Support enterprise customers implementing automated, containerized cloud application platform solutions and modernized virtual machine workloads.
Learn new technologies quickly, including topics like container orchestration, virtualization on Kubernetes (KubeVirt), container registries, container build strategies, and microservices on container platforms.
Perform technical reviews and share knowledge to proactively identify and prevent issues.
Gain understanding of customer technical infrastructures, hardware, and offerings and serve as a customer advocate within Red Hat.
Collaborate with the engineering, R&D, product management, and technical support teams.
Create documentation regarding customer issues and technical details on how to resolve them.
Manage and grow customer relationships by delivering attentive, relationship-based support.
Travel occasionally to visit regional customers.
Requirements
5+ years of experience in a support, development, engineering, IT, or quality assurance (QA) organization.
Expertise with enterprise cloud solutions like Platform-as-a-Service (OpenShift by Red Hat), containers, Kubernetes, and exposure to cloud management (Red Hat ACM), and IT automation (Ansible by Red Hat).
Hands-on experience or deep technical familiarity with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) or traditional hypervisors (e.g., VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization/RHV, KVM) with a strong desire to transition that knowledge to Kubernetes-native virtualization.
Competent comprehension of enterprise architecture and strategic business drivers.
Direct experience with a variety of hardware and software vendors.
Ability to manage multiple issues and projects with shifting priorities and timelines.
Excellent time management skills.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to convey complex information to customers both clearly and concisely.
Ability to travel for customer visits and events within the region.
Red Hat's Public Sector team delivers our Confirmed Stateside Support offering so living within the United States and being a U.S. Citizen is required.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technology-related discipline, ideally computer science or engineering.
Experience migrating legacy virtual machines to a Kubernetes-hosted environment (e.g., using Migration Toolkit for Virtualization).
Experience working in DevOps environments.
Software engineering background; experience with RPM-based Linux and Java technologies.
Experience deploying applications in cloud environments.
Experience developing containerized applications.
Good comprehension of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) concepts.
Familiarity with source code management tools like Git or SVN.
Prior experience in a technical leadership or mentorship role.
Security Clearance.
Experience in the public sector.
The salary range for this position is $106,100.00 - $169,640.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
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Benefits
Remote work optionsEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus
Additional Information
Red Hat's Public Sector Technical Services team is looking for an experienced, enterprise-level engineer to join us as an OpenShift Technical Account Manager in the Public Sector Organization. In this role, you will work with key enterprise customers to provide architectural guidance and implementation advice for the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Virtualization to meet their business needs. This is not a sales role. You'll be a dedicated customer engagement associate and a member of the Red Hat Engineering and Technical Support teams. As an OpenShift Technical Account Manager, you will provide a premium level of engagement that builds, maintains, and grows long-lasting customer loyalty by tailoring technical support to customer environments, guiding modern application and virtual machine (VM) modernization strategies, facilitating collaboration with other vendors, and advocating on their behalf. The role will be located within the U.S.
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