Specialist Solution Architect-Ansible

The Red Hat FSI Canada Sales team is seeking a Specialist Solutions Architect Ansible to join us in the Greater Toronto area. In this role, you will support the Ansible Sales team and provide pre-sales technical support to prospects. Position really needs person in the Greater Toronto Area.

What you will do:

• You'll work with key customers both on site and remotely to build a relationship of trust and confidence between Red Hat and the customers' engineering, development, and operations teams.
• To be successful, you'll need to gain an understanding of the customers business needs and align those needs with the capabilities of our solutions.
• You will also play a crucial role in bringing together internal cross-functional teams to satisfy our most challenging customers.
• You'll serve as the customer advocate with these teams to architect the best solution and ensure that it is implemented and supported in an innovative and reliable way.

What you will bring

• 3+ years of experience working in the Automation space 
• 3-5 years of experience in a developer, solution architect, enterprise architect, or consulting delivery role, with a focus on Automation 
•  A solid foundation of Automation market trends and experience with customers at C-level - Advanced knowledge of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, with demonstrable capability in automating infrastructure, networking (esp. Cisco), and security solutions 
• Experience in architecting and implementing automation solutions such as Puppet, Chef, SaltStack, Terraform, etc. 
• Good knowledge of UNIX or Linux systems, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Satellite, and related technologies 
• Proven record of developing relationships at engineering, commercial, and executive levels throughout large enterprise IT organizations
• Ability to orchestrate proofs of concept from initiation to business closure stages 
• Red Hat Certification (Red Hat Certified Engineer, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Managing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform, or Red Hat Certified Architect) is highly desirable - Degree in Computing and/or Engineering is desirable   
• Fluency in English and French proficiency is an asset 

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