Top Senior Linux Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Lead technical direction across Nexcess’s WordPress hosting platform and product ecosystem. Design target architectures, migrations, automation, and scalable systems while preserving backward compatibility, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. Work deeply across PHP, WordPress, Linux, hosting infrastructure, databases, caching, and operational tooling. Mentor senior engineers, drive cross-team outcomes, write architecture documents, and serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues.

Designs, builds, and operates observability and SRE systems that improve IT service visibility, reliability, performance, and resilience. Responsibilities include metrics collection, monitoring, alerting, APM, RUM, synthetic transactions, SLOs, incident response, capacity planning, infrastructure automation, self-healing systems, and production readiness reviews. The role also applies AI-enabled operations, supports on-call rotations, reduces operational toil, and partners with development teams on architecture and chaos testing.

Build and govern reliable, scalable production infrastructure across cloud environments. Responsibilities include DevOps guardrails, CI/CD, Terraform-based infrastructure, deployment strategies, developer platforms, observability, SLOs, incident response, capacity planning, automation, chaos engineering, and cloud optimization. The role partners with engineering teams to improve resilience and supports .NET services across Windows and Linux.

Leads QA strategy and test architecture for Kubernetes, cloud-native, distributed, and multi-cloud systems. Designs scalable automation, production-like test scenarios, chaos and performance testing, CI/CD quality gates, and infrastructure-as-code. Provides technical leadership through risk analysis, release readiness assessments, incident retrospectives, architecture reviews, and mentorship. Requires deep Kubernetes, Linux, cloud, automation, observability, security, and troubleshooting expertise.

Implement and operate multi-region AWS database infrastructure for a Tier-1 payments platform. Responsibilities include DynamoDB Global Tables replication, failover and failback automation, Terraform or CDK infrastructure, observability, disaster recovery testing, KMS and IAM configuration, CDC pipelines, data migration cutovers, and application resilience patterns. The role also requires runbook and design documentation, collaboration with data, SRE, and application teams, and support for regulated financial-services workloads.

Own and modernize the Terraform infrastructure ecosystem, build automated Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, and design resilient GCP foundations. The role standardizes infrastructure modules, manages Shared VPCs, IAM, Cloud SQL, Ansible configuration, and container or VM strategies. It also establishes IaC governance, mentors developers, improves observability and resilience, troubleshoots deployment issues, and participates in on-call support.

Provides 24/7 production support for business-critical applications, including ticket triage, troubleshooting, log and database investigation, software deployment, monitoring, automation, and change management. Develops knowledge-base content, supports system upgrades, creates process improvements, and collaborates with development teams. Requires SQL expertise, DevOps platform experience, Windows administration, and participation in an on-call rotation.

Lead development and maintenance of responsive websites and marketing campaign assets using Node.js and React. Manage backlogs, REST API integrations, Git repositories, Docker deployments, platform performance, security (OAuth2), user access, and stakeholder communication. Mentor developers and deliver cross-functional web improvements.

Leads architecture, development, modernization, and production support for Data Discovery, Data Catalog, AI Detection, and cloud discovery services. Builds Java APIs and integrations, improves distributed systems reliability, troubleshoots Linux and Kubernetes environments, and drives observability, incident resolution, security, and technical-debt reduction. Provides hands-on technical leadership across multi-quarter initiatives, collaborates cross-functionally, and mentors engineers.

Designs, implements, and manages AWS infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code automation. Partners with application engineering, quality, security, and compliance teams to deliver reliable platform solutions. Owns platform stability, observability, incident response, security best practices, and zero-downtime deployments. Participates in on-call rotations, uses metrics for decision-making, and supports application architecture decisions while continuously improving DevOps processes and automation.

Architect, scale, and secure AWS infrastructure using IaC and automation. Build self-service templates, maintain FedRAMP-ready configurations, support incident response, optimize performance with Datadog, and mentor junior engineers.

Senior DevOps Engineer responsible for infrastructure automation, monitoring, reliability, secure Linux administration, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, cloud and networking strategy, and zero-touch provisioning. The role includes incident response, capacity planning, observability, documentation, on-call support, technical leadership, mentoring, and researching technologies across cloud, virtualization, and hardware platforms.

Lead the design, development, and implementation of resilient pricing tools using Python and cloud technologies. Improve automation, deployment reliability, testing, documentation, and technical standards. Coordinate complex projects, research new development practices, identify technical blockers, and mentor junior developers. Collaborate with stakeholders while developing expertise in insurance pricing and supporting applications built with technologies such as Streamlit, Flask, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud compute.

