WM- Release Engineer - RHEL Migration

WM- Release Engineer – RHEL Migration

Location: Alpharetta GA USA

1 Position JD Role: Release Engineer – RHEL Migration / Platform Modernization

Work Model: 3 day onsite required

Experience: 5-7 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

• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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