Release Engineer – RHEL Migration / Platform Modernization

Hi,

Title – Release Engineer – RHEL Migration / Platform Modernization

Location – Alpharetta, GA ( Hybrid 3 days onsite)

12+ Months (only W2 No C2C)

Experience: 8–10 years overall experience in Linux / Platform Engineering environments, with 5+ years of strong hands-on experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration, engineering, and modernization initiatives including RHEL9 exposure.

Role Overview:

Looking for a strong Release Engineer / Platform Engineer to support an enterprise infrastructure modernization initiative focused on migrating environments from RHEL7 to RHEL9. The role involves platform modernization, containerization, CI/CD automation, package engineering, and security/vulnerability remediation.

Key Responsibilities:

1. OS Migration & Package Engineering

- Execute migration of applications/services from RHEL7 to RHEL9

- Resolve binary compatibility and library dependency issues

- Build and compile open-source packages from source code

- Troubleshoot package and dependency-related issues

- Manage lifecycle of RPM packages

2. Containerization & Orchestration

- Refactor legacy container workflows from Docker to Podman

- Architect and maintain Rancher-managed Kubernetes environments

- Support migration to RHEL9 Universal Base Images (UBI)

3. Automation & CI/CD

- Develop and maintain Jenkins pipelines using Groovy shared libraries

- Build automation tools and API integrations using Python

- Support scalable code-based CI/CD pipelines

4. Vulnerability & Security Management

- Review vulnerability scan reports and remediate identified CVEs

- Ensure compliance with RHEL9 security standards and benchmarks

- Maintain secure software supply chain practices

Required Technical Skills:

- Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), especially RHEL9

- Linux administration and troubleshooting expertise

- Python development/scripting experience

- Groovy scripting for Jenkins DSL

- Experience with Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Rancher

- Strong Jenkins CI/CD experience

- Experience with Make, CMake, GCC build systems

- Vulnerability remediation and security hardening experience

- Experience with Ansible for large-scale OS configuration

Important Notes:

- Strong hands-on engineering depth is critical

- Please avoid purely support/admin profiles

- Candidates should have real experience in platform engineering, CI/CD, containerization, and OS modernization

- Good communication skills required due to client-facing interviews