Senior Consultant, OpenShift Infrastructure - Active Top Secret SCI Poly required

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.

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 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.