Job summary
Specialize in the implementation of automated container platforms, deployment pipelines, and cloud-ready application architectures and help our customers migrate from traditional infrastructures toward Kubernetes and a rich cloud-native development platform. The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a Senior Container Infrastructure Cloud Practice Consultant to join our Hybrid Cloud Practice and Migration and Modernization Squad. In this role, you will serve as a versatile site reliability engineer focused on infrastructure and operations aspects of our solutions. You will learn to implement modern cloud infrastructure and delivery workflows on large-scale container platform clusters using Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) CoreOS, and Red Hat OpenShift. Your ability to learn new technologies quickly will be essential. This is a remote position with potential weekly travel to customer sites and 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.
Primary job responsibilities

• Implement automated, containerized cloud application platform solutions with a focus on infrastructure concerns including networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, 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 Docker, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift technologies and related DevOps topics. 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 platforms, integrated with existing enterprise systems
• Knowledge of how to deploy source code into running, scalable containers in an 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 these requirements align with Red Hat's technologies
• Understanding of how Red Hat's technologies can transform software delivery (DevOps) 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 learn DevOps and container technologies and processes
• 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

Required skills

• 5+ years of technology experience like consulting, operations, help desk, service desk, development, and 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
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

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.
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