Release Engineer - RHEL Migration / Platform Modernization

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a Release Engineer to support an enterprise infrastructure modernization initiative focused on migrating environments from RHEL7 to RHEL9.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), especially RHEL9
• Python development/scripting experience
• Groovy scripting for Jenkins DSL
• 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
• Real experience in platform engineering, CI/CD, containerization, and OS modernization

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Relocation