Associate Cloud Consultant - OpenShift (Saudi National)

Red Hat, Inc.; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hat, Inc. is seeking an Associate Cloud Consultant in Saudi Arabia to guide on-site delivery and implementation of Red Hat cloud technologies, with a focus on OpenShift. You will build broad technical expertise while ensuring high-quality customer experiences.

The role requires extensive travel, and candidates must be located in Saudi Arabia with Saudi nationals given priority. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a consulting or related role.
• Experience with enterprise‑wide deployments.
• Advanced knowledge of RHEL and Red Hat cloud solutions (OpenShift, OpenStack).
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders and diverse audiences.
• Analytical, problem‑solving, project management skills.
• RHCE or willingness to pursue certification within 90 days.
• Willingness to travel up to 100%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert at the customer site, addressing technical, developmental, or strategic IT needs
• Constantly learn about new technologies and apply those concepts to customers’ needs
• Produce quality results and provide support to more than one project in multiple industries and various types of projects
• Keep stakeholders updated on actual or potential issues that may affect project or company performance
• Manage problem identification, system architecture definition, and software specification, as well as the design, testing, and deployment of open source solutions
• Provide written project documentation that can be distributed within Red Hat and the customer’s management team
• Adapt to changing customer requirements

Skills

Consulting experience

Enterprise deployments

RHEL

OpenShift

OpenStack

Communication skills

RHCE

Tools

OpenShift AI

Job description

About the Job:

The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for an Associate Cloud Consultant to join us in Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will guide the on-site delivery and implementation of modern Red Hat technology. You will focus on delivering quality work resulting in a positive customer experience, while building broad and deep technical expertise in Red Hat cloud technologies. As a Cloud Consultant, you'll gain an understanding of our customers' infrastructure with a particular focus on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and other Red Hat cloud technologies and business needs and make recommendations appropriate to their environment. The candidate must be located in Saudi Arabia. This position is open to Saudi nationals only.

What you will do:

• Serve as the subject matter expert at the customer site, addressing technical, developmental, or strategic IT needs
• Constantly learn about new technologies and apply those concepts to customers’ needs
• Produce quality results and provide support to more than one project in multiple industries and various types of projects
• Keep stakeholders updated on actual or potential issues that may affect project or company performance
• Manage problem identification, system architecture definition, and software specification, as well as the design, testing, and deployment of open source solutions
• Provide written project documentation that can be distributed within Red Hat and the customer’s management team
• Adapt to changing customer requirements

What you will bring:

• Experience in a consulting or a related role
• Experience with enterprise-wide deployments
• Advanced knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat cloud solutions like Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenStack Platform
• Demonstrated experience communicating value, progress, and metrics of key projects to required stakeholders and diverse audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, project management, and planning skills
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or willingness to pursue certification within 90 days
• Willingness to travel up to 100%

Plus:

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift AI is considered a big plus #LI-AM4

About Red Hat

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