Role:
Dedicated Support Engineer –
Rocky Linux
Infrastructure (Advisory).

Duration:
6 months (8 hours a week)

Experience: Minimum 10-12+ overall years Centos Red Hat “Fedora”

Role Summary

• 
  Senior
  Rocky
  Linux
  infrastructure advisor providing proactive, strategic guidance
• 
  Focus
  on performance, stability, security, and operational excellence
• 
  Advisory-only
  role (no hands-on implementation or system administration)

Key Responsibilities

• 
  Assess
  Rocky
  Linux
  environments and identify optimization opportunities
• 
  Provide
  recommendations for compute, storage, and network configurations on Rocky
  Linux platforms
• 
  Analyzes the client system and storage performance and suggest Rocky Linux tuning strategies
• 
  Advise
  on capacity planning and resource utilization for Rocky Linux systems
• 
  Recommend
  operational best practices and incident prevention strategies
• 
  Guide
  on automation and workflow optimization in Rocky Linux environments
• 
  Provide
  patch management, security hardening, and OS lifecycle planning guidance
  for Rocky Linux
• 
  Review
  documentation and deliver knowledge transfer sessions
• 
  Prepare
  written recommendation reports and KPI tracking
• 
  Participate
  in regular customer advisory and review sessions

Role Boundaries

• 
  No
  hands-on configuration or remediation
• 
  No
  system administration or production changes
• 
  No
  staff augmentation or 24/7 operational support

Required Skills & Experience

• 
  Strong
  hands-on experience with
  Rocky Linux (mandatory)
• 
  Enterprise
  Linux experience (RHEL / CentOS) strongly preferred
• 
  Solid
  knowledge of Rocky Linux OS internals and administration concepts
• 
  Understanding
  of compute, storage, and networking fundamentals
• 
  Experience
  with Linux performance and stability analysis
• 
  Knowledge
  of patching, security hardening, and OS lifecycle management on Rocky
  Linux
• 
  Ability
  to produce clear technical recommendations and documentation
• 
  Strong
  customer-facing communication and advisory skills
• 
  Senior-level
  experience in enterprise infrastructure environments

Preferred

• 
  Rocky
  Linux / RHEL certifications (RHCE/RHCSA or equivalent)
• 
  Experience
  in consulting or advisory roles