RH Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) Architect

Kforce has a client that is seeking a RH Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) Architect in Raleigh, NC.

Summary: 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.

Key Responsibilities: Strategy & Architecture Design:

Conduct solutions design sessions to identify current upgrade pain points

Assist the team with designing and documenting future state upgrade processes

Automation & Execution:

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 Engineering teams

Refine automation processes to support diverse system types across the infrastructure

Validation & Documentation:

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 knowledgebase 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 Project Manager to ensure transparency on project status, risks, and decision-making

Proven experience with RHEL deployment, hardening, and operations

Hands-on experience with Leapp for RHEL in-place upgrades

Experience in creating technical documentation and knowledge-base assets

Experience in managing technical scope and communicating progress to executive stakeholders

Strong proficiency in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and building automation workflows

Strong troubleshooting capabilities, including coordination with vendor engineering teams

Ability to facilitate technical workshops and lead architectural decision-making

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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