Top Senior Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

Seeking a skilled Kubernetes Administrator and Application Developer for contract work, responsible for deploying, managing Kubernetes applications, and cluster administration.

Design, deploy, and maintain highly available, secure cloud platforms; support CI, automation, monitoring, and migrations of legacy systems to AWS; resolve performance, vulnerability, and scalability issues; create operational documentation and collaborate with stakeholders.

Build and maintain internal platforms, automations, and integrations to scale IT operations. Own identity, access, lifecycle automation, endpoint trust, SaaS provisioning, and operational reporting. Develop scripts and services (Python, Bash), partner with Security and Engineering for secure AI, Zero Trust, HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance, and apply DevOps/SRE/ITIL practices for monitoring and incident response.

Primary point-of-contact for a customer, providing on-site and remote HPC, Ethernet, and AI infrastructure support. Troubleshoot Linux systems, networking protocols, and interoperability; reproduce and resolve complex issues; collaborate with engineering, marketing, and support; document support methodologies and improve processes.

Lead end-to-end platform engineering projects to build and operate a multi-tenant data lakehouse and scalable compute infrastructure, partner with cross-functional teams, improve reliability/observability, support platform users, and drive platform usability and ML/analytics enablement.

As a Senior DevOps / Platform Reliability Engineer, you will manage CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, operate Kubernetes, and enhance observability while ensuring security and compliance for enterprise systems.

Develop and maintain performant web applications in Go and Vue.js, design and implement RESTful APIs, optimize SQL queries and schemas, collaborate with product and design, participate in code reviews and testing, and work with cloud providers and CI/CD to improve platform performance and reliability.

The Senior Network Architect is responsible for designing and implementing solutions for global networks, focusing on SD-WAN and automation. They work with internal teams and vendors to deliver scalable solutions and provide high-level technical support.

Design and lead cloud and AI infrastructure solutions for commercial customers: modernize platform estates, migrate workloads (Windows, Linux, Oracle), design hybrid networking and secure architectures, run workshops, PoCs and pilots, and influence Azure-based deployment decisions to enable Frontier AI transformation and compliance.

The role includes installing, configuring, and maintaining IBM WebSphere and supporting applications, managing Data Power appliances, and providing 24x7 infrastructure support.

Leads a cloud engineering team responsible for Redpanda Cloud, BYOC, Serverless, and Agentic Data Plane initiatives. Owns roadmap delivery, operational excellence, incident response, SLOs, and day-two operations while partnering with Product and customer-facing teams. Coaches, develops, hires, and retains engineers; translates product priorities into engineering plans; manages risks and dependencies; and drives reliable, high-quality launches across distributed cloud services.

Designs, deploys, and operates infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365/Entra ID. Builds Terraform modules, Go and Python services, CI/CD pipelines, integrations, and automations. Maintains cloud environments, monitors service health, responds to incidents, troubleshoots networks, manages configuration promotion, and supports AI services. The role also provides mentorship, documentation, process improvement, internal customer support, and infrastructure change management.

Designs and maintains network automation, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, orchestration, and compliance solutions across enterprise and data center environments. Integrates networks with monitoring, CMDB, ITSM, and source-of-truth platforms; develops reusable frameworks, workflows, and libraries; mentors technical teams; supports DevOps, troubleshooting, documentation, and continuous improvement. The role also contributes to technical standards, cross-functional projects, planning sessions, site visits, and vendor engagements.

Designs, deploys, secures, and operates enterprise and service-provider networks across on-premises, colocation, and cloud environments. Manages routing, switching, peering, addressing, firewalls, VPNs, monitoring, automation, capacity planning, and incident response. Maintains documentation and compliance evidence, serves as a technical escalation point, mentors junior engineers, and works directly with customers. The role is remote, includes occasional travel, and requires on-call and after-hours maintenance participation.

Designs, deploys, maintains, and troubleshoots resilient infrastructure supporting Oracle Utilities software for clients. Responsibilities include Linux server configuration, networking, firewalls, VPNs, hardware and software tuning, connectivity troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, process improvement, metrics, client communication, technical support, and on-call incident response. Preferred work includes WebLogic administration, virtualization, backup systems, Oracle Database administration, Active Directory, DNS, and Microsoft Office support. The role is remote within the United States with occasional travel for go-lives, incidents, and data center work.

Assess, design and improve AWS/Azure cloud environments for security, cost, networking, storage, serverless and containerized deployments. Provide L2+ incident support, create SOPs, mentor junior staff, support Linux/Windows servers, document architecture, participate in governance/change processes, and join a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Lead the on-vehicle autonomy team to design, build, integrate, and field autonomy software for autonomous surface vessels. Own navigation, planning, control, behaviors, safety logic, and autonomy execution; drive architecture, testing, simulation, HIL, field deployments, and cross-functional integration while mentoring engineers and ensuring mission-ready, maintainable autonomy systems.

Design and operate large-scale GPU infrastructure for distributed AI training, ensuring reliability, performance, and efficient customer partnerships.

Build and operate Nebius's network infrastructure: define SLIs/SLOs, improve site and inter-site reliability, lead incident response and postmortems, develop observability and alerting, automate change workflows, and collaborate with network and platform teams to embed operability.

Design, run, and improve CI/CD systems and developer workflows for a Kubernetes-based polyglot monorepo. Build fast, reliable pipelines, local-to-prod developer paths, observability for builds, and partner with product teams to raise release quality and delivery velocity.

The Staff Software Engineer role involves developing web APIs, leading a scrum team, and implementing scalable applications while ensuring high performance and quality in software development.

Develop and maintain IoT edge technology, including cloud architecture, device firmware, fleet management, remote connectivity, and software updates. Build scalable systems that receive data from and manage thousands of devices, ensure fleet uptime and quality, and collaborate with customers, field support, manufacturing, and engineering teams. The role requires production software development, AWS and database experience, Linux knowledge, and basic electronics familiarity.

Lead design and implementation of gameplay and engine systems on Linux platforms. Mentor engineers, define technical specs, manage Linux infrastructure, optimize performance and security, integrate art, maintain documentation, support live services and mobile (iOS/Android) ports, and coordinate cross-team standards and tooling.

Administer, deploy, clone, patch, and maintain Oracle E-Business Suite environments on OCI. Build and configure application tier servers, manage WebLogic, AutoConfig, Forms/Reports/Workflow, monitor concurrent processing, troubleshoot issues, support migrations and cutovers, run DR exercises, and maintain operational documentation.

As a Senior Product Support Engineer, you'll provide escalation support for security products, focusing on performance, reliability, and security for customers using Akamai's Zero Trust platform.