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About the job:

Red Hat is hiring a Specialist Solution Architect (OpenShift) for Financial Services North America. The Specialist will drive Sales of the OpenShift Platform. In this role, you will be the catalyst creating opportunities, solving problems, and establishing working relationships with customers in our key FSI enterprise accounts and service provider partners. You’ll need to possess excellent communication and people skills balanced with technical expertise, passion for open source, and a thorough understanding of business and IT challenges encountered in financial services. Through a series of structured in-person interactions the Specialist Solution Architect will win the trust and confidence of customer engineering, development and operations teams by aligning their requirements and use cases with the functional capabilities of the OpenShift Platform.

What you will do:

+ Act as a technical advisor, guiding customers from presales to post-sales implementation, ensuring successful deployments.

+ Lead technical validation through demos, workshops, and pilot projects to align customer needs with Ansible capabilities.

+ Develop reusable solution frameworks and content to empower sales teams and standardize customer outcomes.

+ Collaborate with product teams to enhance customer experience and advocate for customer needs internally.

+ Assist your team with responding to RFPs for customer success

What you will bring:

Technical Skills:

+ Expertise in the OpenShift Platform (certifications preferred) or Kubernetes. Strong hands on skill.

+ 5+ years in OpenShift or Kubernbets; 5-10 years in architecture/development/consulting roles.

+ Proficiency in Linux and DevOps methodologies.

+ Proficiency in configuring accelerators such as NVIDIA, AMD or Intel GPUs.

Business Skills:

+ Ability to engage engineers and architects, address enterprise IT challenges, and propose cross-platform solutions.

+ Experience building relationships across large IT organizations and managing end-to-end proof-of-concept processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Red Hat certifications (Red Hat Certified OpenShift Architect, RHCE) and a degree in Computer Science/Engineering.

+ Thought leadership through industry contributions (whitepapers, conferences, etc.) and staying updated on Kubernetes and AI trends.

The salary range for this position is $177,540.00 - $283,950.00 (inclusive of base pay + target incentive compensation). Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

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Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/) is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/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.

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