Senior Software Engineer - Red Hat Networking Services (Ireland)

About this role

The Red Hat Networking Services team is looking for a Senior Software Quality Engineer to join our global team. This is a technical role focused on the reliability and performance of networking in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), specifically for Open vSwitch and DPDK. While your primary responsibility is to design testing strategies and ensure architectural standards, you will also work closely with our development teams to contribute code directly.

This includes hands-on opportunities to handle bug fixes and assist with feature development as needed to move the project forward. You will collaborate with open-source community members and internal stakeholders to ensure our customers can depend on RHEL for their most demanding workloads. As a senior member of the team, you will take ownership of complex technical problems, mentor others, and help improve our continuous integration and delivery pipelines.

What you will do

• Test Architecture: Design and build automated testing frameworks and tools specifically for Open vSwitch, DPDK, and related networking projects.
• Quality & Bug Analysis: Lead the investigation of complex, high-priority bugs. You will perform root-cause analysis and, as a secondary focus, contribute code for bug fixes and small feature improvements alongside the development team.
• CI/CD Maintenance: Improve and maintain our continuous integration systems to ensure they can handle large-scale networking contributions reliably.
• Open Source Collaboration: Work directly with upstream community members and internal teams to keep quality standards high across the ecosystem.
• Technical Documentation: Create clear documentation and guides for our testing processes and help represent our work within the networking community.
• Team Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and feedback to a global team across China, Europe, and the USA, helping junior members grow their skills.

What you will bring

• Linux Systems: Extensive experience with software d...