OpenShift Infrastructure - Senior Consultant

At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, storage, and virtualization technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies. Job Summary The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a Senior Container Infrastructure Consultant to join us. In this role, you will learn to design and guide implementations of Red Hat OpenShift infrastructure projects to include container and virtualization technologies. You won't be expected to know everything on day one, but your ability to learn new technology quickly will be essential. This is a remote based job that can be located anywhere in the U.S. within close proximity to an airport. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business. What you will do Implement automated, containerized solutions with a focus on infrastructure concerns including networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, and high availability and system resilience Learn new technologies quickly, including container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, cloud storage, and software-defined networks 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. What you will bring Associates or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline Experience leading successful modern cloud platform enterprise-level projects Bare-Metal Infrastructure Deep Linux (RHEL) and automated hardware provisioning (BIOS/UEFI, RAID, BMC/Redfish, Kickstart/Cobbler). Advanced Networking L2/L3 concepts, DHCP/DNS, Load Balancing, CNI (OVN-K, Calico, SR-IOV), and network security/firewall policies. Kubernetes/OpenShift Cluster architecture, lifecycle management (IPI/UPI, Kubeadm), bare-metal deployment patterns (Metal3, Ironic), Day-2 operations, Operators, and GitOps. Storage Distributed/local storage, RAID/NVMe, performance tuning, and data management/DR (Velero, OADP, Ceph/ODF). Automation & IaC Strong proficiency in Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm). Scripting (Bash, Python, Go). Security & Compliance Linux/Kubernetes hardening (RBAC, SCC, network policies, TLS/PKI), and compliance standards (NIST, CIS). Observability Logging/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and advanced platform/network troubleshooting (etcd, kernel, tcpdump). Knowledge of common AddOns or third party tools. (Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, Backup software, Performance tools) Broad and deep technical experience with VMware VMWare ESXi software, including vCenter, VM lifecycle operations using VMware tools Logging and Alerting functions for SRE operations available from VMware and how they integrate with non-VMware enterprise systems, such as Splunk Expert level with VMware VM foundational technologies for networks ([S/DV]Switches/NSX) Expert level with VMware VM foundational technologies for storage (Datastores, vSAN, vVols) Additional technologies a plus OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure Experience across one or more vertical industry areas Ability to lead design workshops, create clear documentation, and provide knowledge transfer for Day-0/1/2 planning. 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 20-30 weeks per year on average throughout North America 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 implement a routine container platform 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 IT practices at large organizations Within 12 months, begin to demonstrate technical leadership in container platforms by accomplishing the following Successfully implementing complex, large-scale container platform solutions in challenging customer environments Helping other consultants implement large-scale IT solution 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 The salary range for this position is $130,420.00 - $215,300.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. 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. Inclusion at Red Hat Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village. Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO) Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. 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