Red Hat

Senior Consultant, OpenShift AI, Top Secret Clearance Required

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Base Salary

$130k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Guide customers in implementing scalable, production-ready AI solutions using Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat AI.
  • Deploy, optimize, benchmark, and serve AI models using vLLM, KServe, model registries, pipelines, and recipe-based optimization.
  • Implement RAG, context ingestion, permission-aware context, and model evaluation workflows using tools such as Eval Hub.
  • Configure and maintain Models-as-a-Service and GPU-as-a-Service capabilities, including multi-tenancy, AI gateways, metering, and self-service accelerator access.
  • Build and integrate agentic systems and automation workflows using Ansible Automation Platform and agent frameworks such as MCP, A2A, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and LangGraph.
  • Create reusable reference architectures, runbooks, harnesses, and recipes for customer and internal communities.
  • Collaborate with customers and diverse technical stakeholders on project timelines, documentation, technical deliverables, and scope.
  • Mentor customer engineers and team members to promote self-sufficiency and share implementation knowledge.
  • Travel weekly to customer locations, generally Monday through Thursday.

Requirements

  • Experience delivering hands-on technical implementations based on architectural designs in enterprise environments.
  • Experience collaborating on project timelines, technical documentation, project deliverables, and scope of work.
  • Current expertise with OpenShift cluster architecture, GitOps, multi-cluster management, security, observability, and GPU-enabled nodes.
  • Experience with Red Hat AI or upstream technologies, including OpenShift AI, vLLM, KServe, model registries, pipelines, and at least one of llm-d, LLM Compressor, or Eval Hub.
  • Working knowledge of enterprise generative AI, including inference economics, model selection and optimization, RAG, evaluation, agent frameworks, MCP, governance, and production cost pressures.
  • Application development fluency on Kubernetes using containers, APIs, CI/CD, trusted software supply chains, SBOMs, signing, and policy gates, with proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, or Java.
  • Hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform for enterprise automation and event-driven workflows, or the ability to transition quickly from comparable tools.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across diverse technical teams, platform engineers, customers, and other stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of and desire to mentor team members and customer engineers.
  • Active Top Secret Clearance is required.
  • Candidates must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business and be willing to travel to customer locations approximately 30–40 weeks per year.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and a Health Savings Account option.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
  • Paid time off and holidays.
  • Paid parental leave, disability leave, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave.
  • Employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and other benefits.
  • Benefits listed apply to full-time, permanent U.S. associates.
  • The role requires on-site customer work and travel throughout North America approximately 30–40 weeks per year, typically Monday through Thursday.
  • Customized enablement and certification opportunities covering Red Hat AI technologies, Services solutions, and consulting skills.

Tech Stack

AnsibleGoJavaKubernetesOpenShiftPython

Categories

Solutions Engineering
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About Red Hat

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Red Hat builds enterprise open-source software, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift for Kubernetes, and Ansible automation, sold via subscriptions with support, training, and consulting. It serves large enterprises and public-sector organizations running hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure and modern application platforms. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Red Hat operates as an independent subsidiary of IBM.

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