Top Entry Level Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

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.

Support enterprise customers and partners integrating applications with Wasabi Cloud. Diagnose, research, reproduce, and report defects; test storage services with third-party applications; validate interoperability using APIs and SDKs; investigate S3 protocol behavior; and collaborate with sales, development, QA, product, and support teams.

Supports orbit determination solutions, trajectory reconstruction, covariance analysis, tracking-data assessment, navigation products, and spacecraft maneuver planning. The role includes configuring estimation runs, reviewing residuals, checking coordinate and time-system accuracy, maintaining Python scripts and workflows, troubleshooting analyses, documenting results, and communicating findings to mission teams. Level II engineers independently execute routine analyses and support deep-space navigation operations. A bachelor’s degree, U.S. citizenship, Python knowledge, and foundational astrodynamics or estimation expertise are required.

Build, test, deploy, and maintain automated data integrations, APIs, and cloud-based pipelines. Develop scripts and services with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, or Python; use Docker, GitHub Actions, infrastructure as code, and observability tools. Troubleshoot integration and deployment issues, secure partner data, document systems, and collaborate through code reviews and standups. This learning-focused role is designed for recent graduates developing platform engineering experience.

Leads a remote engineering team building scalable Python and Golang microservices for Canonical’s software distribution marketplaces. Responsibilities include mentoring and developing engineers, managing delivery and expectations, shaping technical strategy and roadmaps, reviewing code, guiding architecture, maintaining engineering quality, and collaborating with product managers, architects, other teams, open-source contributors, and commercial partners.

Supports client-facing technical issues, escalates bugs, monitors production systems, troubleshoots web and email problems, updates backend data, and contributes to software features, data pipelines, APIs, and responsive applications. Works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, QA, and Data teams while developing skills in web technologies, SQL, cloud environments, accessibility, and generative AI.

Develop and improve SingleStore database engine software, including query execution, optimization, storage, indexing, transactions, and distributed-system components. Write production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs while investigating performance, scalability, and correctness issues. Collaborate with experienced engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams through regular release cycles.

Develop and operate production-quality cloud software for managing customer workspaces and databases. Responsibilities include building backend services, APIs, automation, provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, recovery, observability, and reliability improvements. The role involves writing code, tests, documentation, and technical designs; investigating performance and scalability issues; and collaborating with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams.

Own and develop HPC/GPU infrastructure for R&D and customer deployments. Design cross-platform CI/CD pipelines, manage on-premise and cloud Kubernetes clusters with GPU passthrough and MIG, configure self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, and maintain DockerHub registries. Assemble and tune physical GPU servers, manage PCIe topology and hardware constraints, and maintain compatibility across NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, and ROCm versions. Provide customer-facing technical assistance for GPU container deployments.

Build and maintain a React/TypeScript operations portal and Supabase/PostgreSQL backend for autonomous aircraft medical logistics. Improve aircraft allocation, mission generation, telemetry ingestion, live dashboards, reliability, testing, logging, and observability. Integrate Python services with ArduPilot aircraft and simulations while collaborating with autonomy and simulation engineers to mature real-flight and digital-twin systems.

Build and maintain enterprise web applications, APIs, and containerized microservices using Python and Django. Develop workflow engines, financial validation logic, relational database schemas, asynchronous integrations, role-based access controls, and CI/CD automation. Support complementary applications across multiple technology stacks while maintaining secure, auditable, and reliable systems.

Owns Windows and Linux administration across a hybrid, multi-cloud environment. Designs and deploys enterprise infrastructure across multiple sites, administers Azure Government, Entra ID, Proxmox, storage, networking, and endpoint systems, and automates configuration with Ansible. The role also leads disaster recovery, compliance hardening, infrastructure security, on-call emergency response, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Develop and prototype 5G network solutions, automate and improve software development tools and environments, and help design, build, and maintain development verification labs. The role requires programming across Python, JavaScript, Bash, C/C++, and Go, along with Git, Linux, debugging, and Agile/Scrum knowledge. Work supports Nokia’s satellite-based LTE and 5G networking products.

Build and improve platform services, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and developer tooling. The role involves writing and reviewing code, supporting deployments, improving scalability and reliability, participating in incident response, and collaborating with engineering teams. The engineer will use technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Python, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and Datadog while developing ownership of increasingly larger platform areas.

Design and operate cloud platforms supporting backend telecom services. Automate deployments, scaling, recovery, and infrastructure provisioning; monitor production systems; maintain observability, alerting, and dashboards; support incident response and on-call operations; manage CI/CD pipelines; and enable engineering, telecom, and data teams through reliable tools and infrastructure.

Operate and improve large-scale NVIDIA GPU clusters across bare-metal and rented capacity. Build automation for provisioning, health checks, remediation, monitoring, scheduling, and capacity management. Own Linux images, drivers, CUDA, containers, networking, storage, and Slurm. Diagnose performance and hardware issues, evaluate GPU providers, support ML training workloads, and maintain secure infrastructure. The role also includes hardware installation, datacenter coordination, and vendor management.

Maintain and improve build and release processes across mobile, console, and PC platforms. Develop automation tools, support continuous integration, manage branches and environments, coordinate releases with Production and Live-Ops teams, enable automated testing, and document build pipelines. The role requires Perforce, scripting, build systems, CI, C++, and strong collaboration skills.

Deploys and maintains UDS and Kubernetes platforms in secure bare-metal environments. Responsibilities include configuring GPU compute, storage, and networking; managing infrastructure as code; supporting secure software delivery; troubleshooting platform services; and collaborating with mission stakeholders and engineering teams. The role is remote in the United States and requires U.S. citizenship, with 15–25% travel.

Build and maintain reliable, scalable cloud compute platforms across distributed services. Troubleshoot Linux, networking, and production issues; develop automation and AI-assisted tooling; improve monitoring, alerting, SLIs, and SLOs; conduct incident response and root cause analysis; and partner with engineering teams on system design, deployment safety, and operational readiness.

Develop, test, and maintain high-fidelity simulation software for NASA programs. Implement features from Git-managed work items, participate in code reviews, contribute to automated testing and CI/CD, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure accurate, robust aerospace and robotics simulations.

Provides second-level support for industrial automation software and systems, performs root cause analysis, develops customer-specific configurations and diagnostic tools, and improves deployment processes. The role administers Linux and web applications, user access, virtualized environments, firewall configurations, and security policies. It collaborates with customers and internal teams on product reliability and field support, requiring domestic and international travel as needed.

Develop, integrate, test, and maintain mission design simulations and software tools (C++, Fortran, Python). Support full software lifecycle, CI/CD, source control, coding standards, documentation, and NASA Class C compliance; collaborate with NASA civil servants and contractors.

Develop, integrate, test, and maintain mission design and simulation software for NASA and commercial spaceflight programs. Implement software enhancements, maintain Class C software per standards, write documentation, support CI/CD and lifecycle activities, enforce coding standards, and collaborate with NASA teams to improve software design and processes.

Develop high-quality, resilient software across Ubuntu and the open source stack, from Linux systems and firmware to cloud, containers, and desktop applications. Contribute to product roadmaps, user experience, code reviews, issue resolution, security, and enterprise requirements. Collaborate remotely with global engineering teams and the open source community, while building expertise in programming languages and Linux systems. Attend international company sprints twice yearly.

Develop, test, and release improvements to Ubuntu on public clouds, ensuring quality and stability, while collaborating with a global team.