About the job

The Red Hat Americas Telecom Sales team is looking for a Principal Specialist Solutions Architect to join us in North America. In this role, you will be the catalyst creating possibilities, solving problems, and establishing working relationships with customers. You’ll help our customers invest wisely in an infrastructure that will give them maximum flexibility in the future, allowing them to run faster and more efficiently. You will use your business insight to present executive lT leadership with compelling business and technical cases for Red Hat solutions. As a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, you will collaborate with the broader Sales team and technical delivery teams to bring our customers the best solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform .

What you will do

• Become a trusted adviser within Red Hat's customer base; build solid, lasting relationships with customers

• Provide pre-sales technical support for the development and implementation of complex solutions

• Gain deep understanding of customer business and IT environments and collaborate with sales teams to assess the potential application of Red Hat’s solutions

• Present complex solutions to potential customers and design value-driven architectures, explaining the application and business value of Red Hat’s solutions

• Understand current technology and industry trends; connect trends to customer value and Red Hat solutions

• Participate in and guide vertical and industry-specific subject matter expert teams; create white papers, reference architectures, and other industry-specific technical collateral

• Share knowledge and findings so that team members can learn from your successes and mistakes

What you will bring

• 5+ years of experience as a sales engineer or similar role

• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences; ability to interpret customer business and technical needs

• Hands-on experience with Ansible and/or comparable automation technologies

• Excellent presentation skills; ability to present to mixed business, technical, management, and leadership audiences of all sizes

• Proven record of developing relationships at engineering, commercial, and executive levels throughout large enterprise IT organizations

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• Willingness to travel frequently

The salary range for this position is $182,240.00 - $300,720.00 (inclusive of base pay + target incentive compensation). Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

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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 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.

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.

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)

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