About the Field CTO Organization The Field CTO organization at RedHat exists to deeply engage with executive and technical leaders in accelerating transformation towards "whats next." We serve as executive trusted advisors and technical leaders, promoting RedHats vision and solving complex business challenges through collaborative, engineered solutions. We bridge the gap between our customers unique needs and our Product and Global Engineering teams to influence the future of our portfolio. Role Summary The Senior Chief Architect is a highimpact, strategic leadership role responsible for shaping the technical direction for RedHats most significant accounts across APAC, with a specific focus on Regulated Industries (Financial Services, Public Sector, Healthcare, and Utilities). You will serve as a recognized global authority, driving innovation in Operational Resilience and PolicyasCode to help customers navigate complex regulatory landscapes. By leveraging Enterprise Automation and AIOps, you will guide organizations in building selfhealing, compliant, and highly available hybrid cloud environments. This role requires a blend of deep technical mastery, industryspecific foresight, and the ability to influence Clevel decisionmakers. What you will do Strategic Customer Advocacy & Trusted Advisor Act as a consulted resource for verticalspecific challenges in earlystage strategic conversations. Partner with Clevel executives in regulated sectors to align their business goals with emerging technology trends (e.g., Operational Resilience regulations in Finance or CPS230 in Australia). Lead platform maturity assessments to map customer maturity and align multiyear platform adoption strategies. Identify unaddressed technology gaps during technical win pursuits and orchestrate coengineering efforts to bridge them. Technical Strategy & Innovation (Vertical Focus) Operational Resilience: Define architectural patterns that ensure continuous availability and rapid recovery in missioncritical environments. ComplianceasCode: Architect solutions using PolicyasCode frameworks to automate regulatory alignment and security governance. AIOps & Automation: Drive the vision for ZeroTouch operations by integrating AIOps into enterprisewide automation strategies. Hybrid Cloud: Modernize legacy infrastructure into flexible, modular hybrid cloud platforms using Kubernetes and GitOps. Thought Leadership & Market Influence Represent RedHat as a technical authority at major global and regional forums, both external and internal (e.g., KubeCon, Open Source Summit, AWS re:Invent, RedHat Summit). Publish influential contentwhitepapers, blogs, and reference architectureshighlighting innovation in Regulated Industries. Contribute to upstream opensource communities or industry standards organizations to shape the future of regulated technology. Internal Enablement & Feedback Loop Bridge to Engineering: Sense strategic signals from the market and synthesize them into actionable insights for RedHats Product and Global Engineering (P&GE) teams. Scale Expertise: Mentor senior architects and field technical teams, acting as a sponsor for technical career growth within the region. Validated Patterns: Develop and maintain Validated Solution Patterns that turn complex, oneoff customer successes into repeatable business value. Key Results & Measures of Success Executive Support: Support identified strategic customers through meetings, assessments, and Executive Briefing Centers (EBCs). Influence Strategic Deals: Advance strategic deals ($>1M ARR) through direct architectural intervention. Thought Leadership: Publish influential content pieces (blog, video, podcast, or demo) per quarter. Public Speaking: Deliver highimpact technical presentations at strategic industries. Community & Coengineering: Lead coengineering project resulting in a technical artifact (Validated Pattern or Blueprint) and contribute to relevant upstream opensource projects. What you will bring Technology Expertise Mastery of Hybrid Cloud: Deep experience with Kubernetesbased platforms (OpenShift) across onprem and public clouds. Compliance & Security: Practical experience with PolicyasCode (OPA, Kyverno) and automated compliance frameworks. Automation & AIOps: Proven track record with Enterprise Automation (Ansible) and AI/ML pipelines for operational use cases (MLOps). Reliability Engineering: Strong understanding of SRE principles and Operational Resilience strategies. Industry & Leadership Experience Regulated Markets: 12+ years of experience in senior technology roles, with at least 5 years specifically serving Financial Services, Government, or other highly regulated sectors. Strategic Influence: Experience influencing Csuite stakeholders on multimillion dollar technology investments. Open Source: Demonstrated commitment to opensource principles and community engagement. General Requirements Exceptional communication and storytelling skills; ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes. Proven ability to lead crossfunctional squads across Sales, Services, and Engineering without direct authority. Willingness to travel across the APAC region to engage with key customers and partners. What Youll Gain Global Impact: The platform to influence the roadmap of the worlds leading opensource enterprise software provider. Innovation Freedom: A unique mandate to think beyond the truck and prototype solutions for tomorrows challenges. Industry Recognition: Opportunity to build a #J-18808-Ljbffr
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