Senior Consultant - OpenShift

Red Hat, Inc.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hat, Inc. invites an experienced OpenShift consultant to lead end-to-end engagements for Australian Government customers from discovery to handover.

You will act as a trusted technical voice, mentoring customer engineers and shaping engagements with our sales teams. You will design and implement OpenShift solutions integrated with networks, storage, security, identity, and monitoring, including air-gapped and PROTECTED contexts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical consulting, professional services, or platform architecture.
• 3+ years running Kubernetes or OpenShift in production.
• Deep hands-on OpenShift Container Platform expertise.
• Strong Kubernetes fundamentals: workload, networking, RBAC, operator pattern.
• Design for high availability, scalability and security.
• Infrastructure fundamentals: networking, storage, Linux systems.
• Automation as code and scripting in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Australian citizenship and NV1+ security clearance; on-site Canberra base.

Responsibilities

• Lead Red Hat Consulting engagements end to end from discovery to handover.
• Act as subject matter expert for OpenShift at customer sites.
• Design and implement OpenShift solutions with integration to existing infra.
• Deliver in Australian Government security contexts (PROTECTED+); air-gapped environments.
• Mentor customer engineers and enable containerisation and platform operations.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows for auditable delivery.
• Provide technical leadership for upgrades, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Coordinate team of consultants on larger engagements and support presales.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

HA/Scale design

Security best practices

Automation/IaC

Scripting (Bash/Python/Go)

Technical communication

Australian citizen

Tools

Ansible

ArgoCD

Tekton

Jenkins

GitLab CI

OpenShift Administration

Job description

## **About the role**Lead OpenShift engagements for Australian Government customers, from architecture through to production, and leave customer teams able to run the platform themselves. You will work across Defence, national security, law enforcement, and Commonwealth agency environments, often in accredited, disconnected, or air-gapped settings where the constraints are as interesting as the technology.This is a hands-on senior role. You will design and build, and you will also mentor customer engineers, shape upcoming engagements with our sales teams, and act as the trusted technical voice in front of senior stakeholders. ## **What you will do*** Lead Red Hat Consulting engagements end to end, owning the full lifecycle from discovery and architecture through implementation to handover.* Act as the subject matter expert and trusted advisor for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform at customer sites, translating strategic IT objectives into deliverable technical outcomes.* Design and implement OpenShift solutions that integrate with existing customer infrastructure, including networking, storage, security, identity management, and enterprise monitoring.* Deliver into Australian Government security contexts, including disconnected and air-gapped installations, environments assessed to PROTECTED and above, and platforms subject to ISM controls and the Essential Eight.* Build customer capability through structured mentoring, pairing, workshops, and enablement on containerisation, application onboarding, and platform operations. Capability transfer is a deliverable, not a by-product.* Develop CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows that give customers consistent, auditable, repeatable application delivery.* Provide technical leadership and hands-on support for upgrades, troubleshooting, and performance tuning across the platform lifecycle.* Work with adjacent products in the Red Hat portfolio as engagements require, including OpenShift Virtualisation, Advanced Cluster Management, Advanced Cluster Security, Red Hat Quay, Ansible Automation Platform, and OpenShift AI.* Produce clear technical documentation, including architecture designs, as-built records, operational runbooks, and reporting pitched appropriately for technical and executive audiences.* Identify and mitigate delivery risks early, and keep customer and internal stakeholders informed of progress, dependencies, and issues.* Support engagement shaping and presales on occasion, including scoping discussions, effort estimation, and authoring or reviewing statements of work.* Coordinate the work of other consultants on larger engagements as team lead, and provide guidance to consultants earlier in their careers. ## **What you will bring****Essential*** 8+ years in technical consulting, professional services, or platform architecture, including 3+ years running Kubernetes or OpenShift in production.* Deep hands-on expertise with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, covering installation, configuration, and day-2 operations.* Strong Kubernetes fundamentals, including workload and networking primitives, RBAC, and the operator pattern.* Demonstrated experience designing for high availability, scalability, and security, with a track record of resolving critical production issues.* Solid grounding in infrastructure fundamentals: networking, storage, virtualisation, and Linux systems administration.* Practical experience with automation and infrastructure as code, and comfort scripting in at least one of Bash, Python, or Go.* Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to hold the room in front of both engineers and senior executives.* Australian citizenship, required as a condition of Australian Government security clearance eligibility.* Active Australian Government security clearance at NV1 or above at commencement.* Based in Canberra - the role requires regular onsite delivery at customer premises.**Desirable*** Familiarity with the Information Security Manual, the Essential Eight, and IRAP assessment processes.* Working knowledge of DevOps and GitOps tooling such as Ansible, ArgoCD, Tekton, Jenkins, and GitLab CI.* Exposure to public cloud platforms, especially where hybrid or connected-to-disconnected patterns are involved.* Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent evidence of depth. We support consultants to build out the Red Hat certification pathway, including progression toward Red Hat Certified Architect if desired.