Senior Consultant, OpenShift Infrastructure and Virtualization

Overview

Senior Consultant, OpenShift Infrastructure and Virtualization

Remote (extensive travel required)

No Clearance Required

Contract Duration: 12 Months (possible extension) 

About The Job

Our Client is looking for Senior-level Container Infrastructure Consultant to join us remotely in the U.S. In this role, you will specialize in the design and development of automated container platforms, deployment pipelines, and cloud-ready application architectures. You will learn to design and guide implementations of OpenShift infrastructure projects to include container and virtualization technologies. You won't be expected to know everything on day one, but your ability to learn new technology quickly will be essential.

This position requires regular on-site work with clients across North America, so a willingness to travel to customer locations 30-40 weeks per year is required. Applicants must reside within close proximity to a primary airport.

Job Duties:

• Implement automated, containerized cloud application platform solutions with a focus on infrastructure concerns including networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, and high availability and system resilience• Learn new technologies quickly, including container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, cloud storage, and software-defined networks• Travel frequently to work alongside leading financial services, retail, telecommunication, and institutional customers

You will go through an intensive training program on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift technologies and related DevOps and GitOps topics. Here's how your skill set will evolve and what you'll learn during your first year in the role:

At 2 months, be prepared to join a project team by acquiring the following:

• Understanding of how to build production-ready container and virtualization platforms, integrated with existing enterprise systems• Knowledge of how to deploy source code into running, scalable containers and virtual machines in automated fashion at enterprise scale• Practical experience with our offerings

Within 6 months, be ready to implement a routine container platform project by attaining the following:

• Successful, collaborative delivery of customer requirements using Red Hat OpenShift• Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat’s technologies• Understanding of how technologies can transform software delivery (DevOps/GitOps) practices at large organizations

Within 12 months, begin to demonstrate technical leadership in container platforms by accomplishing the following:

• Successfully implementing complex, large-scale container platform solutions in challenging customer environments• Helping other peers learn DevOps/GitOps paired with container technologies• Contributing lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos to our internal and external communities of practice• Applying new technologies, frameworks, or methodologies to container platforms

Requirements:

• Experience leading successful modern cloud platform consulting engagements• Broad and deep technical experience with VMware ESXi software, including vCenter, VM lifecycle operations using VMware tools• Logging and alerting functions for SRE operations available from VMware and how they integrate with non-VMware enterprise systems, such as Splunk• Expert level with VMware VM foundational technologies for networks ([S/DV]Switches/NSX)• Expert level with VMware VM foundational technologies for storage (Datastores, vSAN, vVols)• Knowledge of common Add-Ons or third party tools, including Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, Backup software, Performance tools)• Experience with technologies including OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure a plus• Experience across one or more vertical industry areas• Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives• Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills• Willingness to travel to customer locations about 30-40 weeks per year on average across North America• Degree in computer science or a technical discipline

About UsNorthern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.

Equal Opportunity Employer StatementPrecision Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

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