Senior Platform Consultant (RHEL/IdM) – On-Site, TS Cleared

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

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.