Red Hat · 23 hours ago
Ansible Senior Consultant
Orange County, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expRed Hat is a leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, and they are seeking an Automation Senior Consultant to join their Consulting team. The role focuses on delivering high-quality automation solutions using Ansible, while also balancing technical excellence with client advisory and strategic growth.
Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechLinuxOpen SourceOperating SystemsSoftware
Responsibilities
Support customers in building enterprise approaches that are scalable, optimally managed, and adaptable to technological improvements using Red Hat technical solutions
Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies
Design, create and deliver content that enables the broader Red Hat organization to sell (presales), service (consulting) and support (GSS) our cloud solutions at scale
Participate in specific project workstreams, managing scope, timelines, and resources (including junior staff or client team members)
Contribute to the development of repeatable methodologies and tools designed to scale Red Hat’s services capabilities, promote repeatable customer engagements, and lower delivery risk
Maintain a high utilization target and contribute to the scoping, engagement delivery, and solution execution for new business opportunities
Travel frequently (20-30 weeks per year) to work alongside leading financial services, retail, telecommunications, and institutional customers
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience with delivering an implementation as part of a project team based on an architectural design
Demonstrated ability to contribute to a technical project, including collaborating on project timelines and maintaining project and technical documentation
Ability to understand stakeholder needs and set expectations regarding project timelines and scope of work
Experience working collaboratively across diverse teams and stakeholders
Willingness to actively mentor and coach junior consultants and TDP members, which could include detailed code reviews and transferring critical technical and consulting knowledge
Clearly communicate technical progress, risks, and ROI to both technical and non-technical business stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor
2+ years focused on cloud environments and their supporting infrastructures
Strong background in consultative customer engagement demonstrating both verbal and written communications skills, including experience presenting or demoing solutions to customer teams
The ability to self-study and quickly learn and put into practice new topics
Passion for Open Source, software, tooling, and automation
Strong understanding of DevOps methodologies, tools and how they can be applied within an organization
Thorough (advanced) working knowledge and hands-on experience with Ansible, as well as high-level familiarity with Chef, Puppet, Salt, Powershell and others in the space
Intermediate level scripting (bash, python)
Experience using and configuring Linux systems, and an understanding of configuration as code
Experience with scripting languages (YAML, Python, etc.)
Understanding of the advantages of automation in a complex environment
Experience using or configuring cloud technologies, including container management and/or orchestration
Preferred
Previous exposure to or practical experience with Ansible Automation Platform is a plus for applicants
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and other GitOps type behaviors
Possess advanced level understanding of technologies related to core IT systems and concepts such as infrastructure, networking, storage and security
Broad and deep technical experience with one or more virtualization and cloud technologies (e.g. OpenStack, RHEV, VMWare vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure)
Container management and orchestration tools
Experience working in a QA role or working with ticketing systems or bug tracking tools
Familiarity with security fundamentals at the infrastructure (including cloud/hypervisor) and operating system level
Company
Red Hat
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2018-10-28Acquired
1999-08-20IPO
1999-03-09Corporate Round
Leadership Team
Chris Wright
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Global Engineering
Andrew Brown
Senior Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer
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