Senior Specialist Solution Architect – OpenShift
Red Hat
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Italy
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About the role
- Work with Ecosystem Solution Architects, Partner Account Managers and Sales Specialists to identify challenges and blockers to drive Red Hat OpenShift within new and existing partners.
- Plan, design, and implement container platform systems with partners; applying the ability to develop high and low-level designs and architectures based on OpenShift, including building and installing clusters leveraging additional support and resources from Red Hat as required.
- Drive adoption of Red Hat OpenShift platforms by assisting ecosystem solution architects, supporting partner-led customer opportunities and partner development initiatives, with technical deep dives, proofs of concept, “bake-offs”, internal sprints, hackathons, and development of partner vertical-specific solutions covering Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager (RH ACM) and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (RH ACS).
- Identify partner Platform and DevOps stakeholders, acting as a technical advocate within both their line-of-business and internal teams.
- Work closely with the Hybrid Cloud business unit and engineering teams, providing a market feedback loop on the product and solutions.
- Engage in community outreach and partner advocacy activities including conference speaking, blog posts, and other public contributions.
Requirements
- SME with 4+ years of hands-on experience in one of the following areas: Platform Engineering and Developer Experience, including: GitOps workflows, and Platform Engineering principles to enhance developer experience.
- Building cloud-native applications and understanding software engineering practices (e.g., microservices, 12-factor apps).
- Kubernetes (preferably OpenShift), Architecture design, including: Previous successful experience in platform systems design, with the ability to architect, build, and install clusters, and explain high and low-level designs based on Kubernetes based distributions.
- Experience with CI/CD solutions in the context of DevOps including automation with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions (e.g. Ansible) and management/security tools like Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager (RHACM) and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (RHACS).
- Experience delivering technical presentations and leading business value sessions.
- Executive presence with public speaking skills.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Red Hat OpenShiftKubernetesPlatform EngineeringGitOpsCI/CDInfrastructure as CodeAnsibleMicroservices12-factor appsArchitecture design
Soft Skills
Technical advocacyPublic speakingCommunity outreachCollaborationPresentation skillsLeadershipCommunicationMarket feedbackProblem-solvingStakeholder engagement