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Through a series of interactions both in-person and remote the Telco Cloud Architect will win the trust and confidence of their engineering, development and operations teams by aligning their requirements and use cases with the functional capabilities of the solution.\nThe Telco Cloud Architect will have thorough working knowledge and hands-on experience with OpenShift and OpenStack based cloud infrastructures to support applications providing virtualized/containerized network functions (VNF/CNF) to the telco industry. Successful candidates will bring a wealth of industry experience and domain expertise to play a leading role in the design and project delivery of these business critical solutions, and therefore will need a strong working knowledge of Agile project methodologies, as well as DevOps models and technologies.\nThe Red Hat Telco Cloud Architect will also play a critical role in bringing together cross-functional teams from Red Hat’s product business units, product engineering, support, consulting, and sales to meet the needs of these demanding customers.\nWhat you will do:\nOwn the architecture, design, and successful delivery of large-scale telco cloud platforms built on OpenShift and automation frameworks\n\nWinning the confidence of our prospective customers through the successful delivery of discovery, analysis and design workshops that shape and influence the customer’s use cases and architecture design decisions to align with the Red Hat solution.\n\nLead consulting teams through successful customer pilot and production deployments.\n\nThe design, creation and delivery of content that enables the broader Red Hat organization to sell (pre-sales), service (consulting) and support (CEE) our Telco solutions at scale.\n\nWork closely with product business units, product engineering, consulting, support, and sales to ensure a world-class customer experience with Red Hat’s products.\n\nContribute to the development of repeatable methodologies and tools designed to scale Red Hat’s services capabilities, promote repeatable customer engagements, and lower delivery risk.\n\nDemonstrate thought leadership in the Telco community by producing world-class white papers, webinars, etc. and speaking at industry leading conferences.\n\nThis role operates at the intersection of pre-sales, architecture, and delivery - shaping customer strategy while ensuring real-world implementation success in complex, high-stakes environments.\nYou will deal with:\nMulti-cluster telco platforms (hub/spoke, edge)\n\nCNF/VNF onboarding challenges\n\nAutomation (ZTP, GitOps, Day 2 ops)\n\nCustomers with incomplete processes and unclear ownership\n\nIntegration with legacy OSS/BSS and network systems\n\nPre-sales engagements where requirements are evolving and realistic expectations must be shaped under time pressure\n\nIn this context, you will design and deliver:\nDistributed OpenShift-based platforms across core and edge\n\nCNF/VNF onboarding and lifecycle management workflows\n\nAutomated deployment and operations pipelines (ZTP, GitOps, Ansible)\n\nEnd-to-end integration with customer network and IT systems\n\nPre-sales deliverables including architecture-driven Statements of Work (SoW), effort estimations, and service scoping aligned with real delivery constraints\n\nWhat you will bring:\nBachelor's degree or above in Telecommunications or other network-related Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent industry certification.\n\nDeep knowledge of modern telco networks and protocols and their implementation in software based solutions\n\nDeep knowledge and experience designing and delivering cloud and automation technology for telco network platforms via distributed cross-functional teams.\n\nBroad and deep technical experience and hands-on skills with open source cloud and virtualization technologies including OpenShift, OpenStack, Software Defined Storage and Ansible Automation, all in a telco network environment.\n\nStrong background in consultative customer engagements with either a major software vendor, systems integrator, a network equipment provider, or a telco services provider.\n\nFlexible, creative, solution sales mentality and the ability to work in a complex innovative environment with diverse cross functional teams and multiple products and services\n\nThe ability to self-study and quickly learn and put into practice new technologies\n\nOutstanding verbal and written communications skills in English and French, including extensive experience presenting to C-level executives at large firms.\n\nAbout Red Hat\nRed Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterpriseopen 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.\nInclusion at Red Hat\nRed 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 different 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 that compose our global village.\nEqual Opportunity Policy (EEO)\nRed Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.\nRed Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. 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