Top Senior Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

Build and operate internal software, platform services, developer tooling, Kubernetes infrastructure, and reproducible Nix environments. Develop Go and Rust automation, improve CI/CD and reliability, support Linux systems, networking, identity, endpoints, and SaaS platforms, and resolve ambiguous technical problems independently. Partner across engineering, security, operations, and business teams while mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction.

Build and manage Tempo’s infrastructure stack, improve developer velocity and experience, maintain blockchain, validator, and explorer reliability, and support enterprise validator onboarding. The role involves production bare-metal and cloud environments, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, observability, Linux, networking, security hardening, troubleshooting, and tooling development using Rust, Go, or Python.

Manage and optimize a multi-account AWS environment supporting production healthcare applications and analytics platforms. Responsibilities include AWS infrastructure administration, CI/CD and infrastructure automation, observability, incident response, on-call support, disaster recovery validation, HIPAA/HiTrust compliance, IAM and security controls, and support for containerized Java and Python applications. The role also contributes to Kubernetes and EKS modernization initiatives and partners with developers to resolve complex production issues.

The role involves designing and developing flight software for NASA's Lunar Gateway, including systems engineering, software integration, and adherence to software processes.

Owns the technical delivery and ongoing support of key customer accounts across AV, unified communications, video conferencing, and cloud collaboration platforms. Leads deployments, upgrades, troubleshooting, escalations, root-cause analysis, documentation, operational readiness, and service transitions. Partners with Sales, Customer Success, Program Management, Service Delivery, vendors, and customer engineering teams. Serves as a senior technical advisor, subject matter expert, and cross-functional leader while driving process improvements and platform administration.

Ensure stability and resilience of Runpod's distributed AI platform by defining SLIs/SLOs, leading incident response, building observability and reliability tooling, automating operational workflows, and partnering with engineering teams to reduce toil and improve production readiness.

Design, build, and operate core cloud-native infrastructure services for NVIDIA DGX Cloud. Develop scalable, secure microservices and automation for provisioning and lifecycle management, integrate internal and external platforms, and implement observability and security to ensure reliable, global production operations.

Lead infrastructure modernization and platform reliability across multiple cloud providers. Design infrastructure as code, operate Kubernetes and Linux environments, improve CI/CD and deployment tooling, establish SLI/SLO practices, strengthen observability, lead incident response, manage cloud costs, and partner on security and compliance. Provide technical leadership through architecture guidance, mentorship, engineering standards, and roadmap development while participating in on-call support.

Design and deliver large-scale, cloud-native and AI-enabled Kubernetes/AKS solutions. Implement, optimize, and maintain Kubernetes components and container orchestration across Azure, on-prem, and edge. Integrate AI capabilities, participate in on-call rotations, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally to improve reliability, observability, performance, and operational consistency at scale.

Design and operate large-scale, AI-native cloud infrastructure (especially Kubernetes/AKS). Improve service quality, automate incident prevention/remediation, accelerate engineering productivity, and integrate AI tools into development workflows.

Leads enterprise cloud and infrastructure initiatives across AWS and GCP, driving DevOps adoption, Infrastructure as Code, automation, security, scalability, observability, and cloud migrations. Designs and implements platforms, deployment processes, monitoring solutions, and high-availability architectures; mentors cross-functional teams; removes infrastructure impediments; conducts technology reviews and audits; and supports mission-critical Linux-based systems, middleware, databases, and containerized workloads.

Serves as a cloud and DevOps subject matter expert for enterprise infrastructure projects. Designs, implements, and promotes AWS and GCP cloud solutions, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, automation, security, scalability, monitoring, and operational practices. Guides cross-functional teams on Agile infrastructure principles, removes technical impediments, supports cloud migrations, conducts technology reviews, and improves DevOps adoption. The role also includes Linux administration, middleware troubleshooting, performance testing, and production support.

Designs, implements, and supports secure, scalable AWS and Azure infrastructure. Develops reusable Terraform and Ansible automation, CI/CD capabilities, and cloud infrastructure services. Configures cloud compute, storage, networking, databases, identity, security, monitoring, and backup solutions. Troubleshoots infrastructure and hosting issues, maintains technical and compliance documentation, and collaborates with customers and engineering teams using Agile and DevOps practices.

