Top Senior Linux Jobs in Richmond, VA

Develop and operate Akamai’s Linux-based cloud infrastructure, including bare-metal and virtual machine platforms, kernels, operating systems, and KVM/QEMU virtualization. Build software, automation, observability, and infrastructure enhancements at scale; troubleshoot complex distributed-system issues; collaborate across engineering and operations; mentor team members; and participate in on-call service restoration.

Build, patch, customize, and test Linux userspace packages for Rocky Linux products. Remediate CVEs, improve package-building automation, develop automated system tests, and support deployments across servers, virtual machines, and cloud infrastructure. Collaborate on architecture, proofs of concept, documentation, capacity planning, and launch reviews while contributing to open-source development and CI/CD practices.

Develop and maintain Akamai’s custom Linux kernel for its cloud platform. Responsibilities include adding performance, reliability, and security features; porting modifications across kernel versions; debugging production and test issues; improving build and continuous-testing automation; collaborating with platform, application, hardware, and test teams; and contributing changes upstream to the Linux community.

Develop and maintain Linux kernel components and live-patching infrastructure for Rocky Linux. Responsibilities include kernel design, C programming, debugging memory management and process scheduling issues, device-driver and hardware integration, performance optimization, code review, documentation, and mentoring junior developers. The role requires deep Linux kernel internals expertise, familiarity with x86 and ARM architectures, Git workflows, and at least five years of kernel development experience.

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.

Analyze Linux system performance, design and implement performance enhancements, productize new servers and hardware, extend performance metrics and visualizations, and build diagnostic tooling. The role requires advanced C programming, Linux kernel expertise, virtualization knowledge, hardware enablement and debugging experience, performance analysis skills, and understanding of computer architecture, concurrency, algorithms, and hardware interconnects.

Designs, implements, administers, and supports critical Linux infrastructure and enterprise systems. Diagnoses system issues, develops remediation plans, supports application infrastructure, and contributes to compliance activities. Builds automation, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code solutions using Linux, cloud, Kubernetes, GitOps, and configuration-management tools. Partners with engineering, security, and operations teams to improve reliability, scalability, security, and deployment efficiency while mentoring junior engineers.

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.

Optimize Ubuntu integration across latest IoT and server-class hardware, lead customer engagements, and work with open source communities in a remote, collaborative environment.