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Job title are: 1) Linux Consultant 2) Middleware Consultant 3) Linux Instructor I & II 4) Middleware Instructor 5) Linux Solutions Architect 6) Middleware Solutions Architect Description are below. Apply online at http://www.redhat.com/about/careers/ -- grant Middleware Solutions Architect Middleware Solutions Architects are highly respected members of the Red Hat team, with broad experience in the design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise Java applications. JBoss SAs have a deep understanding of J2EE/JEE and supporting technologies with experience applying those technologies to solve real-world problems. The Solutions Architect works with the sales team to provide deep technical insight for the JBoss product suite. You will be in front of customers on a daily basis (both on the phone/web meeting and in person) and will sometimes travel to client sites. JBoss Solutions Architects can listen to customers' technical challenges and can suggest various solution paths, understanding that "one size does not fit all." In the evanglist part of the role, you will speak to Java User Groups and others about JBoss and J2EE/JEE technologies. The Product Management, Consulting/Training, Support, and Core R&D teams will collaborate with you as needed based upon your interactions with customers. This job requires constant learning about new technologies and how they can be applied to enterprises. We are looking for consultants and developers who either have some presales experience or have a natural talent for talking and presenting to different groups of people. Position provides competitive base salary plus commission. Primary Responsibilities will include: * Providing technical credibility to JBoss sales team * Answer technical questions given to sales team by prospective customers (possibly in the form of RFPs or RFIs) * Develop and conduct live demonstrations of JBoss products * Conduct live demonstrations of JBoss software products * Educate prospects on the capabilities of JBoss software products * Identifying the appropriate technologies to solve client problems * Collect and provide boilerplate responses to competitive FUD * Form relationships with clients technical staff to identify new opportunities * Contribute to JBoss products via documentation (wiki, quick-start guides, whitepapers) or development (example usage code, bug fixes, enhancements, suggestions) * Provide feedback to Product Management on product direction and feature usefulness (customer applicability) Required Skills: * Standard Java Programming (J2SE/JSE APIs like JDBC, JNDI, JAXP, JAAS, etc.) * Enterprise Java Programming (J2EE/JEE APIs like EJB, Servlet/JSP/JSF, JMS, JAX-RPC/WS, JPA, JTA, JCA, etc.) * Development/Deployment on J2EE/JEE appservers (JBoss AS, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, etc.) * Real World Enterprise Architecture (Deploying an application to production with significant usage/criticality to the business) * Communication (Listening, speaking, "knowing your audience", transmission of concepts with/without examples, etc.) * Knowledge of standard design patterns and enterprise integration patterns * Experience designing and implementing enterprise architectures and multi-tiered applications * Ability to work as part of a geographically dispersed team * Ability to constantly learn about new technologies and apply those concepts to customers needs Preferred Skills: * Database design * Consulting * Pre-Sales/Sales Engineering * Technical writing * Training (especially teaching J2EE/JEE subjects) * Multilingualism (English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese) Job Requirements: (standard - senior) * 4-7+ years Standard Java Development * 3-5+ years Enterprise Java Development (J2EE/JEE) * 3-5+ years System Architecture Linux Solutions Architect Job Summary The Enterprise Solutions Architect's (SA) primary role is to partner with regional Key Account Executives to achieve sales and revenue goals, evaluate technical requirements of new sales opportunities and develop technical solutions that can successfully meet the needs of prospects. Key Responsibilities * Ensure revenue quota, deployment, and service objectives are met while maintaining a high level of prospect/customer satisfaction. * A technical point of contact for prospects, customers and the sales team. * Develop and implement the technical sales strategies to help ensure Red Hat's objectives are met. * Position and present Red Hat solutions and technical proposals to prospects, customers. * Lead the gathering of architecture, design, and presentation of solutions to meet the prospect's needs. * Research and write the responses to technical sections of RFI/RFPs. * Drive and support pre-sales pilots, demonstrations, PoCs, evaluation and benchmarks. Qualifications * Comfortable with solution selling process in enterprise software market. * Strong interpersonal and organizational skills. * Excellent written, oral communication, and be proficient in presentation and client facing skills. * Advanced knowledge of UNIX, Linux, and databases. * Basic knowledge of networking and complex software integration. * Ability to work in the field in remote offices, and be self-managing with excellent time management skills. * Self-disciplined and have the ability to work independently and as part of a team. * Proficient, well-rounded experience in technical consultative selling up to C level executives. * Knowledgeable with open source technologies. * College degree or equivalent. * 3 + years experience as a Sales Engineer or equivalent supporting Enterprise accounts. Desired Qualifications * 2+ years experience in Linux/UNIX system administration/integration/development. Travel * 50-60% travel expected Middleware Instructor Position Summary * Conducts technical training courses for customers and/or employees for multiple middleware products. * Prepares lesson plans from engineering documentation, field service requirements, customer job role requirements, software technology, and/or software documentation. * Instructs participants in both classroom lectures and laboratory sessions. * Follows up to determine applicability of course material. * Interacts with customer and functional organizations to develop specifications for content of courses. * May be responsible for design and development of new advanced technical training offerings. * Works with engineering, technical support and manufacturing to ensure that course material reflects current product features and job role usage. * Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. * Participation in JBoss open source community * Ability to respond to ad-hoc curriculum modifications request by customer while on-site and provide a consistent professional customer training experience Requirements * Extensive Enterprise Java development experience, particularly on large enterprise application projects o 2-7+ years Standard Java Development o 2-5+ years Enterprise Java Development (J2EE/JEE) * Experience in at least one (preferably more than one) of the following areas: Hibernate, jBPM, JBoss Portal, JBoss Cache, JBoss Rules, JBoss Clustering * Outstanding verbal communications and presentation skills * Tact, diplomacy, professionalism, drive, resourcefulness, endurance...and a thick skin * Desire and ability to learn new technologies, often independently * Track record of working successfully on projects with limited supervision Preferred Skills * JBoss Application Server development experience, also in larger enterprise application projects * Experience with other middleware technologies, such as Weblogic and Websphere * IT training experience (we have hired a number of successful instructors with NO training experience, but who have excellent communication skills) * Knowledge of open source technology trends as well as SOA and EII * College degree in CS, Engineering, or another other analytical field a plus, other four-year degree also attractive, but not required * Ability and willingness to also do consulting engagements Linux Instructor I & II Duties * Linux Instructor I will have the following duties: o Conducts technical training for customers in the RHCE-level curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/courses/ for a complete description). Instructs participants in both classroom lectures and laboratory sessions. o Contributes to upgrade, enhancement, and maintenance of technical training offerings. o Participates in other infrastructure development, such as testing of labs, development of courseware maintenance tools, maintenance of web content, hardware maintenance. o Works day-to-day with little instruction or supervision; ability to take new assignments with general instructions. * Instructor II will (additionally) have one or more of the following additional duties: o Conducts technical training for customers in the RHCA-level curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/architect/courses/ for a complete description). o Conducts technical training for customers in the developer curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/developer/courses/ for a complete description). o Conducts technical training for customers in the security curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/security/courses/ for a complete description). o Participates in the development and creation of new courses, including: + Interacting with customers and internal personnel, including Engineering and technical and sales support, to develop specifications for course content based on customer job role requirements. + Creating new course content from specifications and from engineering documentation, software documentation, or the software itself. + Working with internal personnel to ensure that course material reflects current product features and job role usage. + Following up to determine applicability of course material to job role. + Interacting with senior internal and external personnel at all stages of the courseware development process. o Participates in development and/or maintenance of the courseware toolchain, including courseware management utilities, stylesheets, etc. Job Requirements & Qualifications * Instructor I has the following qualifications: o Knowledge of and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration, including the ability to set up a workstation (installation, filesystem management, software management using RPM and yum, user administration). o Knowledge of and experience with networking services commonly used on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, including most of the following: BIND, DHCP, NFS, FTP, Samba, sendmail, Postfix, Apache, Squid. o Knowledge of and experience securing systems and data on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system using some of the following subsystems: TCP wrappers; firewalls; encryption, including encrypted communications and encrypted files. o Mastery of user-level Linux including command line expertise. o Ability to instruct customers: lecture on technical subject matter, maintaining the attention and interest of participants; ability to answer technical questions on the fly and follow up when the answer is unknown; the ability to work patiently with participants during labs; ability to evaluate needs of customers and work in an environment with competing needs. o RHCE certification. A candidate without RHCE certification will be expected to achieve this certification before the first day of employment. o At least five years of related experience, including both system administration and teaching experience. o Ability to travel 25% to 80% based on location. Instructors located in larger cities typically travel less; instructors in cities without a Red Hat training center will travel 80% of the time. o A B.A. or B.S. is preferred but not required. * Instructor II has (additionally) one or more the following additional qualifications: o Ability to teach most elements of the RHCA-level curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/architect/courses/ for details). This includes in-depth knowledge of three or more of the following technologies: securing network services through the use of TCP wrappers, firewalls, and service-specific security methods; administration of the Red Hat Network Satellite Server; ability to install and configure virtualized systems; ability to set up clusters using Red Hat technology; ability to set up Kerberos and