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Senior Consultant - Application/Middleware (Brazil)
The Red Hat Consulting team is seeking a Senior Consultant - Application/Middleware to join us in Brazil. This role is responsible for translating client business requirements into specific systems, applications, or process designs for very large, complex technology solutions and integrating architecture.
You will act as an advocate for the client, serving as the ultimate authority on the architecture designed to address client business problems. You will provide direction for design activities. This is often a project-based role, sometimes requiring work at customer sites. You will collaborate with the broader Sales and Technical Delivery teams to deliver solutions that enhance the Red Hat Application/Middleware suite, including J2E runtimes, business rules, API management, enterprise messaging, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), cloud computing, Red Hat OpenShift, AI, and more.
You will work closely with the account team, clients, and consultants to ensure architectural visions are communicated and delivered effectively. Consultants focus on open source technologies and must be intimately familiar with Red Hat's product offerings, while also conversant in the wider landscape of both complementing and competing products and technologies. You must have the ability to motivate and influence groups. Consulting Architects are expected to divide their time between project delivery, non-billable internal initiatives, and presales activities.
What You Will Do:
- Build, design, and present complex solutions to customers.
- Provide project and technical leadership to multiple complex projects utilizing standard project methodologies and resource management.
- Play a key role in managing client expectations.
- Define goals and tasks for delivery teams in a project as a solution lead.
- Collaborate with product teams, Product Engineering, Professional Services, and Sales teams to ensure excellent customer experience with our offerings and solutions.
- Serve as a trusted subject matter expert for customers, gain the trust of IT professionals, and build long-lasting relationships within our key accounts.
What You Will Bring:
- Bachelor's degree required; master's degree in computer science, engineering, or MBA preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in consulting services.
- 3+ years of enterprise architecture experience.
- Proven architecture experience using cloud-native development, Kubernetes, agile integration, and development, continuous integration (CI), test-driven development (TDD), service-oriented architecture (SOA), message-oriented middleware (MOM), Identity and Access Management, governance, high availability, scaling, distributed applications, and clustering.
- Experience with Java development technologies like Spring Boot, WildFly Swarm, or JEE, including Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP), WildFly, Oracle WebLogic, or IBM WebSphere.
- Familiarity with Java development frameworks like Spring, Netflix OSS, Eclipse Vert.x, or Play and other technologies like Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Go, or .NET.
- Solid verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Strong facilitation skills.
- Ability to manage both time and workload independently.
- Expertise in designing implementation solutions to deliver expected business outcomes applying application and technology capabilities.
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle practices, including Agile (e.g., Scrum), Waterfall, and Incremental.
- Fluency in English is mandatory.
- Willingness to travel up to 50%.
Considered a Plus:
- Experience with Red Hat JBoss, Camel, 3scale, Kafka, AI, and Red Hat Openshift.
- Knowledge of the Red Hat Middleware portfolio.
- Fluency in Spanish.
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.
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