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Associate Consultant - DV/Defence

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.

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Join Red Hat Consulting and lead the on-site delivery and implementation of cutting-edge technologies that empower customers with freedom, flexibility, choice, and performance. As an Associate Consultant in the UK, you will work closely with our defence customers to understand their infrastructure and business needs, delivering tailored recommendations and technical solutions. You'll leverage your deep expertise in cloud technologies in a dynamic, fast-paced environment to drive adoption of Red Hat’s open source solutions. Requires active UK highest defence security clearance.

What you will do:

  • Act as a subject matter expert on-site, addressing customers’ technical, developmental, and strategic IT requirements

  • Lead efforts in problem identification, system architecture design, software specification, testing, and deployment

  • Recommend and implement open source solutions to solve complex business challenges

  • Continuously learn and apply new technologies to meet evolving customer needs

  • Effectively respond to incidents, escalations, and critical issues

  • Provide clear, actionable recommendations aligned with Red Hat's technologies

What you will bring:

  • Proven experience in Linux system administration and performance tuning

  • Hands-on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, or similar container platforms

  • Strong background in enterprise cloud implementations and business impact assessments

  • Experience with virtualization technologies in large-scale enterprise environments

  • Familiarity with cloud management tools and platforms

  • Proficient in automation technologies such as Red Hat Ansible, Chef, or Puppet

  • Strong communication skills to convey value, progress, and project metrics to stakeholders

  • Excellent problem-solving, project management, and planning abilities

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

  • Willingness to travel up to 25-50%

About Red Hat

Red 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.

Inclusion at Red Hat
Red 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.

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
Red 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.


Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.


Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email application-assistance@redhat.com. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.

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Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.

Red 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, uniformed services, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

Employee benefits

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Donation match

100% match up to $750.

Disability insurance

Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance.

Paid parental leave

Paid family leave for all parents to support you and your family.

Generous vacation

We have a generous 20 days PTO policy to help encourage work life balance.

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5000+ employees

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1993

Chief executive officer

Matt Hicks

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