Top Senior Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

Own and scale the PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora database layer for a high-volume legal-services platform. Responsibilities include schema and migration review, query and index tuning, production issue diagnosis, lock and replication troubleshooting, database maintenance automation, backup and restore support, access control, and collaboration with infrastructure, software development, and data science teams. The role also supports reporting, billing, PII-sensitive data, and ERP-related data flows.

Lead architecture and hands-on implementation for Akamai’s cloud compute platform, including virtualization, hypervisors, operating systems, containers, and Kubernetes infrastructure. Own system design, build proof of concepts, guide engineering teams, influence product direction and roadmaps, establish best practices, and mentor engineers while delivering highly available, fault-tolerant distributed services.

Operates and supports customer cloud environments across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI. Responsibilities include monitoring, incident and request response, provisioning, access management, maintenance, troubleshooting, governance, documentation, customer communication, and ITSM execution. The role also uses scripting, automation, monitoring, and DevOps/SRE practices to improve operational consistency. Participation in after-hours and weekend on-call support is required.

Leads high-fidelity CFD analysis for missiles, interceptors, munitions, and other high-speed vehicles. Establishes CFD standards, develops meshes and automated HPC workflows, validates simulations against wind tunnel and flight-test data, and integrates aerodynamic databases into vehicle design, GNC, trajectory, and mission models. Mentors engineers, presents findings at design reviews, supports resource planning, and provides technical leadership across complete vehicle programs.

Owns the health, performance, capacity, lifecycle, migration, replication, and incident response for Dell storage platforms across multiple client environments. Responsibilities include storage networking, performance tuning, firmware upgrades, support case management, automation, root cause analysis, change management, documentation, and client reporting. The engineer leads storage-impacting incidents, collaborates with virtualization and data protection teams, mentors junior engineers, and provides capacity and best-practice guidance.

Operates and maintains enterprise virtualization platforms across multiple client environments. Responsibilities include VMware Cloud Foundation, NSX, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, capacity planning, performance troubleshooting, lifecycle management, incident leadership, automation, migrations, root cause analysis, change management, documentation, and client communication. The role also supports KVM and Hyper-V environments, leads virtualization projects, and mentors junior engineers.

Own BAMKO’s AWS and Cloudflare infrastructure end to end, improving availability, scalability, resilience, automation, monitoring, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency. Manage infrastructure as code, databases, production upgrades, backups, and the AWS Well-Architected improvement roadmap. Serve as the primary on-call resource for infrastructure incidents and lead post-incident reviews.

Design, automate, secure, and operate Kubernetes platforms for a DoD environment. Responsibilities include infrastructure as code, GitOps and CI/CD, Kubernetes networking and RBAC, service mesh, cloud integrations, platform troubleshooting, and reliability improvements. Senior engineers also guide technical decisions and mentor others while remaining hands-on.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems for HPE private cloud products. Lead server provisioning and lifecycle integrations using BMC/Redfish, build orchestration services for compute and networking devices, and optimize L2/L3 networking functionality. Establish software architecture, security, quality, and DevOps practices; mentor engineers; troubleshoot distributed infrastructure issues; and document designs and procedures.

Designs and operates Redwood’s internal engineering platform, including cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, and developer self-service capabilities. The role improves reliability, security, scalability, incident response, operational readiness, and cloud efficiency through automation and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, architecture, security, data, and MLOps teams.

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.

Designs and executes validation strategies for rack-scale HPC and AI systems across hardware, firmware, OS, storage, networking, and management interfaces. Troubleshoots and drives issue resolution, supports Linux certification, coordinates automated and manual testing across global teams, and mentors test staff to improve release readiness and validation efficiency.

Leads optical navigation engineering across lunar and interplanetary missions. Responsibilities include designing and testing optical navigation and camera systems, operational analysis, camera calibration, image processing, planetary terrain modeling, software architecture, flight software development, verification, risk mitigation, and mission support. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages multiple projects, mentors engineers, oversees schedules and budgets, and communicates technical results to stakeholders and executives.

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.

Designs, operates, and improves AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure supporting customer-facing higher education products. Owns Kubernetes platforms, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, CI/CD, monitoring, security, reliability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. Troubleshoots complex infrastructure and application issues, leads incidents, participates in on-call rotations, mentors engineers, contributes to technical standards, and partners across Development and Information Security on modernization and production readiness.

Define multi-generation hardware/software architectures for AI inference silicon, including boot, memory, DMA, scheduling, security, telemetry, and host/device interfaces. Integrate firmware, Linux, runtimes, simulation, and developer tooling; lead architecture reviews; resolve cross-team technical issues; prototype high-risk interfaces; and mentor senior engineers. The role requires deep systems expertise, strong C or C++ skills, and architecture-level ownership across pre-silicon, silicon bring-up, and production software.

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with strategic customers to design and operate large-scale data infrastructure, troubleshoot distributed systems and networking issues, develop automation and APIs, and translate deployment challenges into product improvements. The role requires deep expertise in storage, Linux internals, high-performance networking, Python and C/C++, plus customer-facing communication and up to 25% travel.

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.

Administers and supports enterprise middleware platforms, including WebSphere, WebLogic, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, and Portal. Performs security remediation, vulnerability management, patching, compliance validation, certificate and identity integration, server administration, performance monitoring, JVM tuning, troubleshooting, and incident response. Develops Shell, Python, and JACL automation for deployments, configuration, certificate management, reporting, and health checks while supporting CI/CD, change management, documentation, audits, and production operations.

Own the assessment, hardening, testing, modernization, and sustainment of a government SDN software baseline. Develop secure C++ and Python solutions, remediate vulnerabilities, improve testing, debug application and network issues, and support containerization, CI/CD, deployment, and security scanning. Collaborate with platform engineers and government stakeholders, document technical decisions, validate releases, and mentor engineers in Navy environments.

Designs, operates, secures, and improves enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms across hybrid-cloud environments. Responsibilities include cluster lifecycle management, automation, troubleshooting, observability, resiliency, security controls, disaster recovery, developer self-service, incident response, documentation, and technical leadership. The engineer independently leads complex platform initiatives, collaborates across infrastructure and security teams, mentors engineers, and participates in on-call support.

Develops and maintains secure, accessible, responsive WordPress websites and web applications for Military OneSource. Responsibilities include PHP and JavaScript development, CMS customization, REST API integrations, UX/UI implementation, Section 508 and WCAG compliance, accessibility testing, production troubleshooting, performance optimization, Agile delivery, Git workflows, and collaboration with cybersecurity and DevSecOps teams in a Federal environment.

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.