Senior Architect

Job Summary 

The Senior Architect is a high-impact technical leader and a trusted advisor responsible for bridging the gap between complex business challenges and innovative technology solutions. Operating at the intersection of customer success, sales, and delivery, this role involves designing high-level architectures for multi-faceted environments while guiding customers through the cultural and operational shifts necessary for digital transformation. You will act as a bridge between the customer and Red Hat’s product teams, ensuring that project delivery is not only technically sound but also strategically aligned with long-term business goals. Through mentorship and thought leadership, you will foster a collaborative environment that accelerates the professional growth of your peers and ensures the sustainable success of global initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Success & Delivery

• High-Level Design: Create comprehensive architectural blueprints for complex customer environments, ensuring all solutions are scalable and integrated.

• Strategic Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor to customer leadership, guiding them on people, process, and operational changes required for optimal solution adoption.

• Risk & Escalation Management: Proactively handle project risks and support escalations with professional ease, ensuring project continuity and customer satisfaction.

Pre-Sales & Business Development

• Technical Scoping: Lead the technical portions of scoping activities and discovery sessions for complex projects, even in areas outside your primary expertise.

• Market Positioning: Differentiate Red Hat’s value proposition against industry competitors and identify new opportunities within existing accounts to expand the technical footprint.

Team Leadership & Communication

• Visionary Leadership: Provide the architectural vision that shapes the long-term direction of projects while breaking down complex problems into manageable tasks for delivery teams.

• Stakeholder Communication: Confidently articulate technical architecture and project progress to both technical teams and non-technical senior management.

• Talent Development: Actively create leadership opportunities for other associates and provide consistent, actionable feedback on performance to foster team growth.

Professional Relationships & Giveback

• Strategic Networking: Maintain a strong network across Red Hat departments (Sales, Engineering, Training) and the external partner ecosystem.

• Community Contribution: Act as a key contributor to regional "giveback" initiatives and actively participate in open-source communities.

• Mentorship: Dedicate time to mentoring associates up to the Senior Architect level, identifying high-potential talent for future management.

Technical Excellence & Learning

• Domain Expertise: Maintain expert-level knowledge of at least one Red Hat product and advanced proficiency across the broader product portfolio and its integrations.

• Continuous Growth: Embrace a growth mindset by staying updated on product roadmaps, upstream projects, and wider IT industry trends.

• Validation & Prototyping: Rapidly develop Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to validate proposed designs and uncover customer needs before they become obstacles.

Requirements:

• 10–15+ years in IT consulting, systems architecture, or enterprise engineering.

• At least 5+ years acting as a Lead Architect or Principal Consultant, specifically managing solution-level designs to CxO level

• 5–7 years of hands-on experience with Red Hat technologies (or equivalent enterprise open-source stacks) in production-grade environments.

• Must hold multiple industry-recognized certifications within your primary area of expertise; Red Hat certifications are highly preferred (e.g., RHCA).

• Proven expertise in at least one core Red Hat product (e.g., OpenShift, Ansible, RHEL) and advanced knowledge of the broader Red Hat portfolio and its integration with industry-standard vendor products.

• Extensive experience in creating High Level Designs (HLD) and leading complex, multi-technology solution implementations for enterprise-level environments.

• Thorough experience selling services strategies and developing proposals, contracts, close plans, and statements of work for professional services

• Demonstrated ability to lead project delivery methodologies and handle high-pressure escalations or risk management scenarios with professional flexibility.

• Must demonstrate excellence in authoring and overseeing comprehensive consulting engagement documentation. This includes ensuring that all architectural designs, implementation guides, and post-deployment reports meet Red Hat’s quality standards and are accessible to both technical teams and customer stakeholders.

• Ability to maintain a consistent utilization target and adhere to corporate time, travel, and expense policies.

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.

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