Top Linux Jobs in Houston, TX

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.

Graduate software engineers will develop open-source and commercial software across the Linux stack, from firmware, kernels, and drivers to desktop applications, containers, clouds, and Kubernetes. Responsibilities include writing resilient, performant code, contributing to product roadmaps, engaging with users and open-source communities, addressing customer issues, and developing secure software. The role is globally remote with twice-yearly international team sprints and emphasizes mentorship, collaboration, and continuous technical growth.

Develop and maintain React front ends and Java Spring Boot back-end services for a transportation-command modernization program. Responsibilities include building reusable components, integrating REST APIs, modernizing legacy applications, writing automated tests, troubleshooting performance and usability issues, participating in code reviews, supporting CI/CD deployments, and collaborating with analysts, designers, testers, and DevSecOps engineers. The role is fully remote and requires eligibility for a Secret clearance and an active IAT Level II certification.

Leads Natera’s Software Engineering and DevOps team within Data Science Production Engineering. Responsibilities include managing engineers, designing and maintaining AWS cloud and data platforms, developing automation and production software, optimizing infrastructure performance, overseeing testing and deployment, enforcing quality and compliance procedures, maintaining technical documentation, and coordinating infrastructure roadmaps with cross-functional stakeholders. The role supports regulated genomics and medical diagnostics environments and requires expertise in Python, databases, AWS, Linux, software development, and genomics data.

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.

Manage Azure cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, load balancing, DNS, security, monitoring, and logging. Build CI/CD pipelines and secure Linux machine images, implement Infrastructure as Code, troubleshoot deployments, and improve application reliability. This two-month contractor engagement requires independent delivery of production-quality infrastructure, with opportunities to support multi-cloud environments and confidential computing.

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.

Develops and validates ground-based and onboard optical navigation systems for lunar and interplanetary missions. Responsibilities include camera calibration, image processing, observation planning, terrain and shape modeling, simulation, flight software development, system verification, technical analysis, and mission partner coordination. The engineer also documents results, troubleshoots technical issues, manages configuration-controlled software, supports project planning, and provides operational support for deep-space missions.

Performs orbit determination, trajectory reconstruction, covariance analysis, tracking-data assessment, and navigation-product development for spacecraft missions. Configures estimation runs, evaluates residuals and solution behavior, maintains analysis scripts and workflows, troubleshoots issues, and prepares technical reports. Level III engineers lead complex analyses, improve methods and software reliability, guide engineers, coordinate mission teams and customers, and manage project priorities, schedules, and budgets.

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.

Provides technical oversight, integration, certification, and real-time mission support for visiting-vehicle rendezvous, proximity operations, and capture GN&C systems supporting NASA’s ISS missions. Reviews requirements compliance, safety evidence, trajectory analyses, simulations, and performance data; identifies solutions to GN&C issues; supports flight rules and demonstration plans; and coordinates with engineering, safety, flight operations, crew, NASA, and vehicle-provider teams.

Lead the architecture, deployment, configuration, and sustainment of an Azure and Kubernetes-based Software Factory for the US Space Force. Manage DevSecOps tools, IaC and CI/CD pipelines, Linux infrastructure, security requirements, monitoring, patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation. Provide technical leadership, coach DevSecOps and application teams, onboard users, establish platform standards, and advance secure software delivery practices. Travel is required up to 25%.

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.

Owns uptime, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, shared Linux environments, and incident response for live client applications across Azure, AWS, and Cloudflare. Responsibilities include provisioning environments, managing secrets and identities, maintaining monitoring and reliability practices, supporting releases and database migrations, responding to production incidents, and leading post-incident reviews. The role requires strong Azure DevOps, Bicep or Terraform, Linux, AWS, Cloudflare, and observability experience.

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.

Provides Linux systems administration and operational support across on-premise and AWS/Azure environments. Responsibilities include server provisioning, image creation, patching, monitoring, documentation, application integration, scripting, automation, troubleshooting, vulnerability mitigation, hardening, backup, and storage administration. The role supports approximately 3,500 physical and virtual servers, requires customer interaction and SLA adherence, and includes participation in a 24/7 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.

Develop and certify flight software for NASA lunar base vehicles and assets. Responsibilities include software requirements, interface definition, design, development, systems engineering, performance analysis, hardware and software integration, testing, verification, and certification. The engineer will collaborate with NASA teams and contractors while following Johnson Space Center software processes.

Administer and optimize hybrid infrastructure across on-premises data centers and AWS, Azure, and GCP. Manage Windows and Linux systems, VMware virtualization, enterprise storage, backups, disaster recovery, monitoring, patching, security remediation, and workload migrations. Advise leadership on cloud architecture and resource optimization, support Kubernetes and DevOps automation, execute zero-downtime upgrades, and maintain technical documentation. Collaborate with stakeholders using enterprise and government tools while supporting secure, highly available production environments.

Provides senior technical leadership for enterprise systems and telecom architecture. Establishes standards, approves designs, evaluates vendor solutions, develops technology roadmaps and capital plans, oversees testing and operational readiness, and guides complex projects across their lifecycle. Serves as a subject matter expert and liaison among engineering, product, program, capacity, leadership, and vendor teams while ensuring highly available, scalable, secure, and reliable network infrastructure.

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.

Leads technical delivery for complex enterprise customers across deployment, integration, automation, and solution architecture. Builds and operates solutions across cloud, hybrid, on-premises, Kubernetes, containers, and Linux environments; develops integrations, agents, tools, and reusable workflows; resolves deep technical escalations; and guides architecture discussions with executives and technical teams. Mentors engineers and partners with Sales Engineering, Product, and Engineering on strategic proofs of concept, escalations, and product feedback.