Architect – Red Hat OpenShift & Cloud-Native Solutions

Architect – Red Hat OpenShift & Cloud-Native Solutions

The Red Hat Professional Services Team is seeking an experienced Architect specialising in Red Hat OpenShift to join our Auckland, New Zealand office. In this role, you will act as a solution lead for delivery teams, leading Discovery Sessions to accurately scope cloud-native and containerisation solutions and defining the technical goals and execution tasks necessary for successful project completion. You will combine hands-on technical delivery with customer expectation management, while actively supporting pre-sales activities and contributing to the internal growth of Red Hat’s consulting practice.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Success & Delivery:

• Deliver standard OpenShift and cloud-native solution implementations while playing a key role in actively managing customer expectations.
• Act as a technical solution lead on delivery projects, defining clear goals and execution tasks for delivery teams in close collaboration with Project Managers.
• Confidently explain project architecture, container strategies and enterprise Kubernetes designs to customer stakeholders and fellow associates.

Pre-Sales & Account Strategy:

• Lead Discovery Sessions in your area of expertise, helping enterprise clients map out their container adoption and cloud-native journeys.
• Partner with local account teams to build concrete delivery approaches for identified business opportunities.
• Translate complex Kubernetes and cloud-native concepts into clear, accessible language for non-technical business stakeholders.

Team Leadership & Communication:

• Continuously and confidently communicate project status and technical architecture to mid-level management and cross-functional teams.
• Mentor peers and junior associates up to and including the Architect role level.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, provide consistent Red Hat messaging and corporate alignment across all client and internal communications.

Internal Giveback & Community:

• Conduct technical screening assessments for prospective technical hires up to your role level.

• Participate actively in internal Promotion Panels to evaluate and support regional peer growth.

• Requirements & Qualifications

Technical Mastery:

• 2+ years experience (expert-level technical knowledge) in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (Kubernetes, container security, cloud-native architecture).
• Deep understanding of Red Hat OpenShift, its operators, built-in tools and automated management capabilities such as GitOps, Pipelines, Service Mesh and Observability. As well as the Management, Security, Storage and registry tools included in OpenShift Platform Plus. TALM and ZTP experience would be highly regarde