Managing Architect – Financial Services Industry

Job Description:

  • Aid the Red Hat Sales organization by ensuring successful delivery of Pre-Sales activities and consulting engagements.
  • Proactively own and navigate escalation procedures for technical issues within projects to bring issues to closure.
  • Build strong relationships within the Red Hat Sales organization through partnerships with Sales Executives, Area Managers, Sales Specialists, and Solution Architects.
  • Foster internal relationships to build cross-organization partnerships (Business Unit, Engineering, Marketing, Sales).
  • Drive operational efficiency by leveraging AI productivity tools to accelerate the creation of high-impact customer deliverables and technical collateral.
  • Ensure complex projects involving Red Hat technologies are properly scoped, structured, and delivered.
  • Provide thought leadership on what the Financial Services team needs to successfully sell Services and grow the business.
  • Onboard and senior technical delivery resources.
  • Enable and mentor associates to excel within their roles and beyond.
  • Support and coach employees to perform and develop in their roles.
  • Communicate and track Red Hat core competencies to improve associates and mentees.
  • Communicate and track career development by ensuring associates understand their current and future career opportunities within Red Hat and Red Hat Services.
  • Regularly perform one-on-one meetings with employees to assist in their development.

Requirements:

  • 10-12+ years in a related technology position (e.g., sales, consulting, operations, development)
  • 5+ years of experience with Public Cloud and Linux technologies
  • 3+ years of experience with automation frameworks and tools like Puppet, Chef, Salt, or Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
  • 3+ years of experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform or Kubernetes
  • Experience with cloud native AI/ML platforms, MLOps tooling, and/or Generative AI/LLM knowledge is a major differentiator
  • Consulting delivery experience and a demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives
  • Understanding of the process for architecting and designing complex customer solutions in a rapidly evolving technology domain
  • Previous experience with people management
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

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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