About the job

　　The Red Hat Technology Services team is looking for a Principal Telco Consultant who is passionate about open source to join our Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Telco Technology Services team. In this role, you will guide the adoption of Red Hat’s solutions in our key telco service provider customers, network equipment providers (NEPs), and key system integrator (SI) partners. Through a series of in-person and remote interactions, you’ll win the trust and confidence of customer engineering, development, and operations teams by aligning their requirements and use cases with the functional capabilities of our solutions. You’ll need to have a thorough working knowledge of and direct experience with cloud infrastructures to support applications providing virtual network functions (VNF) to the telco industry. As a Principal Telco Consultant, you will also play an important role in bringing together cross-functional teams from Red Hat's Product Engineering, Support, Professional Services, and Sales teams to meet the needs of our customers and their requirements.

　　The Red Hat Technology Services team offers more than just technical expertise. We're strategic advisers who take a big-picture view of our customer's organisation, analyse their challenges, and help to overcome them with comprehensive, cost-effective solutions. As part of our team, you’ll help customers quickly and strategically achieve value while building enterprise-wide capabilities. Being open is core to our technologies and our consulting approach. Successful applicants must reside in a country where Red Hat is registered to do business.

　　What you will do

　　Routinely assess and implement Red Hat's core offerings

　　Serve as a subject matter expert at the customer site, addressing the technical, developmental, or strategic IT needs

　　Manage problem identification, system architecture definition, software specification and design, testing, and deployment of complex open source solutions

　　Adapt to changing customer requirements

　　Keep knowledge updated through personal development and training

　　What you will bring

　　Strong background in consultative customer engagements with either a major systems integrator, a network equipment provider, or a telco services provider.

　　Advanced hands-on technical experience with container and virtualisation technologies, e.g. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Ansible automation, software-defined storage, etc.

　　Understanding of advanced networking concepts (OSI layer 4-7 services, VLANs, tunneling, overlay networking, topology discovery, path computation)

　　Specific knowledge in network function virtualisation (NFV), i.e. benefits, technologies, key vendors, use cases

　　Advanced communication and interpersonal skills to communicate value, progress, and metrics of key projects to a diverse audience of stakeholders

　　Fluent communication skills in English

　　Willingness to travel weekly to client locations throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa

　　About Red Hat

　　Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterpriseopen source (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/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 have the flexibility to choose the work environment that suits their needs from in-office to fully remote to office-flex.

　　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. Opportunities are open. Join us.

　　Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Red Hat

　　Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions of diversity that compose our global village.

　　Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)

　　Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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　　Posting Location : Location NL-Remote

　　Posting date 4 days ago (1/23/2024 7:10 AM)

　　Job ID 101135

　　Workday ID R-036366

　　Category Consulting