Lightwell Solution Architect - Software Supply Chain

Red Hat; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hat is seeking a Lightwell Specialist Solution Architect to drive adoption of Red Hat Lightwell, removing blockers and enabling customers to build on Red Hat’s software supply chain. The role involves hands-on work in customer environments, architecture walkthroughs, and collaboration with sales, success, consulting, and partners.

You will engage with developers, build engineers, platform leadership, and security teams to demonstrate value, conduct workshops, and contribute to

Qualifications

• 6+ years in a combination of software engineering, build/release engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or technical sales.
• Demonstrated ability to work hands-on in a customer or production build environment.
• Working command of Maven, pip, and npm, including dependency resolution, transitive dependency behavior, lockfiles, and version constraint semantics.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise artifact repositories and internal mirrors.
• SLSA build integrity levels and the practical requirements of Level 3.
• SBOM formats and lifecycle, including SPDX and CycloneDX, and the operational difference between generating an SBOM and acting on one.

Responsibilities

• Deploy into engagements as Red Hat’s technical lead for trusted software supply chain, partnering with the Account Solution Architect and Account Executive to drive Red Hat Lightwell within new and existing customer accounts.
• Lead the technical conversation across developers, build engineers, and leadership, adapting depth to each audience.
• Articulate and defend Red Hat’s differentiating position against alternative approaches in the market.
• Position the software supply chain offerings within the broader Red Hat portfolio, including hardened container images, artifact signing, attestation, SBOM generation, and runtime security.
• Prove the offering in the customer environment, configuring builds to resolve against Lightwell repositories and troubleshooting with engineers.

Skills

Software engineering

Build/release engineering

DevSecOps

Technical sales

Public speaking

Travel (willingness)

Tools

Maven

pip

npm

Artifact repositories

CI/CD

Job description

Red Hat is seeking a Lightwell Specialist Solution Architect to drive adoption of Red Hat Lightwell, removing blockers and enabling customers to build on Red Hat’s software supply chain. The role involves hands-on work in customer environments, architecture walkthroughs, and collaboration with sales, success, consulting, and partners.

You will engage with developers, build engineers, platform leadership, and security teams to demonstrate value, conduct workshops, and contribute to