Consultant, Ansible - Top Secret Clearance Required

he Red Hat Services team is looking for a 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 who are 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, 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 Clearance.

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, some potentially outside your local area.

Develop innovative solutions for customers’ problems utilizing the Ansible-core/Ansible Automation Platform.

Integrate Red Hat technologies tailored to customer environments according to best practices.

Guided customers through implementing automation use cases and integrating other supported Red Hat products.

Utilize Automation Hub collections to automate workflows and processes and support technical resources.

What you will bring

Required Experience: 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

Experience leading successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements and implementing and integrating Red Hat's open hybrid cloud technologies like Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and Red Hat Satellite

Broad and deep technical experience with one or more automation technologies like Ansible Core, Python, YAML, Powershell, and Network Device Automation

Practical experience with GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and DevOps approaches

Experience with automation platforms like Chef and Puppet, AND technical experience with networking, storage, compute, or ServiceNow.

Able to work with the leadership team to promote the adoption of automation techniques with applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams and DevOps processes to improve the cloud life cycle, including infrastructure and application uptime, availability, and time to market

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: