Senior Federal Hybrid Cloud Architect (Red Hat OpenShift)

International Business Machines Corporation; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Consulting is seeking a Senior Red Hat Architect to lead federal hybrid cloud initiatives. You’ll own platform credibility, design secure OpenShift deployments, and guide multi‑million dollar pursuits with defense clients.

Collaborate with Account Leaders and Red Hat/IBM teams to deliver STIG-compliant architectures, cATO automation, and rapid delivery improvements across IL5/IL6 environments.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of enterprise platform engineering or architecture experience, with depth in Red Hat OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Hands-on expertise deploying and hardening Kubernetes-native platforms to federal security standards, including DISA STIG, FedRAMP, IL5/IL6.
• Experience designing and delivering hybrid cloud infrastructure for federal clients across DoD, civilian, or intelligence contexts.
• Client-facing experience leading technical solutioning on engagements valued at $3M and above.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the client-facing technical authority on platform pursuits and shape opportunities with Account Leaders.
• Design and deliver secure hybrid cloud platforms using Red Hat OpenShift, Ansible, Terraform, and Vault.
• Develop accelerators such as STIG-hardened OpenShift references and cATO automation pipelines.
• Lead platform demonstrations and proofs of concept to differentiate in competitive pursuits.

Skills

OpenShift

Ansible

Kubernetes

Security compliance

Client‑facing leadership

Cloud platform design

Tools

Terraform

Vault

VMware

Instana

Turbonomic

Job description

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Consulting is seeking a Senior Red Hat Architect to lead federal hybrid cloud initiatives. You’ll own platform credibility, design secure OpenShift deployments, and guide multi‑million dollar pursuits with defense clients.

Collaborate with Account Leaders and Red Hat/IBM teams to deliver STIG-compliant architectures, cATO automation, and rapid delivery improvements across IL5/IL6 environments.