Senior Cloud Architect

About the role

The Red Hat Consulting team is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to join us in Dubai. You will act as a subject‑matter expert on Red Hat’s infrastructure and cloud technologies, guiding customers on automation, reliability, scalability and high‑availability designs.

Key responsibilities

• Lead discovery, analysis and design workshops that shape customer cloud strategies.
• Design and scope delivery projects, steering consulting teams through pilot and production deployments.
• Create and deliver enablement content for pre‑sales, consulting and support teams.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, sales and support to ensure a world‑class customer experience.
• Develop repeatable methodologies, tools and best‑practice documentation to reduce delivery risk.
• Produce white papers, webinars and present at industry conferences as a thought leader.

Required profile

• Extensive hands‑on experience designing and implementing enterprise‑grade cloud and infrastructure solutions.
• Strong background with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related ecosystem tools.
• Proven ability to work with customers to translate business requirements into technical architectures.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Required skills

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
• Linux network configuration
• Red Hat Satellite
• Open Virtual Switch
• Active Directory
• Red Hat IDM
• Container management utilities
• Architecture design
• Storage technologies (SAN, NAS)
• Quay
• Package Management
• Containers
• Software‑defined storage
• Ansible
• Software Defined Networking (SDN)
• Ceph

What we offer

• Relocation support to the United Arab Emirates for the successful candidate.
• Opportunity to work with Red Hat’s leading open‑source cloud technologies in a fast‑paced environment.