Top Linux Jobs in Washington, DC

Build and operate Cloudflare’s large-scale Kubernetes platform running on bare-metal Linux. Design resilient systems, support application teams, improve resource efficiency, harden infrastructure, and respond to platform incidents. The role combines software engineering with DevOps responsibilities, including production Kubernetes operations, Linux systems debugging, container networking, and contributions to open-source projects.

Architect and operate scalable cloud and virtualized lab platforms for global sales engineering teams. Build automated cybersecurity demonstrations simulating malware, exploit paths, and detection workflows. Lead self-service tooling, product demonstration readiness, infrastructure reliability, outage resolution, security governance, and major conference technical operations. Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Information Security, and Platform Engineering while providing technical leadership across complex infrastructure initiatives.

Leads and mentors simulation framework engineers building C++ and Python interfaces, adapters, and plugins for multiple simulation backends. Drives the HMSF product and migration roadmap, maintains legacy HMSSimBlocks support, and influences platform requirements. Ensures interoperability with defense simulation standards and supports hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing. Partners with program, integration, autonomy, and platform teams while improving documentation, templates, and developer enablement.

Lead large-scale initiatives for a high-performance Linux-based network sensor, improving ingestion, scalability, continuous capture, queue reliability, observability, and production diagnostics. Own root cause analysis and postmortems, establish engineering standards, translate business goals into technical plans, and mentor engineers through design and code reviews. The role requires deep Rust expertise, distributed systems experience, concurrent programming, packet capture, message brokers, and cybersecurity best practices.

Design, operate, and improve highly scalable hybrid multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms supporting business-critical systems. Responsibilities include optimizing reliability, managing large-scale infrastructure, integrating open-source technologies, guiding Kubernetes platform evolution, and mentoring engineers. The role requires expertise with Kubernetes clusters containing thousands of nodes, observability tools, Golang, Linux, AWS, GCP, OCI, custom data centers, and on-call operations. Candidates must be eligible for CJIS clearance and periodically complete government-required background and fingerprint checks.

Design, build, operate, and scale cloud-native systems supporting Falcon Complete cybersecurity analysts. Responsibilities include developing web services and data pipelines, improving monitoring and reliability, automating operational tasks, collaborating with stakeholders, translating feature requests into requirements, and participating in 24/7 on-call rotations. The role involves distributed systems, microservices, databases, messaging platforms, container orchestration, and AI-enabled workflow improvements in a remote, asynchronous environment.

Implements and supports enterprise AI infrastructure platforms across client environments. Configures Kubernetes, workload schedulers, GPU resource governance, containers, observability, security, and related platform services. Performs discovery, deployment, integration, upgrades, troubleshooting, validation, documentation, and knowledge transfer. Collaborates with cross-functional technical teams, contributes to implementation plans and Statements of Work, manages project deliverables, and provides client-facing consulting support. Travel and occasional extended or weekend work may be required.

Lead complex systems initiatives for Cloudflare Browser Isolation across Chromium, distributed services, and remote browsing infrastructure. Design and implement C++, Rust, Go, and TypeScript systems; investigate cross-layer performance and reliability issues; improve observability, capacity, rollout safety, and resilience. The role includes architectural decision-making, technical leadership, mentoring, cross-team coordination, incident response, and production on-call participation.

Designs, implements, validates, benchmarks, troubleshoots, and supports accelerated compute and high-performance storage infrastructure for enterprise AI workloads. Conducts discovery, migrations, installations, configuration, testing, documentation, and client knowledge transfer. Collaborates with project managers, architects, sales teams, partners, and stakeholders to manage scope, timelines, risks, and deliverables. The role requires client-facing consulting, technical documentation, infrastructure troubleshooting, occasional overtime, and travel to client sites or company locations.

Build and manage automated workflows that improve business and technology productivity within a DevSecOps infrastructure team. Responsibilities include addressing complex technical problems, mentoring team members, maintaining high-quality project standards, supporting CI/CD and cloud infrastructure, automating deployment tasks, and developing client relationships. The role requires three years of technology experience and familiarity with cloud, containers, Linux, DevOps toolchains, monitoring platforms, and test automation.

Operate and maintain large Kubernetes clusters across data centers and public clouds. Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, storage, DNS, and control-plane issues; participate in on-call incident response; perform upgrades and capacity changes; build monitoring dashboards and alerts; automate repetitive work with Go or Python; maintain documentation and use AI tools to improve engineering workflows.

