Associate Consultant

The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a recent graduate to join us as an Associate Consultant. In this role, you will play a key role as a passionate promoter of the adoption of Red Hat's solutions for our customers by using your technical expertise, software development skills, and soft skills.

What you will do

• Be a respected Red Hat subject matter expert at the customer site, addressing their technical, developmental, and strategic IT requirements
• Through practical delivery, directly impact customer software specifications, designs, testing, and deployment of open source solutions
• Respond to customer challenges, project escalations, and process exceptions in a professional and flexible manner
• Work with Red Hat project teams, balance technical implementation and delivery with customer expectations

As part of this role, you will join the Red Hat Consulting Launch Program, designed for early career consultants to be successful by focusing on your technical and non-technical skills.

Foundational Skills (Months 1-2):

• Learn tools and technologies through enablements designed and taught by Red Hat Consulting experts
• Enhance your skills by engaging in activities targeted to take what you already know and apply it to the professional setting
• Experience Red Hat technologies and solutions and gain practical experience through in-person training and earn certifications in key technologies

Field Experience (Months 3-6):

• Apply skills learnt in the first 2 months on your first customer project
• Manage problems in an innovative way in a team-based environment of Red Hat Consultants and customer as a practical contributor
• Become a Red Hat expert and a trusted advisor for customers by delivering complex solutions applied to real-world problems
• Expand a network of peers, mentors, and advisors that will accelerate your career through constant support and guidance
• Continue learning and growing through Red Hat training and certifications, Consulting-specific enablements, and more

Building Your Brand (Months 6-Your Career):

• Grow your career through combining your personal talents and passions with the skills you've learned and establish your personalized career and development plans
• Deliver on customer projects as a technical contributor through being an expert on Red Hat technologies and software development principles
• Constant learning and growth in technical and non-technical skills to create a well-rounded base for future career paths
• Continue expanding your internal and external network to Red Hat through communities, customers, meetups, and a range of other opportunities

What you will bring

• Passion for solving real-world problems through understanding customer's needs or constraints and solutioning through using technology
• Knowledge of backend software development methodologies, frameworks, and development principles
• Eager to dive deep into backend software development, IT automation, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure
• Well organized in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Comfortable with heavy collaboration to derive innovative solutions
• Ability to interact directly with customers across roles and organizations and clearly communicate technical and non-technical concepts
• Ability to learn quickly, grow, and adapt to new skills

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise 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.