Top Senior Linux Jobs

The role involves designing and developing core features for the Linux sensor in CrowdStrike's security platform, collaborating with teams across the company, and maintaining software quality for cross-platform delivery.

Own the Linux user-mode runtime, driver, and HAL interfaces for a Fabric accelerator. Responsibilities include runtime library design, compiler and kernel-driver integration, memory and resource management, ML framework backends, pre-silicon bring-up using simulation, emulation, QEMU, and FPGAs, and comprehensive runtime testing. Collaborate across compiler, architecture, verification, and kernel teams to support first-silicon deployment.

The role involves developing software and systems, collaborating in a team, and improving solutions using full-stack development skills.

Own development of a Linux kernel-mode driver for a custom Fabric accelerator, including memory management, SMMU/IOMMU integration, MMIO, interrupts, power management, firmware, and user-space interfaces. Lead pre-silicon enablement using QEMU, simulation, emulation, and FPGA platforms; manage Linux boot and first-silicon bring-up. Debug complex hardware and kernel issues, establish automated testing, and collaborate with architecture, verification, compiler, and hardware teams.

Build, patch, customize, and test Linux userspace packages for Rocky Linux products. Remediate CVEs, improve package-building automation, develop automated system tests, and support deployments across servers, virtual machines, and cloud infrastructure. Collaborate on architecture, proofs of concept, documentation, capacity planning, and launch reviews while contributing to open-source development and CI/CD practices.

Develop and maintain Akamai’s custom Linux kernel for its cloud platform. Responsibilities include adding performance, reliability, and security features; porting modifications across kernel versions; debugging production and test issues; improving build and continuous-testing automation; collaborating with platform, application, hardware, and test teams; and contributing changes upstream to the Linux community.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains software applications, including embedded Linux systems and cryptographic solutions. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to integrate solutions and troubleshoot issues, leads software development processes, applies technical standards, and provides technical leadership. Requires embedded Linux debugging expertise and an active Secret clearance. Preferred experience includes Vitis, PetaLinux, Xilinx SoC platforms, software-defined radio, satellite applications, container tools, and Wind River Linux.

Develop and maintain Linux kernel components and live-patching infrastructure for Rocky Linux. Responsibilities include kernel design, C programming, debugging memory management and process scheduling issues, device-driver and hardware integration, performance optimization, code review, documentation, and mentoring junior developers. The role requires deep Linux kernel internals expertise, familiarity with x86 and ARM architectures, Git workflows, and at least five years of kernel development experience.

Lead the design, development, testing, debugging, and maintenance of high-performance C++ software for Linux-based machine-control and commissioning systems. Own complex technical problems, contribute to architecture, lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and improve software quality and reliability. Collaborate with product, architecture, QA, and distributed engineering teams to deliver embedded and real-time solutions for earthmoving automation.

Develop and optimize Linux kernel features for enterprise storage products. Maintain and patch kernel code, resolve customer issues, optimize performance, and diagnose hardware-software problems. Lead software architecture from concept through release, collaborate with vendors and cross-functional teams, participate in code reviews, define requirements, and mentor peers. The role requires deep Linux kernel, Unix, device driver, operating systems, networking, debugging, and performance optimization expertise.

Develop and sustain a high-performance geospatial collaboration and intelligence reporting tool. Responsibilities include implementing mission-driven enhancements, maintaining existing code, troubleshooting application interfaces, testing, integration, and resolving production issues. The developer will work with Java, C/C++, scripting languages, databases, search platforms, REST services, and Linux. Participation in a rotating pager schedule is required for emergency 24/7 support.

Develop and maintain system management infrastructure software and services for high-performance computing systems in Linux environments. Responsibilities include software development in Python and Rust, Bash/Python automation, Ansible-based deployment orchestration, Linux administration, authentication and authorization controls, CI/CD implementation with GitLab CI, and Git-based development within Agile methodologies.

Develop, sustain, test, integrate, and troubleshoot software applications supporting national security missions. The role requires Linux, Bash, Python, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Helm, RabbitMQ, Ansible, and Git experience, with PostgreSQL and Atlassian tools preferred. Candidates must hold an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph and be U.S. citizens. Education and experience requirements vary by degree, with three to seven years of relevant software engineering experience.

