Top Senior Linux Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Lead and grow a software engineering team while remaining hands-on technically. Drive technical roadmap, architecture, engineering quality, system performance, scalability, reliability, and security. Hire and mentor engineers, establish team objectives, coordinate with product and stakeholders, lead Agile ceremonies, manage performance, and participate in incident on-call rotations. The role requires full-stack development experience, cloud and SaaS familiarity, and expertise in backend systems, databases, integrations, and engineering best practices.

Lead large-scale initiatives for a high-performance Linux-based network sensor, improving ingestion, scalability, continuous capture, queue reliability, observability, and production diagnostics. Own root cause analysis and postmortems, establish engineering standards, translate business goals into technical plans, and mentor engineers through design and code reviews. The role requires deep Rust expertise, distributed systems experience, concurrent programming, packet capture, message brokers, and cybersecurity best practices.

Design, operate, and improve highly scalable hybrid multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting business-critical systems. Responsibilities include optimizing reliability, managing large-scale infrastructure, integrating open-source technologies, guiding Kubernetes platform evolution, and mentoring engineers. The role requires expertise with Kubernetes clusters containing thousands of nodes, observability tools, Golang, Linux, AWS, GCP, OCI, custom data centers, and on-call operations. Candidates must be eligible for CJIS clearance and periodically complete government-required background and fingerprint checks.

Design, build, operate, and scale cloud-native systems supporting Falcon Complete cybersecurity analysts. Responsibilities include developing web services and data pipelines, improving monitoring and reliability, automating operational tasks, collaborating with stakeholders, translating feature requests into requirements, and participating in 24/7 on-call rotations. The role involves distributed systems, microservices, databases, messaging platforms, container orchestration, and AI-enabled workflow improvements in a remote, asynchronous environment.

Leads and grows software development teams building next-generation data products. Responsibilities include recruiting, training, career development, mentoring engineers, improving development processes, promoting software quality, and evaluating technologies for scalability. The role requires leadership in Agile/Scrum environments, strong software engineering expertise, and experience with automation, testing, modern architectures, and potentially large-scale data engineering.

Lead complex systems initiatives for Cloudflare Browser Isolation across Chromium, distributed services, and remote browsing infrastructure. Design and implement C++, Rust, Go, and TypeScript systems; investigate cross-layer performance and reliability issues; improve observability, capacity, rollout safety, and resilience. The role includes architectural decision-making, technical leadership, mentoring, cross-team coordination, incident response, and production on-call participation.

Lead backend engineering for a high-performance, data-intensive SaaS platform. Responsibilities include defining technical vision, designing scalable and highly available systems, executing technical projects, participating in architecture decisions, monitoring and optimizing services, improving CI/CD and infrastructure, conducting postmortems, mentoring engineers, documenting practices, and aligning with partner teams.

Build and manage automated workflows that improve business and technology productivity within a DevSecOps infrastructure team. Responsibilities include addressing complex technical problems, mentoring team members, maintaining high-quality project standards, supporting CI/CD and cloud infrastructure, automating deployment tasks, and developing client relationships. The role requires three years of technology experience and familiarity with cloud, containers, Linux, DevOps toolchains, monitoring platforms, and test automation.

Design, operate, and scale SailPoint’s AWS-based Kubernetes infrastructure and service mesh for a global, mission-critical SaaS platform. Responsibilities include cluster architecture, networking, security, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, capacity planning, incident response, compliance, and platform standards. The role influences engineering teams globally, participates in 24x7 on-call support, leads service mesh strategy, and improves reliability, performance, deployment efficiency, and operational practices.

Develop and operate CrowdStrike’s internal cloud management platform and mission-critical CI/CD pipelines. Build APIs and UIs using Go and TypeScript, improve developer productivity, integrate tooling, maintain cloud-native infrastructure, and support secure, highly available software delivery systems. Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and SRE teams, ensure SOC2-aware processes, and participate in on-call operations.

Deploys, maintains, and troubleshoots data center infrastructure, including servers, networking equipment, storage, cabling, power systems, and Linux environments. Responsibilities include hardware repairs, upgrades, inventory and asset management, RMA coordination, incident resolution, operational documentation, performance improvement, project planning, and training junior engineers. The role is fully onsite, includes on-call participation, physical work, driving, and 10–15% domestic and international travel.

Designs, develops, tests, and delivers DevOps automation tools and continuous integration and delivery streams. Analyzes technical issues, develops long-term solutions, manages hardware, network, and application dependencies, and provides DevOps subject matter expertise to development teams. The role supports business scalability and non-functional initiatives in a payment technology environment.

