Top Senior Linux Jobs in San Diego, CA

Lead the design, deployment, operation, and optimization of Starshield’s Top Secret data center networks supporting large-scale AI clusters and national security missions. Responsibilities include high-speed copper and optical connectivity, network automation, security, capacity planning, troubleshooting, reliability improvements, hardware and firmware integration, and collaboration with ML and engineering teams. The role also mentors junior engineers and provides technical leadership.

Lead and grow a platform engineering team responsible for developer enablement, self-service tooling, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, cloud-native deployment environments, observability, reliability, security, governance, and cost optimization. Own the internal developer platform roadmap, establish enterprise standards, partner with product and security leaders, and track platform impact through DORA metrics, adoption, and developer satisfaction.

Develops technical proposals and cost estimates for industrial automation solutions. Reviews RFPs, drawings, specifications, and technical documents; calculates labor, materials, travel, and schedule requirements; prepares proposal content; collaborates with engineers, project managers, customers, and business development teams; maintains cost databases and improves estimating processes.

Own quality strategy and release validation across APIs, web and mobile SDKs, and dashboards. Build scalable automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, synthetic test data, and performance tests. Validate identity verification, security, privacy, compliance, and ML model changes. Triage defects, define quality metrics, produce audit evidence, and partner with engineering and security teams. Use AI-powered development tools to accelerate reliable test creation and failure analysis while mentoring teams and improving testing practices.

Leads planning, scheduling, execution, coordination, and documentation for SSEE/Spectral test and evaluation activities. Develops TEMPs and test procedures, guides teams through the full test lifecycle, analyzes results, coordinates with engineering teams and government stakeholders, manages communications with Navy operational test authorities, and tracks discrepancies through corrective action and retesting.

Leads complex enterprise network and infrastructure design, implementation, troubleshooting, and strategy. Oversees campus network physical infrastructure, vendors, outages, automation, asset lifecycles, and regulatory compliance. Mentors distributed teams, advises senior stakeholders, manages ISP and telecom relationships, and leads large technical projects. Requires advanced enterprise networking expertise, strategic decision-making, stakeholder management, and experience with ITSM and Agile operations.

Design, implement, and optimize custom GPU kernels for large-scale AI training and inference. Integrate low-level kernels with PyTorch, JAX, and internal runtimes; profile workloads, identify bottlenecks, develop performance models, and improve accelerator efficiency. Collaborate with ML researchers, distributed systems engineers, model-serving teams, and NVIDIA/AMD hardware partners while contributing to benchmarking, testing, tooling, and documentation.

Owns the shared platform architecture and technical direction across cloud infrastructure, identity, integrations, shared services, and enterprise systems. Establishes organization-wide technical standards, cloud architecture patterns, IAM strategy, security and compliance alignment, and remediation priorities. Partners with Cloud Operations, SRE, Security, AI, and senior technical stakeholders to drive architectural decisions through influence. Requires extensive experience with AWS, Azure, infrastructure as code, identity protocols, and enterprise-scale architecture governance.

Build, modernize, and sustain mission-critical full-stack applications across the software development lifecycle. Develop backend services with Python and Ruby, responsive front-end interfaces with JavaScript frameworks, RESTful integrations, relational database solutions, and AWS cloud infrastructure. Participate in Agile/Scrum delivery, testing, debugging, code reviews, deployment automation, configuration management, operational support, troubleshooting, and performance improvements while collaborating with engineers and architects.

Leads automotive product development from RFQ and requirements definition through validation and production launch. Coordinates global engineering and cross-functional teams, manages technical risks, supports customer relationships, and resolves complex design and manufacturing issues. Responsibilities include system engineering, motor and mechanical product development, manufacturability evaluation, DFMEA/PFMEA reviews, validation, PPAP, production quality support, and technical documentation. The role requires automotive OEM or Tier 1 experience, motor technology expertise, statistical analysis, FEA knowledge, and periodic domestic and international travel.