RH Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) Principle Consultnant SMR

RHJP00012404

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RH Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) Principle Consultant SME

Role Details

• Start Date: Tentatively - ASAP
• This role requires a background check, fingerprinting and onboarding process which typically takes 4-6 weeks. The start date is dependent on completion of these requirements.
• Note - Candidate must be able to pass a background check and willing to sign financial disclosure forms with the customer

Job Summary

reopening this JP for more resumes. The team would like to see more candidates and they are looking for the below. Please withdraw candidates who do not meet the requirements and submit qualified resumes

"A lot of the candidates lack the rhel experience we are looking for. We even call out we want someone with 15+ years of RHEL and multiple of the candidates barely mention rhel or haven't worked with it very long"

Role Details

• Start Date: Tentatively - ASAP
• This role requires a background check, fingerprinting and onboarding process which typically takes 4-6 weeks. The start date is dependent on completion of these requirements.
• Note - Candidate must be able to pass a background check and willing to sign financial disclosure forms with the customer
• Duration: 13-Months (ending December 2027)
• Weekly Hours: 40
• Required Work Hours:
• Primary Customer is located in London, must be willing to work EST hours.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior RHEL Engineer to provide technical expertise to a financial services customer, executing in-place RHEL upgrades and automating OS security and patching processes.

In this role, you will lead the strategy and execution of identifying, designing, and automating CI/CD components to accelerate patching and upgrade timelines. You will act as the technical lead, bridging the gap between current state architecture and a modern, automated upgrade workflow.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Architecture Design:
• Conduct solutions design sessions to identify current upgrade pain points.
• Assist the Customer with identifying automation opportunities and designing and documenting future state patching / upgrade processes.
• Automation & Execution:
• Execute RHEL in-place upgrades across RHEL 7, 8, 9 & 10
• Develop automation to improve the speed and reliability of certification and distribution of kernel/OS config snapshots.
• Investigating Kpatch and identifying opportunities to use it as an even faster route to deploy in some scenarios.
• Develop and refine automation playbooks for snapshot, upgrade, rollback, and patching commit tasks.
• Execute the patching / upgrade workflow and troubleshoot alongside Red Hat Engineering teams.
• Refine automation processes to support diverse system types across the infrastructure.
• Documentation:
• Create and maintain a standard RHEL patching / upgrade workflow (pre-analysis, remediation, snapshot, validation, rollback, and commit).
• Build a knowledge-base for the in-place upgrade process for internal release.
• Technical Oversight & Facilitation:
• 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 Red Hat Project Manager to ensure transparency on project status, risks, and decision-making.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Proven 15+ years of experience with RHEL deployments, hardening, and operations.
• Proven understanding of CI/CD pipelines and engagement experience with automating processes to accelerate deployment timelines.
• Strong proficiency in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and building automation workflows.
• Understanding of Kpatch and applicable use cases
• Strong proficiency in Shell and Batch scripting
• 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.
• Note - Candidate must be able to pass a background check and willing to sign financial disclosure forms with the customer
• Start:10/16 - after background checks are completed

Duration

13-Months (ending December 2027)Location

Remote - Primary Customer is located in London, must be willing to work EST hours.