Own and improve Dropbox’s Windows endpoint platform, including provisioning, application delivery, patching, compliance, security configuration, troubleshooting, fleet health, and automation. Build code-managed endpoint operations using Intune, FleetDM, osquery, infrastructure-as-code, and GitOps practices. Lead cross-functional improvements, establish reliable deployment workflows, mentor engineers, review code and designs, and document reusable operational practices.

Designs and supports secure, compliant DevOps platforms across Azure and GCP. Owns CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes environments, JFrog services, Argo CD, SonarQube, and LaunchDarkly. Implements software supply chain security, vulnerability management, automation, infrastructure as code, developer self-service, and compliance controls. Provides L3 support, incident response, root cause analysis, documentation, and on-call support for enterprise platform services.

Leads a team of engineers responsible for planning and executing mission systems integration and testing in hardware-in-the-loop environments. Develops system-level tests, test procedures, readiness events, and reports while integrating supplier hardware and software with internally developed capabilities. Drives CI/CD, Agile practices, roadmap adoption, issue resolution, risk management, and continuous improvement. Collaborates with customers, suppliers, software developers, and program leadership to deliver tactical aviation capabilities on schedule and within performance and cost targets.

Leads software development for the F-22 Air Combat Simulation Man-in-the-Loop team. Responsibilities include integrating simulation features, sustaining software, rehosting the Operational Flight Program to Linux, guiding developers, overseeing Agile workflows, conducting software reviews, coordinating customer interactions, managing technical documentation, and supporting DevSecOps activities. The role requires aerospace simulation expertise, software leadership, and experience with C/C++, Java, or Ada, Windows and Linux.

Develops software models and graphical user interfaces for aircraft simulation systems supporting air mobility, maritime missions, avionics, navigation, and weapons systems development. Collaborates with systems, operations, and hardware engineers to integrate complex components, interpret interface control documents, estimate work, and develop, test, and maintain simulation software using Ada, C++, Python, or Java.

Leads technical execution for aerospace programs, ensuring affordable solutions, sound schedules, robust designs, airworthiness, mission success, and effective risk mitigation. Coordinates with program management, oversees technical baselines and engineering reviews, leads cross-functional engineering teams, prioritizes investigations, implements corrective actions, and mentors personnel. Responsibilities include system safety, airworthiness certification, specialty engineering, configuration management, cybersecurity, reliability, maintainability, and availability.

Develops embedded software for avionics, aircraft subsystems, ground stations, simulations, and mission systems. Responsibilities span the full software lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, coding, integration, testing, debugging, documentation, and configuration management. The role supports rapid prototyping, hardware-software integration, flight-critical development processes, and integration events. It is onsite in Marietta, Georgia, requires U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance, and may require up to 10% travel.

Leads a team of systems engineers responsible for mission systems integration and test in hardware-in-the-loop environments. Develops and executes system-level tests, oversees test readiness and qualification activities, resolves hardware/software integration issues, and manages test documentation and reporting. Drives Agile, CI/CD, digital engineering, technical roadmaps, supplier integration, performance metrics, and collaboration with customers and program leadership for tactical aviation combat systems.

Lead and support aircraft structural stress analysis for composite and metallic primary and secondary structures. Perform strength analyses, size detail parts, certify designs, release drawings, prepare technical reports, support MRB repairs, conduct structural trade studies, and provide input for testing, loads, and predicted results. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure structural integrity, documentation quality, and program schedule compliance.

Leads aircraft stress analysis for composite and metallic primary and secondary structures. Performs strength analysis, sizing, design certification, drawing release, technical reporting, structural trade studies, and test planning. Supports production and sustainment MRB repairs, evaluates structural efficiency and weight, and provides technical leadership while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Designs, develops, integrates, tests, and maintains embedded real-time software for Air Mobility C-130J and C-5 products. Works across the full software lifecycle in a configuration-managed environment, follows rigorous development processes, and collaborates with Agile teams. The role requires expertise in C/C++, Linux, embedded systems, requirements analysis, design, coding, integration, and testing, plus an Interim Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Build and maintain UKG’s public and private cloud PaaS layer using cloud, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, and DevOps technologies. Develop and deploy scalable software and infrastructure, lead architecture and code reviews, manage feature delivery, automate testing and CI/CD, monitor service health, resolve incidents, and perform root cause analysis. Partner with internal Agile teams to support reliable application integration and deployment across cloud infrastructure.

Designs, automates, operates, and improves database and messaging platforms across on-premises, private-cloud, Kubernetes, and public-cloud environments. Builds infrastructure as code, CI/CD and GitOps workflows, observability, security automation, and self-service capabilities. Troubleshoots complex production issues, responds to incidents, supports on-call operations, and improves reliability, scalability, disaster recovery, and platform consistency. Provides technical leadership, documentation, design reviews, and mentorship.