Top Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

Leads the architecture, design, and development of Linux kernel drivers and low-level networking software for HPE Slingshot high-performance interconnects. Responsibilities include optimizing performance and scalability, defining hardware and software interfaces, supporting silicon bring-up and validation, debugging hardware/software integration issues, developing telemetry and diagnostics, and providing technical leadership across ASIC, hardware, firmware, and system software teams.

Leads architecture, development, optimization, validation, and deployment of Linux kernel drivers and low-level networking software for HPE Slingshot high-performance interconnects. Collaborates with hardware, ASIC, firmware, validation, and systems teams across product lifecycles. Investigates complex hardware-software issues, develops telemetry and diagnostics, improves reliability and performance, and provides technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring, and engineering best practices.

Lead HPC and AI benchmarking across CPU, GPU, networking, memory, and storage platforms. Analyze scientific, engineering, LLM, training, inference, and I/O workloads; identify bottlenecks; and optimize applications, frameworks, libraries, compilers, runtimes, and system software. Apply parallel computing, GPU acceleration, profiling, and memory and I/O optimization while translating findings into customer-focused recommendations.

Develop and deliver complex software features using Ruby on Rails and React. Responsibilities include system design, requirements clarification, deployments, operational support, performance and security improvements, database optimization, AWS infrastructure troubleshooting, SSO integrations, monitoring, web server administration, compliance implementation, automated testing, and mentoring junior engineers.

Provides technical leadership for real-time RF sensor software development, integration, testing, and validation. Designs high-performance C/C++ systems, integrates signal-processing algorithms, debugs distributed and multithreaded applications, and transitions MATLAB/Python prototypes into production software. The role includes technical mentoring, customer and government stakeholder engagement, proposal development, documentation, system demonstrations, visualization tools, and approximately 10% travel for integration and field-testing activities.

Leads end-to-end design and lifecycle management of hardware platforms supporting internal cloud and PSI environments. Translates requirements into server, board, rack, cooling, and power designs; coordinates OEM, ODM, and JDM suppliers; manages milestones, risks, BOMs, validation, production release, and legacy retirement. Bridges hardware and software stakeholders while applying Linux, scripting, AI-assisted engineering, and infrastructure standards to deliver reliable, secure, auditable solutions.

Installs, configures, maintains, and troubleshoots PLC-based batching and control systems used in dairy and feedlot operations. Integrates software with scales, pumps, meters, and other equipment; diagnoses electrical, networking, mechanical, and software faults; supports Linux, SQL, and Java systems; trains customers; audits system performance; and provides field and on-call support. The role is remote but requires frequent travel to rural agricultural facilities and work around industrial hazards.

Leads global network infrastructure operations, resolving major incidents and complex problems across routing, switching, data center, security, load balancing, and related domains. Serves as a senior escalation point, coordinates incident bridges, manages infrastructure capacity and lifecycle support, advises stakeholders, mentors engineers, documents procedures, and drives service reliability and operational improvements. Preferred work includes multicast, low-latency networking, automation, Linux, version control, and regulated-industry controls.

Lead full-stack development for Huntress’s SOC platform, building analyst-facing investigation, triage, remediation, queueing, and customer reporting experiences. Shape architecture, data models, interfaces, security practices, reliability, observability, and testing while mentoring engineers and partnering with Product, UX, and SOC stakeholders. The role emphasizes Ruby on Rails, modern frontend development, cloud infrastructure, relational databases, and technical leadership across complex cybersecurity software products.

Maintains and troubleshoots server, storage, networking, cabling, and power hardware across a large-scale production data center fleet. Writes Python automation scripts, reviews logs and alerts, performs diagnostics, supports deployments, builds hardware health dashboards, coordinates with DevOps, supply chain, and vendors, and assists with hardware evaluation and reliability improvements. Requires on-call availability and travel to data center sites.

Leads a managed services engineering team responsible for AIX, Unix, and Linux service delivery. Oversees customer satisfaction, SLA performance, staffing, workload allocation, process improvement, operational procedures, budgets, vendor relationships, and technical service optimization. Manages customer reviews, support escalations, performance management, hiring, on-call schedules, and continuous service improvement while coordinating strategic and tactical technology plans across internal teams and partners.

