Entry Level Release Engineer Jobs

Looking for a strong Release Engineer / Platform Engineer to support an enterprise infrastructure modernization initiative focused on migrating environments from RHEL7 to RHEL9. The role involves platform modernization, containerization, CI/CD automation, package engineering, and security/vulnerability remediation.

Key Responsibilities:

OS Migration & Package Engineering:

• 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
  
  

Containerization & Orchestration:

• Refactor legacy container workflows from Docker to Podman

• Architect and maintain Rancher-managed Kubernetes environments

• Support migration to RHEL9 Universal Base Images (UBI)
  
  

Automation & CI/CD:

• Develop and maintain Jenkins pipelines using Groovy shared libraries

• Build automation tools and API integrations using Python

• Support scalable code-based CI/CD pipelines
  
  

Vulnerability & Security Management:

• Review vulnerability scan reports and remediate identified CVEs

• Ensure compliance with RHEL9 security standards and benchmarks

• Maintain secure software supply chain practices
  
  
  

Required Technical 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

• 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
  
  
  

Important Notes:

• Strong hands-on engineering depth is critical

• Please avoid purely support/admin profiles

• Candidates should have real experience in platform engineering, CI/CD, containerization, and OS modernization

• Good communication skills required due to client-facing interviews

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $39.30/hour - $61.40/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.