Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Hardened Images

Scott Hebert is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat with over 15 years of experience in cloud-native infrastructure, container security, and DevSecOps. He served as an architect on Konflux, Red Hat's open source software supply chain security platform, and currently works on Red Hat Hardened Images and Project Hummingbird — a next-generation initiative to deliver ultra-minimalist, distroless container images that dramatically reduce CVE exposure in production environments. Scott is passionate about making supply chain security practical and accessible for development teams, and brings a builder's perspective to the intersection of AI infrastructure and software integrity.