Lead the Site Reliability Engineering organization, managing and developing technical teams while driving reliability, scalability, observability, automation, and operational excellence. Responsibilities include infrastructure automation, vulnerability management, incident response, SLA and SLO analysis, monitoring improvements, post-incident reviews, ITIL processes, vendor coordination, and cross-functional reliability initiatives for large-scale production storage systems.

Provides advanced technical support for robotic systems during commissioning and 24/7 customer operations. Diagnoses hardware, software, controls, Linux, network, and automation failures; analyzes logs and telemetry; develops integrations and support workflows; leads major incidents; coordinates engineering, field service, and customer teams; manages cases and corrective actions; validates AI-assisted diagnostics; and mentors engineers while improving system reliability and recovery times.

Designs and implements Go-based control-plane software for custom AI inference hardware. Responsibilities span system management APIs, Linux services, hardware interfaces, diagnostics, observability, security, firmware updates, distributed systems, and workload management. The role requires hands-on debugging across application, operating system, firmware, and hardware boundaries, plus technical leadership, mentoring, architecture, and production ownership. Regular on-site lab work includes server racking, system bring-up, hardware troubleshooting, and documentation.

Develop and maintain Akamai’s custom Linux kernel and distribution for a globally distributed cloud platform. Responsibilities include adding performance, reliability, and security features; porting modifications to newer kernels; debugging production and test issues; improving build and continuous-testing automation; collaborating with platform, application, test, and hardware teams; and contributing work upstream to the open-source Linux community.

Design, automate, secure, and operate multi-cloud platform environments across Azure and AWS. Build infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, containerized services, observability, security controls, and enterprise data-platform integrations. Troubleshoot incidents, improve resiliency and performance, support governance and analytics services, document architecture and procedures, and provide technical leadership while collaborating with engineering, cybersecurity, data, architecture, and government stakeholders.

Designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, deployment processes, monitoring, and operational tooling for Java-based enterprise applications. Integrates automated testing, security scanning, vulnerability management, containerization, and secure credential practices. Collaborates with development, cybersecurity, database, QA, systems administration, and customer teams to deliver reliable releases and support compliance, hardening, patching, and continuous monitoring in a controlled environment.

Design, build, test, and deliver software for managing virtual machines alongside Kubernetes workloads in secure, disconnected environments. Develop Kubernetes tooling, APIs, VM image workflows, management capabilities, and integrations for networking, storage, observability, and security. Debug complex distributed systems, improve reliability and performance, make architectural decisions, review code, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, UX, and mission stakeholders.

Provides database administration and engineering for production systems, including replication, query optimization, backups, disaster recovery, performance tuning, capacity planning, security, and reliability. Establishes database standards, collaborates with application and infrastructure teams, monitors system performance, reviews technical designs, and supports scalable SaaS database environments across MySQL/Linux and SQL Server/Windows.

Leads architecture, design, implementation, and lifecycle ownership for distributed platform software integrating Splunk across enterprise environments. Drives scalable software design, technical roadmaps, reliability, observability, CI/CD, testing, performance optimization, and production support. Partners across engineering and product teams, mentors engineers, leads technical investigations, and influences architecture. The role requires expertise in Go, Python, distributed systems, REST APIs, microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, and enterprise-scale platform engineering.

Design, operate, and improve Recharge’s cloud-native infrastructure platform. Responsibilities include Kubernetes and GCP infrastructure management, troubleshooting production issues, maintaining observability and reliability, implementing new technologies, improving engineering standards and documentation, supporting security and automation, and participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation. The role also involves mentoring engineers and applying AI tools to improve team productivity.

Develops, maintains, and enhances enterprise software applications in Linux environments using Java and Python. Responsibilities include designing microservices and service-oriented architectures, deploying containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes, integrating MongoDB or MySQL databases, debugging and optimizing software, testing, and documenting development activities with Jira and Confluence. The role requires collaboration with systems engineers and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Manage and optimize large-scale Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 and Oracle database environments across on-premises and cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include installation, cloning, patching, upgrades, monitoring, performance tuning, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, cloud migration, security compliance, and capacity planning. The role supports Oracle RAC, ASM, RMAN, Data Guard, OCI, Exadata, and DoD environments while collaborating with government stakeholders and engineering teams. It also includes mentoring junior DBAs and maintaining technical documentation.