Consulting Architect, APAC Services

About the Job:

Be the expert customers turn to when they need to build strategic, scalable systems. Red Hat Services is looking for a well-rounded Architect to join our team in Mumbai covering Asia Pacific. In this role, you will design and implement modern platforms, onboard and build cloud-native applications, and lead architecture engagements using the latest open source technologies.

Youll be part of a team of consultants who are leaders in open hybrid cloud, platform modernisation, automation, and emerging practices - including foundational AI integration. Working in agile teams alongside our customers, youll build, test, and iterate on innovative prototypes that drive real business outcomes.

This role is ideal for architects who can work across application, infrastructure, and modern AI-enabling platforms like Red Hat OpenShift AI. If you're passionate about open source, building solutions that scale, and shaping the future of how enterprises innovate this is your opportunity.

What will you do:

• Design and implement modern platform architectures with a strong understanding of Red Hat OpenShift, container orchestration, and automation at scale.
• Strong experience in managing Day-2 operations of Kubernetes container platforms by collaborating with infrastructure teams in defining practices for platform deployment, platform hardening, platform observability, monitoring and alerting, capacity management, scalability, resiliency, security operations.
• Lead the discovery, architecture, and delivery of modern platforms and cloud-native applications, using technologies such as containers, APIs, microservices, and DevSecOps patterns.
• Collaborate with customer teams to co-create AI-ready platforms, enabling future use cases with foundational knowledge of AI/ML workloads.
• Remain hands-on with development and implementation especially in prototyping, MVP creation, and agile iterative delivery.
• Present strategic roadmaps and architectural visions to customer stakeholders, from engineers to executives.
• Support technical presales efforts, workshops, and proofs of concept, bringing in business context and value-first thinking.
• Create reusable reference architectures, best practices, and delivery models, and mentor others in applying them.
• Contribute to the development of standard consulting offerings, frameworks, and capability playbooks.

What will you bring:

• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Red Hat OpenShift or equivalent platforms
• In-depth expertise in managing multiple Kubernetes clusters across multi-cloud environments.
• Proven expertise in operationalisation of Kubernetes container platform through the adoption of Service Mesh, GitOps principles, and Serverless frameworks
• Migrating from XKS to OpenShift
• Proven leadership of modern software and platform transformation projects
• Hands-on coding experience in multiple languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go)
• Experience with infrastructure as code, automation tools, and CI/CD pipelines
• Practical understanding of microservices, API design, and DevOps practices
• Applied experience with agile, scrum, and cross-functional team collaboration
• Ability to advise customers on platform and application modernisation, with awareness of how platforms support emerging AI use cases.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with both technical and business audiences
• Willingness to travel up to 40% of the time

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift AI, Open Data Hub, or similar MLOps platforms
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML, including containerized AI workloads, model deployment, open source AI frameworks
• Familiarity with AI architectures (e.g., RAG, model inference, GPU-aware scheduling)
• Engagement in open source communities or contributor background