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At Red Hat we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open‑source stack of trusted, high‑performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies, together with award‑winning global customer support, consulting and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.
Job Summary The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a Senior Container Infrastructure Consultant. The role involves designing and guiding implementations of Red Hat OpenShift infrastructure projects to include container and virtualization technologies. The position is remote and can be located anywhere in the U.S. within close proximity to an airport. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What You Will Do
Implement automated, containerised solutions with a focus on infrastructure concerns including networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring and high availability and system resilience.
Learn new technologies quickly, including container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, cloud storage and software‑defined networks.
Travel frequently to work alongside leading financial services, retail, telecommunication and institutional customers.
After joining Red Hat, participate in an intensive training program on Kubernetes, and OpenShift technologies and related DevOps and GitOps topics.
What You Will Bring
Associates or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline.
Experience leading successful modern cloud platform enterprise‑level projects.
Deep Linux (RHEL) experience and automated hardware provisioning (BIOS/UEFI, RAID, BMC/Redfish, Kickstart/Cobbler).
Advanced networking: L2/L3 concepts, DHCP/DNS, load balancing, CNI (OVN‑K, Calico, SR‑IOV) and network security/firewall policies.
Kubernetes/OpenShift: Cluster architecture, lifecycle management (IPI/UPI, Kubeadm), bare‑metal deployment patterns (Metal3, Ironic), day‑2 operations, Operators and GitOps.
Storage: Distributed/local storage, RAID/NVMe, performance tuning and data management/DR (Velero, OADP, Ceph/ODF).
Automation & IaC: Strong proficiency in Ansible and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Helm); scripting (Bash, Python, Go).
Security & Compliance: Linux/Kubernetes hardening (RBAC, SCC, network policies, TLS/PKI) and compliance standards (NIST, CIS).
Observability: Logging/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and advanced platform/network troubleshooting (etcd, kernel, tcpdump).
Knowledge of common add‑ons or third‑party tools. (Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, backup software, performance tools)
Broad and deep technical experience with VMware: ESXi software, vCenter, VM lifecycle operations using VMware tools; logging and alerting for SRE operations; expert level with VMware VM foundational technologies for networks ([S/DV]Switches/NSX) and storage (Datastores, vSAN, vVols).
Additional technologies a plus: OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, Microsoft Hyper‑V, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure.
Experience across one or more vertical industry areas.
Ability to lead design workshops, create clear documentation, and provide knowledge transfer for day‑0/1/2 planning.
Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives.
Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum and DevOps teams.
Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
Willingness to travel to customer locations about 20‑30 weeks per year on average throughout North America.
Learning Path At 2 months: build production‑ready container and virtualization platforms integrated with existing enterprise systems; deploy source code into running, scalable containers and virtual machines at enterprise scale.
Within 6 months: deliver customer requirements using Red Hat OpenShift; develop project plans aligned with Red Hat’s technologies; understand how these technologies transform large organisations.
Within 12 months: implement complex, large‑scale container platform solutions in challenging customer environments; mentor other consultants; contribute lessons learned and best practices to internal and external communities of practice; apply new technologies or frameworks to container platforms.
Compensation Salary range: $127,860.00 – $211,080.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. 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. The position may also be eligible for bonus, commission and/or equity. For remote‑US locations, the actual salary range may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
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: 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.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO) Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status or any other basis prohibited by law.
Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email
application‑assistance@redhat.com .
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OpenShift Infrastructure - Senior Consultant
role at
Red Hat .
At Red Hat we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open‑source stack of trusted, high‑performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies, together with award‑winning global customer support, consulting and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.
Job Summary The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a Senior Container Infrastructure Consultant. The role involves designing and guiding implementations of Red Hat OpenShift infrastructure projects to include container and virtualization technologies. The position is remote and can be located anywhere in the U.S. within close proximity to an airport. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What You Will Do
Implement automated, containerised solutions with a focus on infrastructure concerns including networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring and high availability and system resilience.
Learn new technologies quickly, including container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, cloud storage and software‑defined networks.
Travel frequently to work alongside leading financial services, retail, telecommunication and institutional customers.
After joining Red Hat, participate in an intensive training program on Kubernetes, and OpenShift technologies and related DevOps and GitOps topics.
What You Will Bring
Associates or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline.
Experience leading successful modern cloud platform enterprise‑level projects.
Deep Linux (RHEL) experience and automated hardware provisioning (BIOS/UEFI, RAID, BMC/Redfish, Kickstart/Cobbler).
Advanced networking: L2/L3 concepts, DHCP/DNS, load balancing, CNI (OVN‑K, Calico, SR‑IOV) and network security/firewall policies.
Kubernetes/OpenShift: Cluster architecture, lifecycle management (IPI/UPI, Kubeadm), bare‑metal deployment patterns (Metal3, Ironic), day‑2 operations, Operators and GitOps.
Storage: Distributed/local storage, RAID/NVMe, performance tuning and data management/DR (Velero, OADP, Ceph/ODF).
Automation & IaC: Strong proficiency in Ansible and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Helm); scripting (Bash, Python, Go).
Security & Compliance: Linux/Kubernetes hardening (RBAC, SCC, network policies, TLS/PKI) and compliance standards (NIST, CIS).
Observability: Logging/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and advanced platform/network troubleshooting (etcd, kernel, tcpdump).
Knowledge of common add‑ons or third‑party tools. (Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, backup software, performance tools)
Broad and deep technical experience with VMware: ESXi software, vCenter, VM lifecycle operations using VMware tools; logging and alerting for SRE operations; expert level with VMware VM foundational technologies for networks ([S/DV]Switches/NSX) and storage (Datastores, vSAN, vVols).
Additional technologies a plus: OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, Microsoft Hyper‑V, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure.
Experience across one or more vertical industry areas.
Ability to lead design workshops, create clear documentation, and provide knowledge transfer for day‑0/1/2 planning.
Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives.
Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum and DevOps teams.
Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
Willingness to travel to customer locations about 20‑30 weeks per year on average throughout North America.
Learning Path At 2 months: build production‑ready container and virtualization platforms integrated with existing enterprise systems; deploy source code into running, scalable containers and virtual machines at enterprise scale.
Within 6 months: deliver customer requirements using Red Hat OpenShift; develop project plans aligned with Red Hat’s technologies; understand how these technologies transform large organisations.
Within 12 months: implement complex, large‑scale container platform solutions in challenging customer environments; mentor other consultants; contribute lessons learned and best practices to internal and external communities of practice; apply new technologies or frameworks to container platforms.
Compensation Salary range: $127,860.00 – $211,080.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. 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. The position may also be eligible for bonus, commission and/or equity. For remote‑US locations, the actual salary range may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
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: 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.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO) Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status or any other basis prohibited by law.
Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email
application‑assistance@redhat.com .
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