Designs and maintains automation scripts for network provisioning, application deployment, CI/CD integration, regression testing, and server monitoring. Deploys applications to WebLogic and JBoss, supports development-to-production transitions, and builds proactive alerting for server and application health using Python, Bash, and shell scripting.

Designs, scales, and manages AWS WorkSpaces virtual desktop environments, including operating systems, compute, storage, directory and identity integrations, MFA, encryption, networking, monitoring, patching, troubleshooting, application delivery, and cost optimization. The role also requires securing streaming protocols, automating user provisioning, and supporting AWS infrastructure through scripting and core AWS services.

Manage and improve enterprise applications and cloud infrastructure on GCP. Design Terraform-based infrastructure, automated CI/CD pipelines, upgrade scripts, and internal developer platforms. Lead incident management, root cause analysis, on-call support, performance optimization, and resource rightsizing while establishing infrastructure-as-code and security standards. Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment reliability and productivity.

Build and automate infrastructure while supporting migration to AWS. Develop internal engineering and AI-agent tooling, architect secure and highly available applications, modernize WordPress systems, troubleshoot complex environments, and provide rotating 24/7 on-call support. The role also requires designing AWS multi-account strategies, developing CI/CD pipelines, applying specification-driven development, monitoring systems, forecasting cloud costs, and supporting scalable web applications.

Operate at Staff-level to diagnose and resolve complex customer issues, contribute production-quality code to GitLab, drive AI adoption (Duo Agent Platform), and translate field learnings into durable product improvements, guidance, and thought leadership while coordinating cross-functional teams.

Own the technical success of strategic customer deployments from design through production. Collaborate with customer architects, operators, and developers to optimize infrastructure, debug distributed systems and storage issues, build automation and API solutions, and translate operational needs into product improvements. Serve as the customer advocate within engineering while managing high-stakes technical challenges and deployment expectations. Travel or work onsite at customer locations up to 25%.

Designs, deploys, and optimizes production Kubernetes clusters across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Builds CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and Infrastructure as Code automation for cloud-native platforms. Advises customers on complex container infrastructure challenges, troubleshoots production environments, and partners with engineering and support teams. Architects highly available containerized infrastructure, scale-out data platforms, and storage solutions for modern databases and data-processing workloads.

Leads infrastructure engineering strategy, modernization, project delivery, automation, and operational readiness across hybrid AWS, Azure, on-premises, networking, identity, Microsoft 365, and endpoint platforms. Establishes engineering standards, architecture patterns, security and resilience practices, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring, documentation, and support handoffs. Manages infrastructure projects, vendors, budgets, risks, and executive communications while leading, coaching, and developing an infrastructure engineering team.

Develop and maintain embedded software for spacecraft and ground systems supporting satellite operations. Responsibilities include Linux networking, FPGA platform development, driver integration, automated testing, validation, architecture and code reviews, system debugging, performance optimization, documentation, and technical mentorship. The role collaborates across engineering teams to define requirements, resolve complex issues, improve reliability, and evolve software architecture.

Designs and maintains system architectures across applications, infrastructure, and platforms. Provides technical leadership, translates requirements into scalable and secure solutions, optimizes reliability and performance, supports system integration, and collaborates with development, DevOps, security, and business stakeholders. Maintains technical documentation and participates in Agile delivery and continuous improvement. Preferred experience includes federal contracts, migrations, Ansible, Linux, Red Hat, cloud platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, and secure system design.

Designs and executes automated, API, UI, regression, smoke, and end-to-end tests for cloud-native and air-gapped federal environments. Integrates test suites with GitLab CI and Jenkins, validates security and compliance baselines, diagnoses Linux and Windows systems, and documents test plans, defects, and results. The role supports reliable deployment of cyber-physical security solutions across government and critical infrastructure environments.

Design and implement high-performance, 3GPP-compliant 5G Core control- and user-plane functions on ARM-based embedded Linux. Develop in C/Go/Rust, use DPDK for packet processing, optimize latency/throughput, debug protocol and performance issues, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate carrier-grade systems.