Senior Product Security Engineer

At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, storage, and virtualization technologies, together with award‑winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies. Job Summary Red Hat Product Security ( is looking for a Senior Product Security Engineer to join our global Resilient Development team. Red Hat’s Resilient Development Team focuses on Secure Development and improving proactively the security posture of our Products and Services portfolio and their build pipelines. You will perform security architecture reviews and security assessments of those offerings throughout their development life cycle, in collaboration with Engineering and other Product Security teams, to make sure the expectations of our Secure Software Development Framework implementation are met. This process includes analyzing and documenting architecture from a security point of view, questioning security assumptions, finding potential problems, proposing improvements, performing code reviews, defining testing expectations, and promoting secure development best practices from our offerings through to their related open source communities. As a Senior Product Security Engineer, you will represent the security needs of our customers to our Engineering teams, advocating and planning for a solid foundation of security architecture across the open source ecosystem. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business. What you will do Engage with engineering teams to promote security‑aware development of Red Hat technologies/solutions. Understand current and emerging threats in the enterprise product and service space. Analyze complex software systems and identify potential weaknesses in their architecture. Plan and carry out threat modeling activities, and realistic threat simulations across our offerings. Consult with software developers and product teams on improved security architecture. Ensure that product roadmaps and new features mitigate risk, adhere to security policies, and provide customers with minimal security risk. Contribute to customer facing security documentation, reference, and other data as used by the common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) pages. Promote Red Hat Product Security efforts within the community and the greater public. What you will bring Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent/relevant work experience. Strong understanding of common security vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top Ten) including how to detect, demonstrate, mitigate and resolve them. Good understanding of Linux security technologies and product security experience; for example: POSIX Permissions, ACL, SELinux; Seccomp, Linux namespaces and cgroups; Linux administrations related to security: secure boot, TPMs, trusted execution environment, Linux boot chain, virtualization, containers and hypervisor security. Experience with one or more programming languages like Go, Python, C/C++, and a willingness to learn new ones. Knowledge and experience with modern container orchestration systems: Kubernetes, OpenShift; comfortable with container technologies. Ability to work with minimal supervision, in a fast‑paced environment with a multicultural team distributed across multiple countries and time zones. Solid communication and negotiation skills. Excellent collaboration skills and dedication as a teammate. The following will be considered a plus Familiarity with open source software and open source as a business model. Linux‑specific and/or security‑related certifications (e.g. RHCSA, RHCE, RHCA, CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, CISA, etc.). Work experience and/or certifications with cloud providers and cloud‑related technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.). Experience or familiarity with AI‑enabled products, services, or workflows is considered beneficial. The salary range for this position is $131,420.00 - $216,870.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. Pay Transparency Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote‑US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. About Red Hat Red Hat ( is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source ( software solutions, using a community‑powered approach to deliver high‑performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in‑office, to office‑flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We’re a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact. Benefits Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage Flexible Spending Account – healthcare and dependent care Health Savings Account – high deductible medical plan Retirement 401(k) with employer match Paid time off and holidays Paid parental leave plans for all new parents Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more! Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States. Inclusion at Red Hat Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. 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