Administer, maintain, monitor, and support Kubernetes-based PaaS infrastructure within a secure Linux environment. Responsibilities include cluster administration, workload troubleshooting, performance and reliability optimization, security compliance, automation with Ansible, Helm chart development, scripting with Bash and Python, container management, monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and Git-based collaboration.

Develop and maintain Linux-based tools and services supporting products including GitLab, Artifactory, MinIO, Jupyter, and SPARTANDESK. Build Java applications and Bash, Python, and PHP automation scripts; implement infrastructure as code with Ansible; manage CI/CD pipelines, Docker containers, Git workflows, and system documentation. Collaborate with developers, administrators, project managers, and mission customers to deliver integrations and sustain mission applications.

Designs, implements, and optimizes scalable data ingress and egress pathways for analytics workloads. Develops software and automation using Python, Java, Bash, Linux, Apache Airflow, and Apache Spark. Builds and monitors complex workflows, processes large structured and unstructured datasets, performs data wrangling and validation, and supports distributed big-data processing. Requires a current Top Secret/SCI clearance with favorable polygraph and substantial software engineering experience.

Develop and maintain system management infrastructure software and services for high-performance computing systems in Linux environments. Automate tasks using Bash and Python, apply CI/CD practices, manage Git-based development workflows, and collaborate within Agile methodologies. The role supports mission-critical government systems and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph. Preferred experience includes Ansible, containerization, secret management, IAM, datacenter management, observability, and Atlassian tools.

Administer, maintain, and provide operational support for highly available Kubernetes clusters in a secure Linux-based PaaS environment. Responsibilities include cluster administration, workload troubleshooting, scripting, containerization, infrastructure automation, Helm chart development, monitoring, source control, security compliance, scalability, and performance optimization. The role supports mission-critical applications and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with favorable polygraph.

Analyze Linux system performance, design and implement performance enhancements, productize new servers and hardware, extend performance metrics and visualizations, and build diagnostic tooling. The role requires advanced C programming, Linux kernel expertise, virtualization knowledge, hardware enablement and debugging experience, performance analysis skills, and understanding of computer architecture, concurrency, algorithms, and hardware interconnects.

Develop and modernize enterprise Angular and TypeScript applications supporting secure government mission systems. Responsibilities include building reusable UI components, upgrading legacy Angular frameworks, troubleshooting migration and production issues, integrating RESTful APIs, collaborating with backend engineers, supporting testing and Agile ceremonies, and following secure software development practices. The role also contributes to performance, accessibility, usability, documentation, and front-end modernization initiatives.

Design and develop C/C++ software for complex distributed and high-performance computing systems. Build multithreaded and multiprocess applications on Linux, use Python scripting, work with networking stacks, and troubleshoot HPC systems. Preferred experience includes cloud infrastructure, containerization, Linux kernel configuration, network infrastructure, device drivers, and real-time systems. The role requires strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Build and own the Linux-based edge platform powering factory, deployable, and air-gapped Crucible environments. Responsibilities include system provisioning, networking, security, updates, recovery, device lifecycle management, hardware and peripheral integrations, disconnected operation, fleet management, and full-stack debugging across applications, operating systems, networks, and physical equipment. The role also partners on edge-to-cloud architecture, deployment topology, and system security.

Develop C++ machine-control software and data analytics for advanced semiconductor mask inspection systems. Design, optimize, and maintain reliable, scalable code in multi-threaded and multi-process environments. Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, optical, algorithm, and software engineers to implement system requirements, support integration and testing, and resolve customer-site escalations. The role also involves debugging, Linux development, and potentially RPC, REST, containerization, Kubernetes, and modern UI frameworks.

The Software Engineer will design and implement software capabilities, focusing on Java development, APIs, and microservices in a collaborative team environment.

Seeking a Software Engineer to design and implement Java-based software capabilities. Requires strong OOP knowledge, experience with RESTful services, and the ability to work both independently and in teams.