Senior Technical Account Manager

Red Hat’s Technical Account Management team is looking for an enterprise-level engineer with a background in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to join us remotely in the East region of the United States as a Senior Technical Account Manager. In this role, you will work with a small set of key customers to provide direct technical and architectural guidance for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform. At Red Hat, customer support includes far more than just “break-fix” solutions. Customers get industry-leading resources that enable their technical environments to run efficiently, so they can focus on growing their businesses. Technical account management is a premium support offering that builds, maintains, and grows long-lasting customer loyalty between Red Hat and our customers. You will forge relationships with your customers, develop a deep technical understanding of their Red Hat implementation, share technical best practices and act as point of contact for any major incidents, managing the customer’s expectations and communications through resolution of such incidents. You will tailor support for each customer's environment, facilitate collaboration with their other vendors and advocate on their behalf. At the same time, you'll work closely with our engineering, research and development, product management, and technical support teams to debug, test, and resolve issues. The ideal TAM is a team player, enjoys working hard, exhibits professionalism, is dedicated to meeting and exceeding expectations, building relationships, has excellent collaboration skills, is able to learn new technologies quickly and use their time efficiently. What you will do:
• Serve as the primary customer advocate within Red Hat, facilitating communication and collaboration across teams
• Deliver Red Hat portfolio roadmap updates and assist customers with product upgrades and implementation
• Specialize in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, providing expertise on its implementation and use
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the customer's technical infrastructures, environments, hardware, and product usage
• Investigate and respond to support requests via various channels, including online, phone, video call, chat, etc.
• Manage customer cases, maintaining clear and concise documentation
• Collaborate with engineering, R&D, product management, and technical support teams
• Manage and grow customer relationships through attentive, relationship-based support
• Visit customer sites as needed and ensure exceptional service experience 5+ years of experience working in a support, development, engineering, IT, or a quality assurance organization
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including installation, patch management, performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience with configuration management, application deployment, and infrastructure orchestration technologies
• Ability to manage and grow existing customer relationships by delivering proactive, relationship-based support
• Ability to convey complex information to customers clearly and concisely
• Ability to manage multiple issues and projects
• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related discipline (computer science or engineering is an advantage) Software engineering background; experience with RPM-based Linux technologies
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments
• Experience developing containerized applications
• Familiarity with source code management tools like Git or SVN
• Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 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. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage ● Flexible Spending Account
- healthcare and dependent care ● Health Savings Account
- high deductible medical plan ● Retirement 401(k) with employer match ● Paid time off and holidays ● Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave ● Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimburseme