Consultant - OpenShift Infrastructure

About The Job

The Red Hat Consulting team is adding a Consultant to assist in delivering solutions that solve customer business challenges, through hands-on technical implementation and enablement of recommended practices. In this position, you will play a key role as a promoter of adopting Red Hat's solutions for our customers by using your technical expertise and interpersonal skills. You’ll need to have a balance of solid technical experience, awareness of open source, a baseline understanding of business processes, and the ability to solve issues at the enterprise level.

We’re not just looking for candidates who meet all the requirements, we’re looking for people excited about working with us and growing their career 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 right for the role, we encourage you to apply. 

This position requires regular on-site work with clients across North America, so a willingness to travel to customer locations 30-40 weeks per year is required. Applicants must reside within close proximity to a primary airport.

What You Will Do

• Support customers in building enterprise technology infrastructures that are scalable, optimally managed, and adaptable to technological improvements using Red Hat technological solutions
• Continuously learn, grow, develop, and adapt to new skills and technologies
• Travel frequently to work alongside leading financial services, retail, telecommunication, and institutional customers

After joining Red Hat, you will go through an intensive training program on Kubernetes, and OpenShift technologies and related DevOps and GitOps topics. Here's how your skill set will evolve and what you'll learn during your first year in the role:

At 2 months, be prepared to join a project team by acquiring the following:

• Understanding of how to build production-ready container and virtualization platforms, integrated with existing enterprise systems
• Knowledge of how to deploy source code into running, scalable containers and virtual machines in automated fashion at enterprise scale
• Practical experience with our offerings

Within 6 months, be ready to deliver a project by attaining the following:

• Successful, collaborative delivery of customer requirements using Red Hat OpenShift 
• Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat’s technologies
• Understanding of how Red Hat’s technologies can transform software delivery (DevOps/GitOps) practices at large organizations

Within 12 months, begin to demonstrate technical leadership by accomplishing the following:

• Successfully implementing complex, large-scale container platform solutions in challenging customer environments
• Helping other consultants learn DevOps/GitOps paired with container technologies 
• Contributing lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos to our internal and external communities of practice
• Applying new technologies, frameworks, or methodologies to container platforms

What You Will Bring

• Experience delivering successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements
• Experience with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud solutions, including Red Hat's OpenShift Container Platform
• Experience configuring cloud technologies, including container management and orchestration
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes
• Experience with IT automation platforms and their concepts; Ansible is a plus
• Experience with technologies including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure a plus
• An intermediate-level understanding of technologies related to core IT systems and concepts such as infrastructure, networking, storage, and security is a plus
• Experience across one or more vertical industry areas 
• Ability to understand stakeholder needs and set expectations regarding project timelines and scope of work 
• Experience working collaboratively across diverse teams and stakeholders
• Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives
• Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Willingness to travel to customer locations about 30-40 weeks per year on average across North America
• Degree in computer science or a technical discipline

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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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Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
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