Principal Architect

Red Hat; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Red Hat Consulting is seeking an OpenShift AI and OpenShift Virtualization Principal Architect with deep technical and business leadership to modernize IT environments. You will guide migration from legacy virtualization platforms to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, lead assessments, and collaborate across product, engineering, and sales to deliver value to customers.

You will architect complex solutions, mentor teams, and share best practices through whitepapers and webinars, traveling to

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in a senior technology role (enterprise architecture, consulting, or sales engineering).
• Deep virtualization knowledge with KVM, VMware, or libvirt and related deployments.
• Significant OpenShift/Kubernetes experience in large orgs, with OpenShift Virtualization preferred.
• Strong Red Hat/OpenStack Platform experience and deployment considerations.
• Datacenter, storage, and networking integration knowledge.
• Deep Linux (RHEL) knowledge for production environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; travel to customer sites required.
• Australian citizenship as a gating criterion.

Aufgaben

• Architect and design complex, production-grade OpenStack/OpenShift virtualization solutions, focusing on migration from legacy platforms.
• Lead Virtualization Migration Assessments and workshops; build trusted advisor relationships with senior leaders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on OpenShift Virtualization for customers and internal teams; guide pilot and production deployments.
• Identify challenges and blockers in OpenShift Virtualization adoption and coordinate solutions.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, services, and sales for a world-class customer experience.
• Develop best practices, assets, and architectural patterns for virtualization modernization; contribute to papers and events.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise architecture

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Virtualization

OpenStack

Networking

Linux (RHEL)

Consulting

Travel

Australian citizenship

Tools

OpenShift

KVM

vSphere

libvirt

Ansible Automation Platform

Jobbeschreibung

Job Summary

The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for an OpenShift AI and OpenShift Virtualization Principal Architect with deep technical, strategic, and business leadership in modern infrastructure. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and guiding the implementation of complex solutions that help customers modernize their IT environments and migrate from legacy virtualization platforms to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Architect and Design: Lead the design of complex, production-grade solutions based on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSO) and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, focusing on migrating workloads from traditional virtualization platforms.
• Customer Engagement: Lead Virtualization Migration Assessments (VMAs), technical discovery sessions, and workshops, to identify customer challenges and demonstrate the value of Red Hat's portfolio. Build strategic relationships and become a trusted advisor to senior technical and business leaders within customer organizations.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on OpenShift Virtualization for customer and internal teams, guiding them through design, pilot, and production deployments.
• Problem Solving: Work with customers to identify challenges and blockers to the adoption of OpenShift Virtualization and collaborate with them to address their technical and business requirements.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Red Hat's product, engineering, professional services, and sales teams to ensure a world-class customer experience.
• Thought Leadership: Develop and share best practices, reusable assets, and architectural patterns for virtualization modernization, contribute to whitepapers and webinars, and speak at industry conferences.

Required Skills

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in a senior technology role like enterprise architecture, consulting, or sales engineering, with a focus on large-scale infrastructure solutions and platform adoption.
• Virtualization Expertise: Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with virtualization technologies such as KVM, VMware vSphere, or libvirt, including application deployment and operations.
• OpenShift and Kubernetes Expertise: Significant experience with Kubernetes and container platform deployments in large organizations, preferably with Red Hat OpenShift. Direct, practical experience with OpenShift Virtualization and migrating virtual machines is essential.
• OpenStack Expertise: Deep experience with Red Hat OpenStack Platform, including its core components, architecture, and production deployment considerations.
• Datacenter and Networking Knowledge: Deep datacenter experience with compute, storage, and networking integration. Knowledge of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies such as OVN, NSX-T, or Cisco ACI is required.
• Linux Foundation: Deep knowledge of Linux operating systems, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or its derivatives, in production enterprise environments.
• Consulting Acumen: Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand customer challenges and build long-lasting relationships.
• Travel: Willingness to travel to customer locations regularly
• Australian Citizens.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with automation frameworks and tools like Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
• Red Hat certifications (e.g., Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization, RHCA, RHCE).
• Experience with one or more public cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience in a consulting or professional services role for a major software company.
• Sets the strategic direction for their area of expertise, aligning with company business goals and anticipating future customer needs.
• Leads the development of innovative and compelling solutions that address critical customer challenges and have significant business impact.
• Collaborates with regional Technology and Sales teams, providing expert solution support during presales activities and contributing to revenue growth.
• Mentors and coaches other architects and technical leaders, fostering their professional development and ensuring a high level of expertise within the organization.
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships with key customers and partners at the executive level, fostering long-term collaboration and driving significant business growth.
• Proactively identifies and addresses complex technical and business challenges, developing innovative solutions that have a transformative impact on Red Hat and its customers.
• Provides thought leadership, representing Red Hat at industry events and conferences.
• Leads strategic internal initiatives as an expert and thought leader that foster innovation, efficiency, and growth within the Services business.

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.

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