Red hat Specialist Solution Architect Ansible 

United States, Maryland, Annapolis 

889441307

What You Will Do

• Act as a Strategic Customer CTO: Serve as the senior technical relationship and strategy owner for key customer executives (CIO, CTO, CDO), building and maintaining long-term, trusted partnerships.

• Develop Strategic Roadmaps: Lead the creation and evolution of the customer’s technology strategy and multi-year implementation roadmaps, demonstrating how Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud platform can solve their most complex business challenges.

• Drive Innovation and Vision: Introduce customers to emerging technologies and innovative solutions from across the Red Hat portfolio, including AI/ML, edge computing, and application modernization, and guide them on adoption.

• Orchestrate Red Hat’s Resources: Lead and coordinate a virtual team of Red Hat specialists, consultants, and partner resources to ensure a unified and seamless customer experience that delivers on the strategic vision. Engage closely with Account Teams (Account Executive, Solutions Architect) to build and foster the overall account strategy.

• Influence Product Strategy: Translate customer business requirements and feedback into actionable insights for Red Hat’s product and engineering teams, directly influencing future product development.

• Mentor and Lead: Provide thought leadership both internally and externally, and mentor a broad community of architects and consultants.

What You Will Bring

• Executive Experience: 15+ years of experience in enterprise IT, with at least 5+ years in a senior customer-facing role like a chief architect, technology executive, or principal consultant.

• Business Acumen: Proven ability to understand, articulate, and solve complex business challenges using technology. Experience in a specific industry vertical (e.g., finance, healthcare, telecommunications) is a significant plus.

• Executive Presence: Outstanding communication and presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with C-level executives.

• Technical Breadth and Depth: Extensive knowledge of enterprise architecture, including modern application development, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and automation.

• Core Red Hat Technologies: Deep familiarity with the concepts behind our core technologies:

• Linux Expertise: 5+ years of experience with enterprise Linux.

• Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure: 5+ years of experience with virtualization and cloud platforms (e.g., KVM, VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

• Container Platforms: 3+ years of hands-on experience and architectural knowledge of Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

• Strategic AI/ML Knowledge: Experience advising organizations on implementing and scaling AI/ML platforms and MLOps strategies.

• Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent experience; a master's degree is a plus.