Senior Consultant, OpenShift Infrastructure - Active Top Secret SCI Poly required
At a glance
Senior role at Red Hat. Remote, United States · full-time · $130,420–$215,300 base.
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What you'll do
- Help customers shape scalable Red Hat solutions that remain manageable as technology evolves
- Put recommended practices into action through technical implementation and customer instruction
- Lead technical projects by coordinating schedules, clarifying stakeholder needs and maintaining project records
- Travel to customer sites each week to deliver work and support project teams
- Share lessons and practical guidance with internal and external technical communities
What you bring
- You hold an active Top Secret SCI clearance with a polygraph
- You have implemented solutions from architectural designs and led technical projects
- You bring Linux administration experience and work with cloud platforms or container technologies
- You can advise senior IT and business leaders, present to executives, and communicate clearly in writing and speech
- You have an associate degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline
Who this fits
This senior consulting role suits someone ready to lead technical delivery and advise customers. You need to live in a state where Red Hat is authorized to operate, work at client sites near Annapolis Junction, and travel across North America roughly thirty to forty weeks annually, usually Monday through Thursday. The role includes an intensive training program after you join.
From the employer
The Red Hat Services team is looking for a Senior Consultant to deliver solutions that solve our client's business challenges through hands-on technical implementation and enablement of recommended practices. In this position, you will be a vital promoter of adopting Red Hat's solutions for our customers using your technical expertise and interpersonal skills. You’ll need to have a balance of solid technical experience, awareness of open source, a thorough understanding of business processes, and the ability to identify and solve issues at the enterprise level.
We seek people excited about working with us and growing their careers at Red Hat. We want to be transparent about what would make you most successful in the role, and if you are excited by reading the job description and feel you are suitable for the part, we encourage you to apply.
This position requires candidates to work on-site with clients in the Annapolis Junction, MD area, so a willingness to travel to customer locations about 30-40 weeks per year throughout North America is required. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business and hold an active Top Secret SCI security clearance with polygraph.
What you will do:
- Guide customers in building scalable, optimally managed solutions and adaptable to technological improvements using Red Hat technologies.
- Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies.
- Travel weekly, Monday-Thursday, to client locations
What you will bring:
- Required Experience:
- Active Top Secret SCI clearance with polygraph
- Experience with delivering an implementation based on an architectural design
- Demonstrated ability to lead a technical project, including collaborating on project timelines and maintaining project and technical documentation
- Ability to identify stakeholder needs and set expectations regarding project timelines and scope of work
- Experience working collaboratively across diverse teams and stakeholders
- Knowledge and desire to mentor
- Technical Skills:
- Associate or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline
- Technical certifications like Security +, and network+
- Experience delivering successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements
- Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative
- Prior experience with Source code management tools such as Gitlab.
- Experience with or working knowledge of Ansible
- Experience with enterprise cloud solutions like Platform-as-a-Service
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes
- It is essential to have some basic knowledge of networking principles such as TCP, DNS, DHCP, IPs
- Broad and deep technical experience with one or more virtualization and cloud technologies like OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, VMWare vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure
- Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives, including extensive experience presenting to C-level executives at large firms
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
After joining Red Hat, You will undergo an intensive customized training program on Red Hat technologies and Services solutions. Here's how your skill set will evolve and what you'll learn during your first year in the role:
In two months, be prepared to join a project team by acquiring the following:
- Understanding of how to build production-ready technical solutions integrated with existing enterprise systems.
- Learn technologies and consulting skills to enhance your abilities through enablements designed and taught by Red Hat experts and certification.
- Through everyday networking and community events, gain exposure and collaboration within Red Hat Services & the more prominent organization.
Within six months, support Services on a project by attaining the following:
- Successful, collaborative delivery of customer projects as a technical lead through expertise in Red Hat’s technologies.
- Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat’s technologies.
- Continue expanding your knowledge and network, both internal and external, through enablement, communities, customers, and meetups.
Within 12 months, demonstrate technical leadership by accomplishing the following:
- Successfully implementing complex, large-scale solutions in customer environments.
- Active engagement and knowledge sharing with our internal and external communities of practice on lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos.
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.
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