Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) Senior Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in Raleigh, NC that is seeking an Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) Senior Consultant.

Job Summary:
The Senior Consultant will provide technical expertise and advisory services supporting a leading financial services customer with the deployment, hardening, and operations of RHEL10 from previous RHEL versions. In this role, you will lead the strategy, automation, and execution of RHEL in-place upgrades, ensuring a standardized, repeatable, and scalable transition for an enterprise environment. You will act as the technical lead, bridging the gap between current state architecture and a modern, automated upgrade workflow.

Key Responsibilities:
* Conduct solutions design sessions to identify current upgrade pain points
* Assist the Customer with designing and documenting future state upgrade processes
* Orchestrate and communicate the in-place upgrade plan to relevant stakeholders
* Develop and refine automation playbooks for snapshot, upgrade, rollback, and upgrade commit tasks
* Add RHEL IPU (In-place Upgrade) Job Templates to AAP
* Execute the upgrade workflow and troubleshoot alongside Client Engineering teams
* Refine automation processes to support diverse system types across the infrastructure
* Develop procedures to validate application hosts before and after the in-place upgrade process
* Create and maintain a standard RHEL upgrade workflow (pre-analysis, remediation, snapshot, validation, rollback, and commit)
* Build a knowledge-base for the in-place upgrade process for internal release
* Facilitate workshops to fill technical knowledge gaps and capture upgrade dependencies
* Identify beta users and test/validate the upgrade process at scale
* Provide weekly status reports to the Client Project Manager to ensure transparency on project status, risks, and decision-making

REQUIREMENTS:
* Proven experience with RHEL deployment, hardening, and operations
* Strong proficiency in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and building automation workflows
* Hands-on experience with Leapp for RHEL in-place upgrades
* Ability to facilitate technical workshops and lead architectural decision-making
* Experience in creating technical documentation and knowledge-base assets
* Strong troubleshooting capabilities, including coordination with vendor engineering teams
* Experience in managing technical scope and communicating progress to executive stakeholders

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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