Associate Principal Specialist Solution Architect

Primary Responsibilities
● Discover and analyze customers' business and technical problems, and design the appropriate Red Hat solution that aligns with their needs.
● Provide technical leadership to Red Hat account teams and customers through sales presentations, product demonstrations, workshops, and proofs of concept.
● Utilize your technical expertise to assist sales teams in answering customer questions.
● Form strategic business and technical relationships within each customer organization to identify new opportunities.
● Own and attain a bookings quota by utilizing your expertise to contribute to the success of our Account Teams in closing sales opportunities.
● Share your expertise by contributing to documentation (e.g., wikis, quick-start guides, blog posts, and white papers), developing reusable assets (e.g., demonstrations, workshops), and presenting at conferences and industry events.
● Collaborate broadly with Red Hat Engineering and Business Units, Professional Services, Sales teams, and partners to ensure excellent customer experience with our offerings and solutions.

Required Skills
● Experience in sales engineering, consulting, IT architecture, or equivalent in supporting large organizations.
● Excellent communication, presentation, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
● Positive team player attitude and a strong desire to make our customers successful.
● Ability to understand customers' challenges, requirements, and technical issues and collaborate to address those with the appropriate technologies and solutions.
● Knowledge of Linux or UNIX operating systems, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), or a RHEL derivative, as well as related technologies.
● Knowledge of virtualization technologies for application deployment and operations like VMware vSphere, KVM, etc.
● Experience with Kubernetes deployments in large organizations.
● Knowledge of cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technologies like Red Hat OpenShift or related products and solutions.
● Knowledge of DevOps from the technology point of view.
● Familiarity with the design and operation of medium to large-scale enterprise and cloud infrastructures, databases, and application systems with high availability requirements. Extensive experience with the application life cycle in traditional environments
● Willingness to travel within the region.

One or more of the following is a plus
● Experience with automation frameworks and tools like Puppet, Ansible, or Terraform.
● Experience with management, logging, and observability products and solutions.
● Experience or certification with any public cloud provider.
● Any Red Hat certification.

The salary range for this position is $202,380.00 - $323,780.00 (inclusive of base pay + target incentive compensation). Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

Benefits
●    Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
●    Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
●    Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
●    Retirement 401(k) with employer match
●    Paid time off and holidays
●    Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
●    Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
●    Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, fami