Senior Product Security Engineer

Red River • Raleigh, NC

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About The Position

Red Hat's products form the foundation of the enterprise IT landscape, and the trust in those products is built on cryptography. As the cryptographic landscape faces its greatest shift in a generation—the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)—Red Hat is building out our portfolio team to govern our cryptographic future. We are forming a Portfolio Crypto Team, a strategic partnership between Product Security (ProdSec) and RHEL Security. As a Senior Product Security Engineer, your mission is to own and execute key cryptographic modernization initiatives and act as the primary enabler for product teams across Red Hat. You will be the recognized go-to person for cryptographic implementation outside of RHEL, helping teams adopt new policies, integrate modern libraries, and audit their applications. This role expects you to be an expert and owner of cryptography, build relationships across teams, and enable others by scaling your expertise to drive portfolio-wide adoption.

Requirements

• Technical Expertise: Broad knowledge in applied cryptography (PKI, TLS, digital signatures) and hands-on experience with core libraries (OpenSSL, NSS, libcrypto). Strong understanding of modern cryptographic challenges, including Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).
• Project Ownership: Proven experience owning and delivering complex, cross-team technical projects from design to completion.
• Collaborative Leadership: A track record of building relationships across teams and acting as a recognized go-to person. You must be able to enable others to succeed.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills to diagnose complex dependencies and technical blockers in a large-scale software portfolio.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with Python or Go cryptographic libraries, runtime analysis tools, and familiarity with FIPS validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Own Cryptographic Discovery and Inventory Tooling: Act as the primary technical owner responsible for continuing the implementation and integration of Red Hat's cryptographic inventory tools (e.g., Crypto Scanner). You will partner with the Principal Product Security Engineer to define and implement scanner policies for detecting cryptographic assets in our build pipelines. You will work directly with pipeline and data teams to integrate these tools and produce a sustainable Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM).
• Act as the Portfolio's Crypto Enablement Partner: Serve as the primary go-to technical consultant for product teams (like OpenShift, Ansible, and Middleware) navigating cryptographic migrations (e.g., PQC, FIPS). You will consult directly with engineers to help them audit their code, understand their dependencies (e.g., python-cryptography), and build migration plans that align with the portfolio-wide policy. You will enable other teams by creating documentation, best-practice guides, and office hours to scale your expertise.
• Drive Foundational Crypto Integration and Dependency Management: Define the functional requirements for and partner on the integration of new cryptographic tools, such as runtime instrumentation for core libraries. You will track and manage critical cryptographic dependencies across the portfolio, working with RHEL Security and other teams to resolve blockers and ensure the successful, sequential delivery of modern crypto capabilities.

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!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed