Consultant / Platform Consultant

Role Overview

foundation role for platform consulting

• Ansible Automation
• Red Hat OpenShift
• OpenStack
• Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  

Global exposure

on-site opportunities

Key Responsibilities

Customer-facing platform delivery

• Participate in enterprise customer engagements involving:
• Platform deployments
• Infrastructure modernization
• Platform upgrades and lifecycle operations
• Execute assigned implementation tasks aligned to solution architecture and project plans.
• Support configuration, validation, and stabilization of platform components.
• Collaborate with KubeRox architects/SMEs and customer stakeholders during delivery and support phases.
• Build a deeper understanding of platform behavior beyond task execution ("why" behind the steps).
  

Consulting & execution discipline

• Troubleshoot issues using strong Linux and system-level fundamentals (logs, processes, services, networking).
• Follow structured delivery processes, governance, and quality standards.
• Contribute to customer-facing documentation (as-built docs, operational guides, SOPs, runbooks).
• Take progressive ownership of platform components and delivery workstreams.
• Maintain professional communication with customers and internal teams.
  

Required Skills And Experience

Mandatory Linux fundamentals

• 3–4 years of hands-on Linux administration experience in production environments.
• Strong understanding of:
• Linux boot process, system, services
• Process, memory, CPU, disk, and I/O troubleshooting
• Filesystems, LVM, permissions, ACLs
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewall basics)
• Log analysis and root-cause troubleshooting
• Shell scripting (bash) for automation and diagnostics.
  

Desired Attributes

• Willingness to move into platform and consulting roles.
• Comfort working in customer environments and participating in delivery discussions.
• Ownership mindset, learning attitude, and ability to work with structure and deadlines.
• Openness to learn one or more technology towers (OpenShift/OpenStack/NKP/Ansible) as part of the growth path.
  

Nice to have

• Exposure to virtualization, private cloud, or enterprise infrastructure stacks.
• Familiarity with automation tools, Git basics, or CI/CD concepts.
• Basic understanding of containers/Kubernetes concepts.