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Specialize in the design and development of automated container platforms, deployment pipelines, and cloud-ready application architectures. The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a Senior Consultant to join us in Houston, TX. In this role, you will learn to design and guide implementations of cloud-ready applications and deployment pipelines on large-scale container platform clusters using Java, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat Ansible Automation, and Red Hat OpenShift. As a Senior Consultant,you won't be expected to know everything on day one, but your ability to learn new technologies quickly will be essential. Some travel outside of Houston, TX may be required.

• Implement automated, containerized cloud application platform 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

• 5+ years of technology experience like consulting, operations, help desk, service desk, development, and related internships
• 3+ years of experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative
• 2+ years of platform scripting experience with the Ruby, Python, or Go programming languages
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

After joining Red Hat, you will go through an intensive training program on Docker, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift technologies and related DevOps topics. Here's how your skill set will evolve and what you'll learn during your first year in the role:

At 2 months, be prepared to join a project team by acquiring the following:

• Understanding of how to build production-ready container platforms, integrated with existing enterprise systems
• Knowledge of how to deploy source code into running, scalable containers in automated fashion at enterprise scale
• Practical experience with our offerings

Within 6 months, be ready to implement a routine container platform project by attaining the following:

• Successful, collaborative delivery of customer requirements using Red Hat OpenShift
• Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat's technologies
• Understanding of how Red Hat's technologies can transform software delivery (DevOps) practices at large organizations

Within 12 months, begin to demonstrate technical leadership in container platforms by accomplishing the following:

• Successfully implementing complex, large-scale container platform solutions in challenging customer environments
• Helping other consultants learn DevOps and container technologies and processes
• Contributing lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos to our internal and external communities of practice
• Applying new technologies, frameworks, or methodologies to container platforms

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