Top Senior Linux Jobs in Tampa, FL

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.

Deploys, secures, maintains, and troubleshoots Linux systems across bare metal, virtualization, container, HPC, GPU, and application layers. Supports Kubernetes workloads, AI/ML pipelines, high-performance storage, cluster optimization, system hardening, patching, audit readiness, and classified government environments. Collaborates with cybersecurity, DevSecOps, cloud, and engineering teams while maintaining operational documentation and compliance packages.

Lead the design, deployment, management, and optimization of enterprise Linux, virtualization, compute, storage, and datacenter infrastructure. Responsibilities include capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery, fault analysis, system integration, backup compliance, technical escalation support, documentation, emerging technology evaluation, and mentoring engineers. The role collaborates with networking and security teams and participates in on-call support.

Designs and maintains system architectures across applications, infrastructure, and platforms. Provides technical leadership, translates requirements into scalable and secure solutions, optimizes reliability and performance, supports system integration, and collaborates with development, DevOps, security, and business stakeholders. Maintains technical documentation and participates in Agile delivery and continuous improvement. Preferred experience includes federal contracts, migrations, Ansible, Linux, Red Hat, cloud platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, and secure system design.

Manage and optimize enterprise software deployment and patching across endpoints using Tanium, Intune, Config Manager and PowerShell. Package/repackage applications, automate delivery, monitor deployments, perform QA and troubleshooting, maintain application catalog and documentation, and provide end-user self-service support.

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.

Own and architect Linux kernel-space enforcement for an identity security platform using eBPF and BPF LSM hooks. Build kernel and userspace enforcement boundary, optimize syscall hot paths, extend enforcement to containers and Kubernetes, ensure portability across kernel versions, collaborate on shared policy/backend, mentor engineers, and drive production-grade, low-latency security enforcement.

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

Design, develop, and maintain Linux kernel components for Rocky Linux. Write and review C code, build kernel testing and automation, debug kernel-level issues, optimize performance, collaborate with hardware engineers, document designs, and mentor junior developers.

Lead the migration of a Windows-based renderer to Linux/Vulkan, ensure cross-backend correctness and performance, build regression/comparison tests, establish profiling workflows, and contribute to advanced rendering features and GPU optimization while collaborating across build, infra, and simulation teams.