Top Senior Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

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.

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.

Develop and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot REST services, APIs, and microservices for mission-critical geospatial systems. Support containerization, orchestration, CI/CD, DevOps automation, testing, infrastructure deployment, data platforms, and third-party integrations. Contribute to architecture, performance optimization, troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder demos, and Agile delivery. The role requires onsite work in Herndon, Virginia and collaboration on national security missions.

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.

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 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.

Leads a DevOps engineering team while designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, security controls, infrastructure as code, containerized microservices, and disaster recovery processes. The role focuses on improving developer efficiency, system reliability, scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness. Responsibilities include incident troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, stakeholder communication, cross-functional collaboration, and participation in on-call support.

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer ensures SaaS platforms remain reliable, performant, secure, and scalable. Responsibilities include building cloud infrastructure, implementing monitoring and alerting, automating operational runbooks and deployments, managing Infrastructure as Code, applying AI-powered observability and remediation, supporting Kubernetes and cloud networking, and leading incident triage and root-cause analysis during 24/7 on-call rotations.

Build, monitor, and scale resilient cloud infrastructure across multi-region and multi-cloud environments. Develop Kubernetes controllers and infrastructure tools using Go, Python, Ruby, and Terraform; maintain Datadog observability; diagnose complex production performance and reliability issues; automate failover and capacity management; and collaborate with engineering teams on architecture and infrastructure improvements.

Design and develop scalable C++ software for endpoint state and control across Windows, macOS, and potentially Linux. Build reliable, multi-process systems that enforce endpoint behavior, manage local state, support IPC, and operate across millions of devices. Responsibilities include implementing features, improving platform performance, writing design documents, defining architecture and IPC contracts, and making technical decisions in an evolving, sparsely documented environment.

Own the durability, recoverability, performance, and security of a production PostgreSQL/RDS fleet supporting a live trading platform. Lead replication, failover, backup and restore, disaster-recovery drills, data lifecycle management, access control, encryption, and database observability. Investigate engine-level performance issues including WAL contention, replica lag, bloat, and locking. Build infrastructure and AI-assisted operational tooling while documenting runbooks and reliability decisions.

Design, scale, and operate Runpod’s distributed storage platform across network volumes, local NVMe, and S3-compatible object storage. Tune storage and high-speed network performance, lead capacity expansions and migrations, write production automation and control-plane code, extend APIs, and build observability, dashboards, SLOs, and alerts. The role also participates in on-call operations, incident response, infrastructure-as-code practices, and long-term architecture decisions for petabyte-scale AI infrastructure.

Design and implement scalable backup software for endpoints, servers, and cloud applications. Develop Java and Kotlin services, optimize databases and queries, debug production systems, and resolve distributed-system performance issues. Contribute code, reviews, architecture discussions, documentation, and cross-team reliability initiatives. Mentor engineers and help deliver resilient products operating at large scale.

Develop, integrate, test, debug, and maintain high-fidelity real-time spacecraft simulation software supporting NASA Orion and Artemis missions. Build C++ and Python systems in Linux, conduct software verification across multiple test levels, support 6-DoF simulation and spacecraft test environments, maintain requirements traceability and configuration management, and collaborate with engineering teams and government customers.

Develops and maintains high-fidelity spacecraft simulation models, including environmental, vehicle, sensor, effector, and interface models. Responsibilities include real-time and faster-than-real-time simulation, HWIL testing, FDIR fault modeling, verification and unit testing, SQA tool development, and support for flight software, ground software, and operations teams. The role collaborates with aerospace, GNC, vehicle software, and subsystem engineers.

Provides architectural and technical leadership for institutional exchange systems, including matching engines, order management, market data, risk, and unified trading platforms. Leads ultra-low-latency distributed-system design, cross-team technical alignment, reliability standards, incident response, and multi-quarter initiatives. Maintains hands-on engineering contributions while mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leadership across teams.

Owns and optimizes resilient, ultra-low-latency network and physical data-center infrastructure for institutional trading across cloud and on-premises environments. Designs routing, multicast, segmentation, firewall, VPN, telemetry, and automation systems. Leads production changes, incident response, failover testing, maintenance, and on-call support for 24/7 trading platforms. Mentors engineers and partners with SRE, product, and trading-system teams to improve reliability and developer velocity.

Own Tier 3 escalations and incident response for complex customer issues involving a cybersecurity platform. Investigate distributed systems, reproduce defects, coordinate resolutions with engineering and product teams, and build Datadog observability dashboards, monitors, and alerts. Create runbooks, troubleshooting guides, RCAs, and postmortems; mentor support staff; identify recurring failure patterns; communicate with customers; and participate in an application-layer on-call rotation.

Build and operate low-latency, event-sourced trading infrastructure for Coinbase’s institutional exchange, including matching engines, order management, risk, market data, and funding systems. Own reliability, correctness, incident response, and failover for high-throughput 24/7 production systems. Drive technical designs, collaborate cross-functionally on milestones, and write highly tested performance-critical backend code in Java, C++, or Go.

Manages the full lifecycle of enterprise legal applications, including administration, architecture, integrations, automation, upgrades, security, troubleshooting, and performance optimization. Partners with business stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams to implement solutions, oversee projects, maintain compliance, and support systems such as iManage, Intapp, records management platforms, and Microsoft environments. Develops integrations and data flows, manages security controls and ethical walls, conducts testing, maintains technical documentation, and delivers training.

Designs, deploys, integrates, and maintains secure VDI environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. Engineers Citrix, Azure Virtual Desktop, and AWS WorkSpaces solutions; administers Windows and Linux systems; manages identity, profiles, images, packaging, and integrations. Builds cloud infrastructure using CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible, automates operations, maintains security posture, supports monitoring and remediation, and prepares technical documentation. Requires active Secret clearance, Top Secret eligibility, and occasional after-hours support.

Maintain and support platform environments across the software development lifecycle. Configure monitoring, alerting, and self-healing solutions; troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues with developers and testers; maintain technical documentation; design scalable architectural solutions; and mentor junior engineers. The role requires cloud, Kubernetes, operating system, database, scripting, configuration management, .NET, and AI/ML automation expertise.

Build and maintain scalable customer-facing web applications and microservices APIs. Lead complex system design, conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, guide technical vision, and collaborate with architecture, product, design, and business stakeholders. Develop new functionality, maintain existing systems, improve engineering processes, support compliance initiatives, and work with secure PHI-related technologies. The role requires Java, Spring, database, cloud, API, container, and CI/CD expertise.

Designs, deploys, maintains, and secures cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. Develops automation using Bash, PowerShell, and Python; monitors and tunes cloud platforms; maintains documentation and operating procedures; advises implementation teams; supports migrations and infrastructure buildouts; resolves escalations; and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain cloud-native AWS applications using Node.js, React.js, and JavaScript/TypeScript. Build infrastructure as code with Terraform or AWS CDK, create CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoot Linux environments, and support secure cloud operations. Collaborate with UI/UX, cloud engineering, architecture, and DevOps teams while contributing to compliance, hardening, architectural decisions, and on-call operations.