Senior Red Hat Architect: Federal Hybrid Cloud & STIG Expert

International Business Machines Corporation

Maryland

On-site

USD 160,000 - 260,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM Consulting seeks a Senior Red Hat Architect to lead hybrid cloud platforms for federal mission systems. You will leverage OpenShift, Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, and Vault to deliver STIG-compliant, FedRAMP-authorized environments across IL5/IL6, including air-gapped and SCIF contexts.

In this client-facing role, drive opportunities with account teams, shape architectures, and accelerate delivery of engagements valued at $3M+.

Qualifications

Ten or more years of enterprise platform engineering or architecture experience, with demonstrated depth in Red Hat OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform in production environments.
Hands-on expertise deploying and hardening Kubernetes-native platforms to federal security standards, including DISA STIG, FedRAMP, and IL5 or IL6 requirements.
Demonstrated experience designing and delivering hybrid cloud infrastructure for federal clients across DoD, civilian, or intelligence community environments.
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, HashiCorp Terraform, and HashiCorp Vault to integrate world-class solutions at federal classification depth.
Build and own the practice's core accelerators, including STIG-hardened OpenShift reference architectures, the VMware migration factory, and continuous Authority to Operate (cATO) automation pipelines, compressing delivery timelines by 40 to 60 percent against blank-whiteboard alternatives.
Lead platform demonstrations and proofs of concept that establish technical differentiation in competitive pursuits.
Collaborate with peer practices, IBM Technology, and Red Hat field teams to deliver integrated joint pursuits that expand deal size and advance the platform-layer strategy.