Red Hat Engineer/Architect – Cloud Technology Consulting

About the role

EY's Cloud and Technology Consulting practice is expanding its hybrid cloud capability across the Middle East. The role is hands‑on, client‑facing and based in Amman, focusing on designing, building, operating and improving Red Hat‑based platforms in on‑premises, hybrid and public cloud environments.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and implement Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform across on‑premises data centres and public clouds, including multi‑cluster and hybrid topologies.
• Design and maintain RHEL standard operating environments, hardened images, patching baselines and lifecycle management using Red Hat Satellite.
• Build infrastructure automation with Ansible Automation Platform and GitOps tools such as Argo CD and OpenShift GitOps.
• Define platform services – ingress, service mesh, API gateway, container registries, secrets and certificate lifecycle.
• Support day‑two operations: cluster upgrades, capacity management, performance tuning, incident and problem management.
• Implement observability using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenShift monitoring and logging, integrating with enterprise SIEM and ITSM tools.
• Embed security and regulatory controls using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security, policies and compliance‑as‑code.
• Participate in client workshops, design authority sessions and produce high‑level/low‑level designs, migration roadmaps and operating models.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform engineering or solution architecture with hands‑on OpenShift delivery.
• Strong knowledge of RHEL, OpenShift, Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite.
• Experience supporting hybrid environments spanning on‑premises and at least one public cloud (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud).
• Ability to translate business, security and regulatory requirements into practical platform designs.

Required skills

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Ansible Automation Platform
• Red Hat Satellite
• Kubernetes networking, storage and RBAC
• Public cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud
• GitOps tooling: Argo CD, OpenShift GitOps
• Observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenShift monitoring and logging
• Security controls: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security, Advanced Cluster Management
• Scripting: Bash, Python (Terraform knowledge advantageous)

What we offer

• Regional exposure through complex cloud and platform‑transformation engagements across the Middle East.
• Development opportunities in Red Hat engineering, hybrid cloud architecture, automation and governance.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across cloud, cybersecurity, data, integration and risk.
• Chance to contribute reusable assets and grow EY’s cloud capability.