Senior Consultant, Platform (RHEL/IdM), Top Secret Clearance Required

Red Hat•Remote US VA, VA

1d•$130,420 - $215,300•Onsite

About The Position

Red Hat Services is seeking a Platform Technology Senior Consultant to deliver hands-on technical implementations and enablement that address customer business challenges. The consultant promotes adoption of Red Hat solutions by applying technical expertise, open-source awareness, business-process understanding, and enterprise-level problem solving. The role includes guiding customers in building scalable, well-managed solutions that can adapt to technological improvements, and continuing to learn and apply new skills and technologies. This position requires an active Top Secret clearance and work on-site with clients. The employee must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business and be willing to travel to customer locations throughout North America approximately 30–40 weeks per year, typically Monday through Thursday. After joining, the consultant completes an intensive customized training program covering Red Hat technologies and Services solutions. Training and development milestones include preparing to join a project team within two months, supporting a customer project within six months, and demonstrating technical leadership by implementing complex, large-scale customer solutions within 12 months. The salary range is $130,420–$215,300. Actual compensation depends on qualifications and factors including location, experience, skills, training, market value, and internal pay equity. The position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance.
Residence in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
Willingness to travel to customer locations throughout North America approximately 30–40 weeks per year, typically Monday through Thursday.
Associate or bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline.
Experience delivering an implementation based on an architectural design.
Demonstrated ability to lead a technical project, collaborate on timelines, and maintain project and technical documentation.
Ability to identify stakeholder needs and set expectations regarding project timelines and scope of work.
Experience collaborating across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Knowledge of and desire to mentor.
Experience leading successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements.
Linux system administration experience, preferably with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative.
Experience using Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage RHEL systems.
Experience with identity management technologies, including Red Hat Identity Manager, Microsoft Active Directory, or other identity providers.
Hands-on experience deploying and configuring PKI architectures, managing certificate lifecycles, and integrating with secure, cleared network environments and encryption standards.
Hands-on expertise with Zero Trust frameworks and implementing security controls.
Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation and automation platforms such as Chef and Puppet.
Broad and deep technical experience with one or more virtualization or cloud technologies, such as OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, AWS, or Microsoft Azure.
Experience in one or more vertical industry areas.
Demonstrated experience in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives, including extensive experience presenting to C-level executives at large firms.
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

Guide customers in building scalable, optimally managed solutions that adapt to technological improvements using Red Hat technologies.
Deliver technical implementations based on architectural designs and enable customers to adopt recommended practices.
Lead technical projects, collaborate on project timelines, and maintain project and technical documentation.
Identify stakeholder needs and set expectations for project timelines and scope of work.
Lead hands-on deployment and configuration of PKI architectures, manage certificate lifecycles, and integrate solutions with secure, cleared network environments and encryption standards.
Apply Zero Trust frameworks to architect and implement security controls.
Travel to customer locations, typically Monday through Thursday, approximately 30–40 weeks per year.
Collaboratively deliver customer projects as a technical lead and develop customer use cases into project plans aligned with Red Hat technologies.
Implement complex, large-scale solutions in customer environments.
Share lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos with internal and external communities of practice.
Continue learning and developing skills in Red Hat technologies and consulting.