Sr. Consultant - RH Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL)

IntelliPro Group Inc.•Raleigh, NC

10d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a RHEL Engineer to 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.

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.

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 Red Hat 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 Red Hat Project Manager to ensure transparency on project status, risks, and decision-making.