the Red Hat Directory Server for authorization and authentication; configuration of the GFS filesystem; performance tuning under Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o Ability to teach most elements of the developer curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/developer/courses/ for details). o Ability to teach all elements of the security curriculum (see https://www.redhat.com/training/security/courses/ for details). o iDemonstrated experience in developing original courseware: specifying courses; authoring courses; evaluting courses in the field. Knowledge of DocBook is preferred. o Demonstrated experience using DocBook and XSLT or writing complex applications in perl. HC only * Global Learning Services Instructor I.5883 * Global Learning Services Instructor II.5884 * Global Learning Services Instructor III.5885 Middleware Consultant Middleware Solutions Consultant are highly respected members of the Red Hat team, with broad experience in the design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise Java applications. Middleware consultants have a deep understanding of J2EE/JEE and supporting technologies with experience applying those technologies to solve real-world problems. The Solutions Consultant works with the Middleware Solutions Architect to deliver solutions to the client with the JBoss product suite. You will be in front of customers on a daily basis (both on the phone/web meeting and in person) and will sometimes travel to client sites. Middleware consults can listen to customers' technical challenges and can suggest and implement various solution paths, understanding that "one size does not fit all." We are looking for consultants and developers who have actual development experience with J2EE and have a natural talent for talking and presenting to different groups of people. Primary Responsibilities will include: * Implement technical solutions to customer problems * Develop and conduct live demonstrations of JBoss products * Conduct live demonstrations of JBoss software products * Educate prospects on the capabilities of JBoss software products * Identifying the appropriate technologies to solve client problems * Form relationships with clients technical staff to identify new opportunities * Contribute to JBoss products via documentation (wiki, quick-start guides, whitepapers) or development (example usage code, bug fixes, enhancements, suggestions) * Provide feedback to Product Management on product direction and feature usefulness (customer applicability) Required Skills: * Standard Java Programming (J2SE/JSE APIs like JDBC, JNDI, JAXP, JAAS, etc.) * Enterprise Java Programming (J2EE/JEE APIs like EJB, Servlet/JSP/JSF, JMS, JAX-RPC/WS, JPA, JTA, JCA, etc.) * Development/Deployment on J2EE/JEE appservers (JBoss AS, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, etc.) * Communication (Listening, speaking, "knowing your audience", transmission of concepts with/without examples, etc.) * Experience implementing enterprise architectures and multi-tiered applications * Ability to work as part of a geographically dispersed team * Ability to constantly learn about new technologies and apply those concepts to customers needs Preferred Skills: * Database design * Consulting * Technical writing * Multilingualism (English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese) * For US : TS-SCI security clearance Job Requirements: (standard - senior) * 2-7+ years Standard Java Development * 2-5+ years Enterprise Java Development (J2EE/JEE) Linux Consultant The Linux Consultant leads the onsite delivery and implementation of products and offerings from the Global Professional Services (GPS) organization of Red Hat. A highly respected and valued member of the Services team, the Consultant will have a diverse and deep understanding of enterprise Open Source and Linux usage, and experience applying those technologies appropriately. A Consultant is expected to have superb technical and communication skills, facilitating successful delivery of projects such as: providing reference architectures, proofs of concept, benchmarks, training sessions, designs, automation programs or scripts, performance enhancements, documentation, product patches, and/or other artifacts as needed. The Consultant's ability to master new technologies coupled with Red Hat's unparalleled training programs keep the Consultant in the leading edge of Red Hat's evolving technologies and allow the Consultant to advance their technical leadership. Requirements * Excellent technical skills in Unix or Linux system configuration and administration that includes some or all of these areas: networking, security, kernel modules, open source and proprietary software tools for monitoring and management, file systems, SAN storage, LDAP integration, Linux kernel and module compilations, RPM packages creation and deployment, authoring programs using scripting languages (e.g. bash, ksh, python, perl), high availability clusters and cluster file systems (install, configure, tune, test, administer). * Demonstrated experience desired with development tools (GCC, various IDEs, CVS, Rational Suite), source version control tools and source code repositories, and relational databases. * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated experience communicating value, progress, and metrics (status) of key projects to required stakeholders and diverse audiences (technical and business). * Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or ability to complete within 30 days of hire. * Ability to constantly learn about new technologies and apply those concepts to customers needs. * Ability to work as part of a geographically dispersed team * Excellent oral and written communication skills Desired Skills * 2+ years experience with Linux in a system administration or system programming role. * Advanced knowledge of Unix or Linux database administration and tuning. * Advanced knowledge of Linux kernel internals, including performance tuning experience. * Experienced implementing virtualization technologies in an enterprise setting. * Knowledgeable on Open Source technologies and the Open Source Community. Travel * 80-100% travel expected. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
