions that integrate Red Hat, open-source, and partner technologies into a cohesive platform.What you will do: Develop tooling to generate and automate regulatory benchmark guidance AI driven tooling (MCP servers/toolsets) that integrates with IDEs (Claude Code/Cursor) Understanding Compliance Operator resources, like CustomRules and Profiles Implementing checks using multiple scanning technologies, like OpenSCAP and CEL expressions Developing and maintaining operators that improve OpenShift security posture Contribute to industry benchmark regulatory bodies where applicable (CIS)What you will bring: Have an understanding of security and hardening techniques for container management (e.g., Security Context Constraints, Validation Admission Policies, RBAC), Have an understanding of Machine Configs, SCCs and RHCOS (operating systems optimized for running containers) Have an understanding of Concept of operators within the Kubernetes ecosystem, and how they function and OLM (Red Hat's package manager for operators) Fluent in git Experience developing and maintaining projects in Golang and/or Python Project management experience and tracking with task tracking tools (e.g., Jira) Compliance Scanning workflows with various tools like Remediate, Rescan or Repeat Familiarity with specific regulatory bodies and their benchmarks (CIS, PCI, DISA, NIST, etc.)Nice to have skills Familiar with Cursor and/or Claude Code - since we're looking to lean heavily on AI tools to help with the profiles Experience with GitOps-based workflows or Tekton pipelines About Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. 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