Top Remote Linux Jobs in Washington, DC

Designs and engineers RF, land mobile radio, microwave, WAN, and public safety communications systems. Performs engineering-of-record duties, coverage and capacity design, customer design reviews, system staging, acceptance testing, upgrades, troubleshooting, and technical documentation. Collaborates with project managers, technicians, contractors, vendors, and customers across concurrent projects. The role is remote, requires residence in Maryland, Delaware, or Washington, D.C., and includes 25–50% travel.

Support and maintain complex applications and infrastructure for a government customer: monitor and triage events, troubleshoot Linux/Windows servers, deploy and integrate software (AWS, CloudFormation, RDS), use Salt for configuration management, work with databases (Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL), write SOPs, manage security groups, and support after-hours deployments. Requires strong communication and collaboration with developers and vendors.

Build and maintain NetBox Enterprise, an on-premises product suite. Responsibilities include architecting Kubernetes-based high-availability solutions, extending Kubernetes operators, developing lifecycle management tools, building CI/CD pipelines, managing releases, writing Rust and Python, supporting integration testing, documenting deployment practices, and resolving customer deployment and operational issues.

Leads embedded software architecture and development for airborne LiDAR and remote sensing platforms. Integrates sensor, avionics, data acquisition, timing, and communications systems; develops operator tools, diagnostics, health monitoring, and predictive maintenance solutions. Oversees testing, validation, deployment, reliability improvements, technical standards, mentoring, roadmaps, customer demonstrations, and executive briefings.

Lead design and operation of scalable AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure. Build and operate Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm and GitOps workflows. Improve CI/CD with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD, implement monitoring and observability, strengthen security, disaster recovery, and developer self-service automation to improve platform reliability and productivity.

Leads site reliability engineering for large-scale, privacy-focused infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing SRE teams, solving complex software and systems reliability challenges, supporting 24x7 operations, troubleshooting distributed Linux and web systems, developing automation, improving observability and incident response, deploying applications with Docker, and shaping technical direction. The role also requires advanced programming, AI-driven development, agentic workflows, and ownership of high-impact projects from proposal through postmortem.

Build and maintain scalable infrastructure platforms supporting domestic and international workloads. Develop CI/CD, declarative lifecycle management, Kubernetes clusters, monitoring, and automation systems. Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, respond to alerts, minimize downtime, streamline delivery pipelines and database changes, and help guide SRE team direction. Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and technology professionals while promoting a high-performance, cross-functional culture.

Develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack enterprise applications in AWS. Build front-end interfaces, backend services, APIs, integrations, and database components; troubleshoot complex technical issues; contribute to architecture and design decisions; support CI/CD and production readiness; conduct code reviews; collaborate across Product, QA, and DevOps; and mentor junior developers.

Leads a remote engineering team building scalable Python and Golang microservices for Canonical’s software distribution marketplaces. Responsibilities include mentoring and developing engineers, managing delivery and expectations, shaping technical strategy and roadmaps, reviewing code, guiding architecture, maintaining engineering quality, and collaborating with product managers, architects, other teams, open-source contributors, and commercial partners.

Lead architecture, development, and delivery of Azure SmartNIC and networking software, including RDMA, virtualization, hardware offloads, and high-performance networking. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, silicon, and cloud teams; improve reliability and performance using telemetry; guide platform strategy; troubleshoot production systems; and provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and incident response.

Develop and maintain infrastructure for rapid software prototyping and deployment across cloud, private cloud, and bare-metal environments. Manage servers and Kubernetes clusters, configure GPU systems for large language models, optimize performance, build monitoring and alerting, and advise on localized data-center deployments. The role also requires software engineering, Linux administration, security awareness, automation, and collaboration across international teams.

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.

Lead architecture and roadmap for Azure PostgreSQL systems; design and review scalable, maintainable database engine features (query processing, storage, transaction logging, recovery, versioning, IO, scale-out). Influence coding standards and run code reviews, write proof-of-concept or production code, contribute to open-source PostgreSQL/Linux, and participate in rotational on-call operations.

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.

Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable cloud compute functionality across ARM64 and x86 platforms. Design hypervisor layers, cross-platform build pipelines, and performance optimization solutions while writing, reviewing, documenting, and testing production software. Coordinate globally to deliver compute features and resolve low-level software issues. Provide technical, organizational, and functional leadership to engineers.

Design and scale ARM64 compute platform infrastructure, hypervisor integrations, instance management, resource orchestration tools, and compute APIs. Develop and maintain low-level services using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages. Collaborate with hardware and global engineering teams, participate in design reviews, debug distributed Linux systems, and mentor junior engineers.

Design and develop backend compute services, APIs, orchestration tools, and virtualization infrastructure for ARM64 and x86_64 cloud instances. Improve platform performance, scalability, reliability, and feature sets while integrating ARM server hardware. Troubleshoot complex low-level distributed Linux systems, collaborate across teams, and support the full software development lifecycle.

Develop and own compute and GPU server platforms from architecture through global deployment. Responsibilities include schematic and layout reviews, design for manufacturability, new product introduction, board and system bring-up, validation, debugging, firmware and BIOS feature management, technology qualification, and vendor coordination. The role requires hands-on server architecture, board-level design, Linux and scripting expertise, platform validation, and five-day-per-week presence in the Cambridge office.

Lead a 15-person Container Product Engineering team building hardened container images, registry services, build systems, adoption tooling, and compliance features. Own team outcomes, hiring, coaching, roadmap execution, technical quality, delivery, planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Remain hands-on through code and design reviews while guiding AI-native engineering practices. The role partners with product and platform teams and offers a path toward broader Director-level scope.

Provide senior-level ownership for AWS cloud platform operations, automation, and reliability. Support infrastructure provisioning, EKS/Kubernetes operations, EC2/AMI lifecycle, observability, incident response, patching, cost optimization, CI/CD automation, documentation, runbooks, and mentoring. Participate in on-call rotation, incident handling, and cross-team collaboration to ensure secure, scalable cloud operations.

Administer and monitor enterprise SAP landscapes, including ECC, S/4HANA, and NetWeaver. Support Basis operations, system refreshes, transports, patching, kernel updates, performance monitoring, incident resolution, alert configuration, health checks, reporting, and capacity planning. Collaborate with infrastructure, application, functional, and managed-services teams while maintaining operational documentation and supporting compliance and continuous improvement.

Designs and maintains scalable AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, Terraform-based IaC, and CI/CD pipelines. Integrates MLOps and DevSecOps practices, automates deployment and system administration, monitors performance and cost, supports incident response, and collaborates with engineering teams to improve platform architecture and reliability.

Supports client-facing technical issues, escalates bugs, monitors production systems, troubleshoots web and email problems, updates backend data, and contributes to software features, data pipelines, APIs, and responsive applications. Works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, QA, and Data teams while developing skills in web technologies, SQL, cloud environments, accessibility, and generative AI.

Design, build, monitor, and maintain large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting distributed S3-compatible object storage across multi-cloud environments. Responsibilities include kernel and storage optimization, network and hardware troubleshooting, automation with Chef or Ansible, observability, forecasting capacity, technical leadership, project coordination, mentoring, documentation, and on-call support.

Designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, Terraform infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, AWS cloud environments, and GitHub workflows. The role improves developer tooling and SDLC processes, troubleshoots infrastructure and application issues, and implements security, reliability, observability, and performance best practices while collaborating with engineering teams.