Release Engineer – RHEL Migration​/Platform Modernization

Release Engineer – RHEL Migration / Platform Modernization (Contract)

Contract (6 months)

Published 23 hours ago

Automation & Scripting, vulnerability management, configuration management, CI/CD, Containerization / Orchestration

• 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
• Refactor legacy container workflows from Docker to Podman
• Architect and maintain Rancher‑managed Kubernetes environments
• Support migration to RHEL9 Universal Base Images (UBI)
• Develop and maintain Jenkins pipelines using Groovy shared libraries
• Build automation tools and API integrations using Python
• Support scalable code‑based CI/CD pipelines
• Review vulnerability scan reports and remediate identified CVEs
• Ensure compliance with RHEL9 security standards and benchmarks
• Maintain secure software supply chain practices

• Strong hands‑on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), especially RHEL9
• Linux administration and troubleshooting expertise
• 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

• 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
• Preferred:
  Candidates with real experience in platform engineering, CI/CD, containerization, and OS modernization
• Good communication skills required due to client‑facing interactions

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $39.30/hour - $61.40/hour. Benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage;

return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.