Federal Hybrid Cloud Architect (Senior Red Hat)

IBM Computing; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Senior Red Hat Architect to lead the hybrid cloud platform strategy for federal mission systems. The role requires deep OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform expertise, with hands-on capability to deploy and harden Kubernetes-native platforms to strict security standards.

You will drive client-facing engagements, design secure platforms using OpenShift, Terraform, Vault, and VMware, and own accelerators like STIG-hardened architectures.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of enterprise platform engineering or architecture experience.
• Deep expertise in Red OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform in production environments.
• Experience deploying and hardening Kubernetes-native platforms to federal security standards, including DISA STIG, FedRAMP, and IL5 or IL6 requirements.
• Client-facing experience leading technical solutioning on engagements valued at $3M and above, including solution design, estimation, and pursuit support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the client-facing technical authority on platform pursuits, partnering with Account Leaders to shape opportunities and convert them into signed engagements of $3M and above.
• Design and deliver secure hybrid cloud platforms, drawing on Red Hat OpenShift, Ansible, Terraform, and Vault to integrate world-class solutions at federal classification depth.
• Build and own the practice's core accelerators, including STIG-hardened OpenShift reference architectures and automation pipelines.
• Lead platform demonstrations and proofs of concept that establish technical differentiation in competitive pursuits.

Skills

OpenShift

Ansible Automation

Kubernetes

FedRAMP

STIG Compliance

Security Architecture

Client-facing

Pursuit Support

DoD

Tools

HashiCorp Terraform

HashiCorp Vault

VMware

Instana

Turbonomic

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Senior Red Hat Architect to lead the hybrid cloud platform strategy for federal mission systems. The role requires deep OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform expertise, with hands-on capability to deploy and harden Kubernetes-native platforms to strict security standards.

You will drive client-facing engagements, design secure platforms using OpenShift, Terraform, Vault, and VMware, and own accelerators like STIG-hardened architectures.