Develop and maintain Chromium-based browser and distributed systems components using C++, Rust, Go, and TypeScript. Own features through design, testing, rollout, and production support; debug browser, Linux, and service failures; improve reliability, latency, startup performance, and resource efficiency. Participate in code reviews, documentation, automated testing, collaboration, and on-call incident response.

Develops and maintains on-premises DevOps infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automation, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, virtualization, and deployment workflows. Supports secure application builds, releases, testing, disaster recovery, and Tier II/III troubleshooting while ensuring compliance with DISA STIGs and DoD cybersecurity requirements. Collaborates with systems, network, security, application, and government teams at the Washington Navy Yard.

Design, operate, and scale SailPoint’s AWS-based Kubernetes infrastructure and service mesh for a global, mission-critical SaaS platform. Responsibilities include cluster architecture, networking, security, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, capacity planning, incident response, compliance, and platform standards. The role influences engineering teams globally, participates in 24x7 on-call support, leads service mesh strategy, and improves reliability, performance, deployment efficiency, and operational practices.

Designs, secures, automates, and sustains mission-critical infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms for a federal customer. Responsibilities include managing containerized environments, VMware and Linux systems, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, observability, troubleshooting, security hardening, vulnerability remediation, documentation, and production change management. The role collaborates across technical teams in a 24x7 environment, requires primarily onsite work in Washington, D.C., and includes occasional on-call support and continuity-of-operations duties.

Develop and operate CrowdStrike’s internal cloud management platform and mission-critical CI/CD pipelines. Build APIs and UIs using Go and TypeScript, improve developer productivity, integrate tooling, maintain cloud-native infrastructure, and support secure, highly available software delivery systems. Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and SRE teams, ensure SOC2-aware processes, and participate in on-call operations.

Build, integrate, test, and deploy full-stack software for autonomous systems. Develop user interfaces and backend services, connect data platforms with AI, sensor fusion, and robotics components, and support reliable production deployments across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams while resolving integration, security, networking, authentication, deployment, and user-experience challenges.

Develop Python-based automated tests, validation tools, analysis utilities, and quality metrics for autonomous systems. Support testing across simulation, SIL, HIL, VIL, laboratory, and hardware environments. Analyze results, debug integration issues, improve regression and performance testing, integrate tests into CI/CD workflows, and collaborate with autonomy, systems engineering, flight test, and integration teams.

Develop Python-based automated testing, simulation analysis, log-processing, scenario-generation, and domain-randomization tools for the Hivemind Platform. Support test orchestration, distributed simulation, containerized environments, CI/CD, build troubleshooting, and technical documentation. Investigate failures using logs, telemetry, rosbags, network captures, and test results while collaborating with autonomy, systems, and platform engineers.

Develop Python-based tools for simulation-data analysis, log processing, automated testing, scenario generation, and autonomy performance evaluation. Support test orchestration, distributed simulation, containerized environments, CI/CD, infrastructure configuration, debugging, and developer documentation. Collaborate with software, autonomy, systems, and platform engineers while contributing to reliable and repeatable Hivemind Platform testing workflows.

Develop C++ software interfaces connecting autonomy software with sensors, flight controllers, payloads, radios, and vehicle systems. Configure Linux mission computers, implement communication protocols, develop Python testing tools, and debug distributed-system data flow. Support software, hardware, vehicle, laboratory, and field integration testing while collaborating with autonomy, systems, test, and flight teams.

Designs, implements, and maintains secure, scalable GCP cloud infrastructure. Develops infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD automation, supports deployment workflows, monitors performance, troubleshoots issues, and ensures compliance with federal security standards. Collaborates with engineering, security, and government stakeholders in a high-security environment while documenting solutions and sharing knowledge.

Architects and develops IT platform solutions supporting database and application development. Modernizes legacy data sharing and integration, configures and troubleshoots commercial products and services, manages platform lifecycle promotion strategies, and establishes configuration baselines across operating systems, middleware, databases, web servers, cloud platforms, and containerized environments.

Owns and operates cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, identity, secrets, networking, observability, and infrastructure as code. Builds GitOps workflows and CI controls, manages production incidents and on-call responsibilities, implements security and compliance controls, automates toil, and maintains technical documentation. Partners with platform, security, network, and ground-station teams to deliver reliable cloud infrastructure.

Build and maintain enterprise DevOps and developer-experience infrastructure for Hivemind Solutions. Responsibilities include GitLab CI/CD pipelines, runner fleets, automation integrations, cloud-based simulation environments, Artifactory registries, secure container builds, Nix developer environments, and troubleshooting distributed development systems. The role requires strong scripting, Linux administration, cloud, security, and CI/CD expertise, along with eligibility for an active U.S. Secret clearance.