Develop and maintain high-performance networking platform software for switch and NIC Linux systems. Responsibilities include custom ASIC driver development, API creation, scalable and resilient systems programming, testing, debugging, documentation, and integration. The role leads software engineering projects, collaborates with internal and external development teams, contributes to architecture decisions, and mentors less-experienced engineers.

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.

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.

Lead the technical vision and architectural evolution of Huntress’s Core Platform. Build complex Ruby on Rails features, solve scaling challenges, manage cross-team dependencies, drive architectural decisions, and oversee system lifecycle and technical risk. Mentor engineers, establish engineering excellence, collaborate with managers and product leaders, and help teams adopt AI coding tools responsibly.

Designs and maintains large-scale production infrastructure across Linux, Windows, VMware, OpenStack, Docker, and Kubernetes environments. The role administers bare-metal servers and virtual machines, develops automation using Python, Go, and PowerShell, troubleshoots hardware and virtualization issues, and supports incident response through an on-call rotation. Responsibilities also include technical architecture, networking, configuration management, documentation, post-mortems, and applying AI tools to improve operational workflows.

Manage infrastructure reliability and performance for internal business services. Implement site reliability engineering and DevSecOps practices, monitor system health, automate infrastructure management with PowerShell, troubleshoot enterprise environments, remediate vulnerabilities, and support Relativity, Nuix, Azure, Windows, Linux, and SQL Server. Collaborate with stakeholders and vendors, maintain technical documentation, apply ITIL incident and change management, solve complex infrastructure issues, and mentor junior team members.

Own and evolve enterprise CI/CD release pipelines, with emphasis on continuous delivery, progressive rollouts, automated health checks, rollback, and multi-service releases. Lead Terraform and multi-cloud IaC architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including reusable modules, state management, governance, security, compliance, and cost controls. Drive organization-wide IaC adoption, monitor deployments and infrastructure, respond to incidents, and mentor engineering teams.

Lead the technical direction and architecture of the Foundations platform team, owning authentication, authorization, SSO, secrets management, tenancy, and core platform services. Design APIs, drive services through launch, make technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers without formal management authority. Partner with engineering and product leaders to align execution with priorities.

Leads hands-on technical escalations for federal HPE Private Cloud Enterprise environments across bare metal, virtualization, Kubernetes, operating systems, networking, and applications. Diagnoses production issues, identifies root causes, writes defect reports, validates patches, improves observability, trains field engineers, develops runbooks, supports DISA STIG compliance, and communicates incident resolutions to customers and engineering teams. Requires U.S. citizenship, Secret clearance eligibility, extensive infrastructure experience, and up to 25% travel.

Develop and maintain a C++ automation QA framework for validating data center storage solutions. Create automated tests, improve framework efficiency, debug and triage product or test failures, maintain testing hardware and software, and collaborate with QA and development teams using Agile practices. The role requires Linux, Bash scripting, object-oriented programming, multithreading, and strong debugging skills, with storage technology knowledge preferred.

Develop and operate internal Kubernetes-based platforms, infrastructure automation, workflow systems, observability tooling, API gateways, and messaging platforms. Support data, simulation, ML, CI/CD, and LLM workflows; improve reliability, cost efficiency, and platform visibility. Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, documentation, and internal user enablement while receiving mentorship and contributing production code.

Design and develop embedded flight software and firmware for spacecraft environmental sensors supporting NASA human spaceflight programs. Responsibilities include requirements definition, C development, unit testing, code reviews, coverage analysis, integration, verification, hardware-in-the-loop testing, certification support, defect resolution, and adherence to NASA software processes. The role collaborates with engineers and contractors across programs and requires strong communication, testing, and full software lifecycle experience.

Supports deployment and management of containerized applications on Azure Kubernetes Service. Maintains Helm charts, monitors cluster health and security, supports CI/CD pipelines, documents Kubernetes procedures, participates in incident response, assists with compliance, and provides technical support while learning cloud and container technologies.

Develops, maintains, integrates, and troubleshoots real-time C++ simulation software supporting NASA Orion and Space Launch System training systems. Works in Linux or UNIX environments, performs software builds, testing, verification, code reviews, and configuration management. Collaborates with developers, systems engineers, testers, vendors, and project stakeholders in an Agile/Scrum environment while documenting technical issues, software changes, test results, and procedures.