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Senior Consultant, Platform (RHEL/IdM), Top Secret Clearance Required

Red Hat

Richmond, VAFull-time$130–215K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$130–215K/yr
Location
Richmond, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance, required

Job overview

Red Hat’s Services team seeks a Platform Technology Senior Consultant to implement technical solutions and enable recommended practices for customers. The role involves guiding customers in adopting Red Hat technologies, leading technical projects, and delivering complex solutions in customer environments. It requires frequent travel to client sites across North America and an active Top Secret clearance. The position includes a customized training program in Red Hat technologies and services solutions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Implementation Delivery, requiredTechnical Project Leadership, requiredStakeholder Management, requiredMentoring, requiredCloud Platform Consulting, requiredLinux Administration, requiredRed Hat Satellite, requiredIdentity Management, requiredPublic Key Infrastructure, requiredCertificate Lifecycle Management, requiredZero Trust, requiredRed Hat Ansible Automation, requiredChef, requiredPuppet, requiredVirtualization, requiredCloud Technologies, requiredStrategic Advisory, requiredExecutive Presentations, requiredWritten Communication, requiredVerbal Communication, requiredPresentation Skills, required

Qualifications

Active Top Secret Clearance, requiredAssociate or Bachelor's in Computer Science or Technical Discipline, requiredExperience Leading Cloud Consulting Engagements, requiredExperience Across Industry Areas, requiredExtensive C-Level Presentation Experience, requiredResidence in Registered State, requiredWillingness to Travel 30-40 Weeks Yearly, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Remote

Remote US VA

Remote US MD

Full time

R-060225

The Red Hat Services team is looking for a Platform Technology Senior Consultant to deliver solutions that solve our client's business challenges through hands-on technical implementation and enablement of recommended practices. In this position, you will be a vital promoter of adopting Red Hat's solutions for our customers using your technical expertise and interpersonal skills. You’ll need to have a balance of solid technical experience, awareness of open source, a thorough understanding of business processes, and the ability to identify and solve issues at the enterprise level.

We seek people who are excited about working with us and growing their careers at Red Hat. We want to be transparent about what would make you most successful in the role, and if you are excited by reading the job description and feel you are suitable for the part, we encourage you to apply.

This position requires candidates to work on-site with clients, so a willingness to travel to customer locations about 30-40 weeks per year throughout North America is required. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business and hold an Active Top Secret Clearance.

What you will do:

  • Guide customers in building scalable, optimally managed solutions and adaptable to technological improvements using Red Hat technologies.

  • Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies.

  • Travel weekly, Monday-Thursday, to client locations, some potentially outside your local area.

What you will bring:

  • Required Experience:

  • Experience with delivering an implementation based on an architectural design

  • Demonstrated ability to lead a technical project, including collaborating on project timelines and maintaining project and technical documentation

  • Ability to identify stakeholder needs and set expectations regarding project timelines and scope of work

  • Experience working collaboratively across diverse teams and stakeholders

  • Knowledge and desire to mentor

  • Technical Skills:

  • Associate or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline

  • Experience leading successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements

  • Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative

  • Experience utilizing Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

  • Experience with Identity Management technologies, including but not limited to Red Hat Identity Manager, Microsoft Active Directory or other identity providers.

  • Lead the hands-on deployment and configuration of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) architectures, managing the full certificate lifecycle and ensuring seamless integration with secure, cleared network environments and encryption standards.

  • Apply hands-on expertise in Zero Trust frameworks to architect and implement security controls

  • Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation and automation platforms like Chef and Puppet

  • Broad and deep technical experience with one or more virtualization and cloud technologies like OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, VMWare vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure

  • Experience across one or more vertical industry areas

  • Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives, including extensive experience presenting to C-level executives at large firms

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

After joining Red Hat, You will undergo an intensive customized training program on Red Hat technologies and Services solutions. Here's how your skill set will evolve and what you'll learn during your first year in the role:

In two months, be prepared to join a project team by acquiring the following:

  • Understanding of how to build production-ready technical solutions integrated with existing enterprise systems.

  • Learn technologies and consulting skills to enhance your abilities through enablements designed and taught by Red Hat experts and Red Hat certification.

  • Gain exposure and collaboration within Red Hat Services & the more prominent organization through everyday networking and community events.

Within six months, support Services on a project by attaining the following:

  • Successful, collaborative delivery of customer projects as a technical lead through expertise in Red Hat’s technologies.

  • Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat’s technologies.

  • Continue expanding your knowledge and network, both internal and external, through enablement, communities, customers, and meetups.

Within 12 months, demonstrate technical leadership by accomplishing the following:

  • Successfully implementing complex, large-scale solutions in customer environments.

  • Active engagement and knowledge sharing with our internal and external communities of practice on lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos.

The salary range for this position is $130,420.00 - $215,300.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

About Red Hat

Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/) is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open 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 work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. 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.

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!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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 different 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 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.

Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email [email protected] . General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.

We’re the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions—including Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes. We deliver hardened solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.

At Red Hat, our commitment to open source extends beyond technology into virtually everything we do. We collaborate and share ideas, create inclusive communities, and welcome diverse perspectives from all Red Hatters, no matter their role. It’s what makes us who we are.

Some of the most knowledgeable and passionate people in the technology industry work here. Whether we’re building software, championing our products, or training new associates, we’re collaborating openly to make a difference in the world of open source and beyond.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,406 open Technology Consultant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$130–215K/yr
  • Virginia median$119–203K/yr113 salary ranges
  • US median$103–208K/yr2,299 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $173K, is 7% above the Virginia median midpoint ($161K) — in the middle half of Technology Consultant salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 117 open Technology Consultant jobs in Virginia and 2,406 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Technology Consultant postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (2,210 postings).
Education
1,244 of the 2,406 open Technology Consultant jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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