About the job
The Red Hat Business Unit is looking for a Specialist Solution Architect to join us. In this role, you will work closely with sales to understand customer's business challenges, map the appropriate technology to meet those needs, and support sales with training on the technology.
What you will do

• Meet with customers to discuss technical configurations and advise customers on recommended configurations and implementation
• Deliver technical customer presentations catered to customer's technology needs and requirements by providing guidance to customers on software and system needs and requirements
• Gather customer software requirements for technical demonstrations and deliver customized technical demonstrations
• Provide continuous training on competitive and relevant technology for customers, and stay up to date on the latest software trends and emerging technology
• Ensure revenue quota, deployment, and service objectives are met by collaborating with sales specialists to achieve sales and revenue goals, and evaluating technical requirements of new sales opportunities
• Participate in internal meetings with Engineering and Product Management teams to provide information, presentations, demos, or and feedback for Red Hat services and latest releases and functionalities

What you will bring

• Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in computer science, computer engineering, or related field and 1+ year(s) of experience in the job offered or related role, or no degree and 3+ years of experience in the job offered or related role
• 1+ year(s) of experience with: agile or DevOps frameworks; containers and container management tools; VMware vSphere, Xen, KVM, Docker, IBM PowerVM, or Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization infrastructure; designing, deploying, and operating virtualization infrastructure hardware and software; Containers and microservices cloud computing; and developing technical presentations and delivering them to a live audience
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time; travel expenses covered by Red Hat, Inc.

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source 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.