Senior Consultant, Platform (RHEL/IdM), Top Secret Clearance Required

The Red Hat Services team is looking for a Platform Technology 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 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.

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

• Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative

• Experience utilizing Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

• Experience with Identity Management technologies, including but not limited to Red Hat Identity Manager, Microsoft Active Directory or other identity providers.

• Lead the hands-on deployment and configuration of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) architectures, managing the full certificate lifecycle and ensuring seamless integration with secure, cleared network environments and encryption standards.

• Apply hands-on expertise in Zero Trust frameworks to architect and implement security controls

• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation and automation platforms like Chef and Puppet

• 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

• Experience across one or more vertical industry areas

• 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 Red Hat certification.

• Gain exposure and collaboration within Red Hat Services & the more prominent organization through everyday networking and community events.

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…