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Principal Specialist, Solution Architect
Location
Illinois + 1 moreAll locations: Illinois | Texas
Posted
112 days ago
Salary
$211.7K - $349.3K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Specialist, Solution Architect
Red Hat
• Deliver successful workshops of both technical and non-technical backgrounds that shape and influence customer use cases and architecture design decisions. • Contribute to the development of repeatable methodologies and tools designed to scale Red Hat’s services capabilities, promote repeatable customer engagements, and lower delivery risk. • Demonstrate thought leadership in the areas of 5G RAN, Openshift Container Platform, Red Hat AI technologies, by producing world-class white papers, webinars, etc., and speaking at industry-leading conferences. • Define technical strategy for high-value opportunities, including complex RFx responses. • Lead cross-functional teams in solution design and validation. • Influence product roadmaps based on customer and industry insights. • Represent the company as a thought leader in industry forums. • Develop advanced reusable assets to accelerate solution adoption.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of IT industry experience, working in regulated industries including Telecom, Finance, government, healthcare and power.
- 5+ years of proven experience in Telecom sector, especially 5G, RAN, etc.
- Hands-on experience in Red Hat technologies like - Openshift Container Platform, or comparable Kubernetes platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent experience
- Solid background in consultative customer engagement with a major professional services organization or within the services division of a major software company
- Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including extensive experience presenting to C-level executives at large firms
- Solutions-sales mentality in an environment with multiple products and services
- Ability to work seamlessly with distributed, cross-functional teams to achieve success on behalf of customers
- Excellent balance of strategic and tactical skills with a high level of intellectual agility and capacity for original thought
- Willingness to travel up to 80%
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, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
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