Release Engineer (Calgary)

Requirement/Must Have

• 5+ years of strong hands-on experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration, engineering, and modernization initiatives including RHEL9 exposure.
• 1+ years of experience in Linux / Platform Engineering environments.

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

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), especially RHEL9.
• Linux administration and troubleshooting expertise.
• Python development/scripting experience.
• Groovy scripting for Jenkins DSL.
• Experience with Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Rancher.
• Robust 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.

Qualification And Education

• Strong hands-on engineering depth is critical.
• Good communication skills required due to client-facing interviews.