Automation Practice Consultant

Ingram Micro


Date: 13 hours ago
Area: Kallang, Central
Contract type: Full time
Key Responsibilities

GTM Strategy

  • Define and lead Ingram Micro’s automation and observability practice strategy across Red Hat, IBM, and Elastic portfolios.
  • Develop and maintain reusable solution offerings, partner playbooks, reference architectures, and use cases.
  • Align with vendor and internal sales leadership to drive pipeline growth and practice expansion.

Partner Enablement & Technical Capacity Building

  • Build and deliver robust enablement programs to uplift partner technical capabilities across:
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and OpenShift
    • IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps, Turbonomic, Instana
    • Elastic Stack (ELK) – including observability, SIEM, and APM solutions
  • Lead bootcamps, technical workshops, webinars, and labs for Ingram Micro partners and resellers.
  • Guide partners through solution design, certifications, and delivery readiness.

Presales & Solution Development

  • Support strategic partner opportunities by providing technical consultation, solution validation, and architecture leadership.
  • Co-develop proofs-of-concept and pilots in collaboration with partners and vendors.
  • Ensure seamless integration of Red Hat, IBM, and Elastic tools with cloud, DevOps, and ITSM ecosystems (e.g., ServiceNow, Azure/AWS, GitOps).

Thought Leadership & Ecosystem Collaboration

  • Act as the thought leader representing Ingram Micro in external forums, partner events, and industry panels.
  • Collaborate closely with Red Hat, IBM, Solarwinds and Elastic technical teams to ensure solution roadmap alignment and co-selling support.
  • Maintain a strong pulse on emerging trends in automation, AI-driven operations, and observability.

Required Skills And Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5- 8+ years of experience in automation, solution architecture, or practice leadership in a B2B technology environment.
  • Proven expertise in:
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform & OpenShift
    • IBM Automation Stack (Cloud Pak for AIOps, Instana, Turbonomic)
    • Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash, APM, SIEM)
  • Strong track record of building partner practices, developing GTM programs, and supporting solution sales.
  • Strong experience in cloud environments: AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks, observability pipelines, and integration architectures.
  • Exceptional presentation, facilitation, and partner engagement skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Red Hat Certified Specialist (Ansible, OpenShift)
  • IBM Certified Professional – Cloud Pak for AIOps / Instana
  • Elastic Certified Engineer or Observability Specialist
  • Knowledge of ITSM, DevOps pipelines, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD), and cloud-native architectures
  • Experience working in a distributor-led model with strong partner/channel exposure (Ingram Micro experience is a plus)
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