Senior Consultant, Platform (RHEL/IdM), Top Secret Clearance Required

Red Hat Professional Consulting, Inc. (f.k.a Planning Technologies, Inc.); Virginia; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vis

Flexible Spending Account - healthcare

Health Savings Account

Retirement 401(k) with employer match

Paid time off and holidays

Paid parental leave

Disability and leave benefits

Stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Red Hat is seeking a Platform Technology Senior Consultant to deliver hands-on implementations and enablement of best practices for clients. This on-site role requires travel across North America 30-40 weeks per year and a Top Secret clearance.

You will guide customers, lead technical projects, mentor teams, and architect secure, scalable Red Hat solutions across cloud and virtualization platforms.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline.
• Experience leading successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements.
• Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative.
• Experience utilizing Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
• Experience with Identity Management technologies, including Red Hat Identity Manager or Microsoft Active Directory.
• Lead hands-on deployment and configuration of PKI architectures and secure networks.
• Apply hands-on expertise in Zero Trust to architect security controls.
• Experience with Ansible Automation and automation platforms like Chef and Puppet.
• Broad and deep experience with virtualization/cloud technologies (OpenStack, RHV, VMware, AWS, Azure).
• Experience across vertical industry areas and advisory role to executives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers in building scalable, optimally managed solutions using Red Hat technologies and adapt to new skills.
• Travel weekly, Monday–Thursday, to client locations, including potentially outside your local area.
• Lead technical projects, including collaboration on timelines and maintaining documentation.
• Mentor team members and stakeholders; identify stakeholder needs and set expectations.
• Present to senior IT and business executives and communicate effectively with C-level stakeholders.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Project management

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring

Executive communication

Zero Trust security

PKI

Open source awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/technical field

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible Automation

Chef

Puppet

OpenStack

RHEL

VMware vSphere

AWS

Azure

Identity Management (AD)

Job description

The Red Hat Services team is looking for a Platform Technology Senior Consultant to deliver solutions that solve our client's business challenges through hands‑on technical implementation and enablement of recommended practices. In this position, you will be a vital promoter of adopting Red Hat's solutions for our customers using your technical expertise and interpersonal skills. You’ll need to have a balance of solid technical experience, awareness of open source, a thorough understanding of business processes, and the ability to identify and solve issues at the enterprise level. We seek people who are excited about working with us and growing their careers at Red Hat. We want to be transparent about what would make you most successful in the role, and if you are excited by reading the job description and feel you are suitable for the part, we encourage you to apply. This position requires candidates to work on‑site with clients, so a willingness to travel to customer locations about 30‑40 weeks per year throughout North America is required. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business and hold an Active Top Secret Clearance.

What you will do:

Guide customers in building scalable, optimally managed solutions and adaptable to technological improvements using Red Hat technologies. Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies. Travel weekly, Monday‑Thursday, to client locations, some potentially outside your local area.

What you will bring:

Required Experience:

• Experience with delivering an implementation based on an architectural design
• Demonstrated ability to lead a technical project, including collaborating on project timelines and maintaining project and technical documentation
• Ability to identify stakeholder needs and set expectations regarding project timelines and scope of work
• Experience working collaboratively across diverse teams and stakeholders
• Knowledge and desire to mentor

Technical Skills:

• Associate or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline
• Experience leading successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements
• Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative
• Experience utilizing Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
• Experience with Identity Management technologies, including but not limited to Red Hat Identity Manager, Microsoft Active Directory or other identity providers
• Lead the hands‑on deployment and configuration of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) architectures, managing the full certificate lifecycle and ensuring seamless integration with secure, cleared network environments and encryption standards
• Apply hands‑on expertise in Zero Trust frameworks to architect and implement security controls
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation and automation platforms like Chef and Puppet
• Broad and deep technical experience with one or more virtualization and cloud technologies like OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, VMWare vSphere, Microsoft Hyper‑V, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure
• Experience across one or more vertical industry areas
• Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives, including extensive experience presenting to C‑level executives at large firms
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

After joining Red Hat, You will undergo an intensive customized training program on Red Hat technologies and Services solutions.

Here’s how your skill set will evolve and what you’ll learn during your first year in the role:

In two months, be prepared to join a project team by acquiring the following:

• Understanding of how to build production‑ready technical solutions integrated with existing enterprise systems.
• Learn technologies and consulting skills to enhance your abilities through enablements designed and taught by Red Hat experts and Red Hat certification.
• Gain exposure and collaboration within Red Hat Services & the more prominent organization through everyday networking and community events.

Within six months, support Services on a project by attaining the following:

• Successful, collaborative delivery of customer projects as a technical lead through expertise in Red Hat’s technologies.
• Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat’s technologies.
• Continue expanding your knowledge and network, both internal and external, through enablement, communities, customers, and meetups.

Within 12 months, demonstrate technical leadership by accomplishing the following:

• Successfully implementing complex, large‑scale solutions in customer environments.
• Active engagement and knowledge sharing with our internal and external communities of practice on lessons learned, best practices, and how‑tos.

The salary range for this position is $130,420.00 - $215,300.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. Pay Transparency Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote‑US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

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.

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.

Inclusion at Red Hat

Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

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