Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 Consultant

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 Consultant

Location : San Antonio, Texas

Clearance : Active TS / SCI w / Polygraph needed to apply

Company Overview : Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work / life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Position Overview : We are seeking highly skilled and motivated Senior RHEL 9 Consultants to support a mission-critical government program in a secure environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9, with a deep understanding of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) at Level 2 or higher. The role involves working closely with infrastructure technologies, including OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), Red Hat Satellite (SAT), and Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline.

Key Responsibilities :

• Deploy, configure, manage, and support RHEL 9 systems in a secure, mission-critical environment.
• Develop and maintain Ansible automation playbooks and workflows using Red Hat AAP (Ansible Automation Platform).
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform engineering teams to support containerized workloads using OpenShift (OCP).
• Manage system patching, provisioning, and configuration using Red Hat Satellite (SAT).
• Support CI / CD initiatives and secure application development pipelines via Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline (preferred).
• Troubleshoot system performance and availability issues across infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure systems and environments meet government security and compliance standards.

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