Senior Consultant, Container Infrastructure

Job description

About the job:
The Red Hat Public Sector Consulting team is looking for a container infrastructure-focused Senior Consultant to join us. In this role, you will work on the customer site drawing from your experience in the implementation of automated container platforms, deployment pipelines, and cloud-ready application architectures. You'll learn to implement next-generation cloud infrastructure and delivery workflows on large-scale container platform clusters using Java, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Red Hat OpenShift. 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 position with weekly Monday-Thursday travel to customer sites, following Red Hat's COVID-19 guidelines, and can be located anywhere in North America within close proximity to an airport. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business and be a U.S. citizen.

What you will do:
Implement automated and containerized cloud application platform solutions

Focus on infrastructure concerns, including networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, high availability, and system resilience

Learn new technologies quickly, including topics like container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, cloud storage, and software-defined networks

Travel frequently to work alongside customers in government facilities

Help other consultants learn DevOps and container technologies and processes

Apply new technologies, frameworks, or methodologies to container platforms

Demonstrate technical leadership in container platforms and cloud application solutions by implementing complex, large-scale container platform solutions

What you will bring:
5+ years of technology experience in areas like consulting, operations, development or related internships

3+ years of experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative

2+ years of platform scripting experience with the Ruby, Python, or Go languages

Experience implementing a continuous integration (CI) or continuous development (CD) pipeline

Excellent presentation and communication skills

U.S. citizenship

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform expertise is a plus

You will be expected to complete or learn the following during the first year on the job:

Intensive training program on Docker, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift technologies and related DevOps topics

Understanding of how to stand up production-ready container platforms integrated with existing enterprise systems

Knowledge of how to deploy source code into running, scalable containers in automated fashion at enterprise scale

Practical experience working with our offerings and solutions

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 map to Red Hat's technologies

Understanding of how Red Hat's technologies can transform software delivery (DevOps) practices in large organizations

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About Red Hat:
is the world's leading provider of enterprise software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.

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.