Top Senior Linux Jobs in San Diego, CA

Leads the rapid prototyping, integration, testing, flight demonstration, and low-rate production of autonomous uncrewed launched-effects platforms. Integrates AI, sensors, payloads, networking, and navigation systems while managing vendor technical baselines, schedules, risks, anomalies, acquisition packages, and technical briefings. The role requires hands-on systems engineering leadership across government and industry partners, with emphasis on rapid defense acquisition, open architectures, and operationally relevant flight testing.

Design enterprise and solution architectures supporting secure business-process transformation and cloud migration. Perform current- and target-state analysis, DoDAF views, application dependency mapping, migration wave planning, disposition analysis, HA/DR and rollback design, data and interface migration, Zero Trust and RMF integration, and cost optimization. The role also serves as the on-site Project Manager at Maxwell-Gunter Annex and requires maintaining an active Secret Clearance.

Develops and maintains COBOL programs for the IMDS team, resolves system issues, optimizes batch and transaction processing, and supports modernization of legacy applications. Responsibilities include managing data dependencies, modernizing interfaces, decomposing code, implementing automated regression testing, planning technical debt, leading cloud transitions, and mentoring team members. The role requires effective communication, innovation, and an active Secret Clearance at Maxwell-Gunter Annex.

Administer and engineer Active Directory, Windows Server, and Azure/AWS cloud environments supporting DoD network enclaves. Manage identity integrations, directory services, Windows workloads, Azure Virtual Desktop, security hardening, patching, monitoring, automation, backup, and recovery. Troubleshoot authentication, connectivity, performance, and user-session issues while maintaining STIG compliance, documentation, and operational procedures. Collaborate with cloud, security, and application teams on deployments, incidents, and changes.

Administer and support SharePoint Online and on-premises environments, execute tenant-to-tenant migrations, and design enterprise SharePoint, Power Platform, SPFx, .NET, and C# solutions. The role modernizes legacy applications, troubleshoots complex production issues, provides advanced technical support, and maintains governance, security, documentation, testing, deployment, and change-management standards while collaborating with business and technical teams.

Leads enterprise endpoint engineering for more than 12,000 devices across multiple operating systems. Administers Intune, VDI, Autopilot, endpoint security, patching, application deployment, identity policies, and automation. Oversees endpoint health, compliance, and lifecycle management while partnering across infrastructure, security, and business teams. Provides technical leadership, mentors junior engineers, supports strategic initiatives, documents procedures, and manages high-priority escalations.

Develops and executes supplier quality processes for aerospace and spaceflight hardware. Responsibilities include supplier evaluations, quality audits, source inspections, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, risk assessment, nonconformance reduction, and production transition support. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, program quality, and suppliers to resolve technical issues and communicate performance to leadership. Requires aerospace production quality experience, significant supplier quality engineering experience, and travel up to 50%.

Design and develop FPGA, digital ASIC, and mixed-signal ASIC solutions using HDL. Lead verification, test-bench development, timing and noise analysis, signoff, physical design, lab integration, and troubleshooting. Collaborate with systems, firmware, architecture, and product engineering teams to resolve implementation challenges. The role also supports full ASIC/FPGA lifecycles and may involve communications systems, DSP, EDA tools, and mentoring junior engineers.

Lead the Power Conversion team developing power electronics hardware and embedded systems. Manage engineering talent, technical direction, schedules, budgets, suppliers, requirements, design reviews, prototyping, validation, testing, and field support. Guide power conversion products from concept through delivery while collaborating with controls, electromagnetic design, and mechanical teams. Drive engineering processes, hiring, career development, root-cause investigations, and design tradeoffs for high-reliability aerospace systems.

Designs and specifies mechanical systems and equipment for power generation and industrial facilities. Prepares engineering calculations, equipment specifications, procurement packages, technical evaluations, and design documentation. Coordinates with multidisciplinary project teams, reviews vendor documentation, supports construction and commissioning activities, and conducts site assessments. Serves as a technical resource, reviews junior engineers’ work, mentors staff, and supports project planning, estimating, scheduling, and client coordination.

Leads instrumentation and controls engineering and design for power industry projects. Produces instrument indexes, DCS/PLC and CEMS data sheets, I/O lists, process control narratives, specifications, estimates, and control system drawings. Reviews project documents, directs drafting personnel, evaluates control components, supports proposals, and may supervise engineers or technicians. Requires extensive power industry I&C experience, knowledge of boiler and turbine controls, CAD and engineering software proficiency, and willingness to work in office and field environments.

Leads and mentors a software engineering team while overseeing the full software development lifecycle. Drives technical strategy, architectural alignment, code quality, agile practices, and delivery of scalable software. Collaborates with product and architecture stakeholders, manages schedules and resources, reviews designs and code, communicates risks, and evaluates emerging technologies. The role requires strong software development, system design, cloud-native, DevOps, and people-management expertise.

Leads quality engineering for enterprise retail software, defining test strategies and executing functional, integration, regression, API, database, and end-to-end validation. Develops automation frameworks, integrates tests into CI/CD pipelines, validates cloud-native and Kubernetes applications, manages defects, performs root cause analysis, assesses release readiness, and mentors junior engineers. Collaborates with product, engineering, DevOps, program management, vendors, and business stakeholders to improve quality, reliability, scalability, and resiliency.

Leads the Core Platform Services engineering team building highly available, multi-tenant platform services, including Action Center and agentic remediation. Responsibilities include team development, architecture, API and workflow design, AI safety, platform adoption, roadmap delivery, cross-functional collaboration, and 24x7 operational excellence. The role requires hands-on technical leadership, scalable systems expertise, production operations discipline, and experience applying AI to engineering workflows.

Design and implement scalable, secure digital checkout services supporting cart and checkout experiences across Target’s web and mobile platforms. Lead architecture, code and design reviews, testing, debugging, deployment, and production operations. Evaluate technologies, improve service reliability, contribute to disaster recovery, resolve technical issues, and coach engineers. Collaborate with product, guest experience, and enterprise teams to deliver high-performance distributed systems.

Designs, develops, and operationalizes enterprise architecture processes and technology intelligence capabilities. Builds AI-powered process automations, data pipelines, metadata models, and cloud-based applications using Python, microservices, and SaaS architecture tools. Integrates analytics platforms, develops CI/CD pipelines, applies secure engineering practices, and delivers scalable solutions for regulated financial environments. Provides technical leadership, makes architecture decisions, mentors teams, and collaborates with business, product, risk, and security stakeholders.

Designs, integrates, tests, and verifies complex mechanical, electrical, software, and reactor-related systems. Develops and manages requirements, system architectures, configuration baselines, technical specifications, safety documentation, risk models, and digital engineering workflows. Uses MBSE, PLM, AI-assisted review tools, 3D models, and automation to maintain traceability and support design decisions. Coordinates multidisciplinary engineering activities, document reviews, regulatory compliance, and project integration while mentoring junior staff.