About the Role
The Global Services Cross-Platform Team is seeking a Security Technical Account Manager to support customers with Project Lightwell. This role involves providing expert-level support and mentorship to enterprise customers, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and acting as a primary contact for major incidents.
Responsibilities
- Liaise with Red Hat Product Security and partners on behalf of customers.
- Provide guidance on general and industry-specific security paradigms.
- Offer analytical support for security monitoring and findings in RH software.
- Provide analytical support for security impacts from planned RH software changes.
- Offer timely diagnostic and remediation advice for security concerns.
- Mentor security and operations staff on security attributes and best practices for RH software.
- Facilitate customer use of the Project Lightwell clearinghouse for scanning, triage, patching, and backporting.
- Collaborate with Red Hat Consulting to accelerate the software development lifecycle and OS patching.
- Manage and grow customer relationships through attentive, relationship-based support.
- Build trust with customers and serve as their advocate within Red Hat.
- Perform technical reviews and share knowledge to prevent issues.
- Understand customers’ technical infrastructures, environments, hardware, and offerings.
- Create customer engagement plans and maintain documentation on customer environments.
- Support enterprise customers implementing automated and containerized cloud application platform solutions.
- Perform initial or secondary investigations and respond to support requests.
- Partner closely with Red Hat's engineering, product management, and technical support teams to resolve issues.
- Contribute to the Red Hat knowledge base and share best practices.
- Participate in internal projects and initiatives, serving as a subject-matter expert and mentor.
- Deliver key portfolio updates and assist customers with upgrades.
- Manage customer use cases and maintain case documentation.
- Engage with Red Hat's solutions engineering teams to develop solution patterns.
- Engage with Red Hat's field teams, customers, and partners to ensure a positive cloud technology experience.
- Handle complex problems innovatively.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Security and the Red Hat portfolio.
Requirements
- Associates' or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline.
- Red Hat Certified: RHCE (RHCA preferred).
- Security Certification (CISSP, CCSP, CompTIA Security +, (ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity (CC), Certified Ethical Hacker) preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives.
- Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams.
- 10+ years of experience in a security role, customer support, development, engineering, or quality assurance (QA) organization.
- Ability to manage and grow existing enterprise customer relationships by delivering proactive, relationship-based support.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
- Competent comprehension of enterprise architecture and strategic business drivers.
- Ability to manage multiple issues and projects with a focus on detail.
- Application development and release engineering experience/knowledge.
- Great understanding of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) concepts.
- Experience with or working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible.
- Aptitude to learn new technologies quickly, including container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, and microservices on container platforms.
- Willingness to travel to customer locations if required.
- Ability to travel internationally.
- Executive presence and communication skills in both English and Japanese.
- Must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
Skills
- Security
- Application Development practices (Java/Python/JavaScript)
- Red Hat Enterprise ecosystem (RHEL, Satellite, Ansible automation)
- Collaboration skills
- Open-source software
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Red Hat’s technology portfolio
- Developer
- Consultant
- Solutions Architect
- English
- Japanese
Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience
Education Level
- Associates' or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline
About the Company
- Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
- Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure.
- We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment.
- We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
- We deliver hardened solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.
- At Red Hat, our commitment to open source extends beyond technology into virtually everything we do.
- We collaborate and share ideas, create inclusive communities, and welcome diverse perspectives from all Red Hatters, no matter their role.
- Some of the most knowledgeable and passionate people in the technology industry work here.
- Whether we’re building software, championing our products, or training new associates, we’re collaborating openly to make a difference in the world of open source and beyond.
Equal Opportunity
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- When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation.
- Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated.
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