Top Senior Linux Jobs in Washington, DC

Designs and develops cloud architecture and applications across on-premises and cloud environments. Implements infrastructure automation and DevSecOps practices, supports application migration, establishes secure and highly available cloud environments, and optimizes cost and performance. Responsibilities include cloud service delivery models, monitoring, troubleshooting, recovery planning, documentation, policy management, and development of new or enhanced cloud software across multiple enclaves.

Designs, secures, automates, and supports hybrid cloud infrastructure and enterprise platforms, with primary ownership of Azure infrastructure and Azure Databricks. Builds infrastructure-as-code modules, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, security controls, and automation while supporting AWS, BigQuery, Wasabi, and on-premises environments. The role also handles incident response, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, cost optimization, documentation, and technical guidance for application deployments and platform architecture.

Build and lead GM’s Core OS engineering organization for vehicle compute platforms. Define the team charter, hire engineers, establish architecture, and deliver production software supporting hypervisors, virtualization, containers, secure boot, safety monitoring, and Linux, Android, and QNX guest operating systems. Own roadmaps, KPIs, cross-functional integration, vendor partnerships, risk management, and vehicle-program milestones while ensuring scalable, reliable, and updateable platform software.

Designs, implements, and manages AWS infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code automation. Partners with application engineering, quality, security, and compliance teams to deliver reliable platform solutions. Owns platform stability, observability, incident response, security best practices, and zero-downtime deployments. Participates in on-call rotations, uses metrics for decision-making, and supports application architecture decisions while continuously improving DevOps processes and automation.

Architect, scale, and secure AWS infrastructure using IaC and automation. Build self-service templates, maintain FedRAMP-ready configurations, support incident response, optimize performance with Datadog, and mentor junior engineers.

Senior DevOps Engineer responsible for infrastructure automation, monitoring, reliability, secure Linux administration, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, cloud and networking strategy, and zero-touch provisioning. The role includes incident response, capacity planning, observability, documentation, on-call support, technical leadership, mentoring, and researching technologies across cloud, virtualization, and hardware platforms.

Lead the design, development, and implementation of resilient pricing tools using Python and cloud technologies. Improve automation, deployment reliability, testing, documentation, and technical standards. Coordinate complex projects, research new development practices, identify technical blockers, and mentor junior developers. Collaborate with stakeholders while developing expertise in insurance pricing and supporting applications built with technologies such as Streamlit, Flask, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud compute.

Lead the Site Reliability Engineering organization, managing and developing technical teams while driving reliability, scalability, observability, automation, and operational excellence. Responsibilities include infrastructure automation, vulnerability management, incident response, SLA and SLO analysis, monitoring improvements, post-incident reviews, ITIL processes, vendor coordination, and cross-functional reliability initiatives for large-scale production storage systems.

Leads the design, automation, deployment, and optimization of secure hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Develops Terraform modules and CI/CD pipelines, executes cloud migrations, implements networking and security best practices, troubleshoots infrastructure, and creates documentation. The role also mentors engineers, guides clients through modernization programs, and supports scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized enterprise environments.

Provides advanced technical support for robotic systems during commissioning and 24/7 customer operations. Diagnoses hardware, software, controls, Linux, network, and automation failures; analyzes logs and telemetry; develops integrations and support workflows; leads major incidents; coordinates engineering, field service, and customer teams; manages cases and corrective actions; validates AI-assisted diagnostics; and mentors engineers while improving system reliability and recovery times.

Lead architecture and development for AKS Flex, scaling etcd and Kubernetes control planes for distributed node fleets. Design remote-node provisioning, lifecycle automation, Kubernetes-native APIs, secure bootstrap, upgrades, and reliability systems across Azure, on-premises, edge, and other clouds. Drive performance testing, production operations, open-source collaboration, technical strategy, cross-team alignment, and mentorship while solving distributed-systems, storage, security, and scalability challenges.

Designs and implements Go-based control-plane software for custom AI inference hardware. Responsibilities span system management APIs, Linux services, hardware interfaces, diagnostics, observability, security, firmware updates, distributed systems, and workload management. The role requires hands-on debugging across application, operating system, firmware, and hardware boundaries, plus technical leadership, mentoring, architecture, and production ownership. Regular on-site lab work includes server racking, system bring-up, hardware troubleshooting, and documentation.

Develop and maintain Akamai’s custom Linux kernel and distribution for a globally distributed cloud platform. Responsibilities include adding performance, reliability, and security features; porting modifications to newer kernels; debugging production and test issues; improving build and continuous-testing automation; collaborating with platform, application, test, and hardware teams; and contributing work upstream to the open-source Linux community.

Develop and maintain Terraform-based multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GovCloud, GCP, and Azure. Build CI/CD pipelines, integrate cloud provisioning with a unified portal and service catalog, implement authentication and RBAC, and embed security scanning and compliance controls. Manage containerized environments, Iron Bank images, artifact repositories, and SonarQube infrastructure while supporting secure automation across cloud enclaves.

Oversee global data center network and server infrastructure operations. Deploy, repair, install, and decommission servers, storage systems, routers, switches, cabling, firmware, and software. Coordinate hardware shipments, inventory, rack design, migrations, platform upgrades, data destruction, and data center deployments. Monitor infrastructure availability, troubleshoot large-scale hardware and networking issues, and collaborate with Network Operations Centers and on-site technicians worldwide.

Design, automate, secure, and operate multi-cloud platform environments across Azure and AWS. Build infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, containerized services, observability, security controls, and enterprise data-platform integrations. Troubleshoot incidents, improve resiliency and performance, support governance and analytics services, document architecture and procedures, and provide technical leadership while collaborating with engineering, cybersecurity, data, architecture, and government stakeholders.

Own the networking architecture and roadmap for AKS Flex and Unbounded, enabling secure, reliable, high-performance Kubernetes connectivity across sites, clouds, edge environments, and on-premises infrastructure. Design overlay and underlay networks, routing, encrypted tunnels, eBPF dataplanes, and distributed systems for high-latency and partitioned environments. Integrate InfiniBand and RDMA for AI workloads, lead cross-team architecture efforts, improve global fleet performance and reliability, and participate in production operations and on-call rotations.

Designs, operates, and improves secure multi-account AWS infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, monitoring, observability, and cloud security controls. Troubleshoots issues across the software delivery and runtime stack, documents operational standards, mentors engineers, and supports technical readiness reviews. The role also contributes to automation, reliability, and potentially generative AI infrastructure and developer workflows.

Provides technical leadership for Azure cloud-scale distributed data platforms processing network telemetry and operational data. Defines architecture and long-term technical strategy, leads streaming and batch system design, resolves complex scalability and reliability challenges, oversees production readiness and continuous improvement, and influences cross-team technical investments. Partners across Azure Networking, conducts design reviews, establishes reusable engineering patterns, improves observability and quality, and mentors engineers and technical leaders.

Develops and maintains enterprise infrastructure automations using Ansible, ARIA, Python, Bash, and PowerShell. Builds RESTful APIs, Infrastructure as Code solutions, CI/CD pipelines, integration workflows, and automated testing frameworks. Supports the full automation development lifecycle, troubleshoots production issues, documents solutions, and collaborates with infrastructure, security, and service teams in Agile environments. Requires advanced infrastructure automation experience, Linux and Windows administration expertise, secure coding knowledge, and Public Trust eligibility.

Administer, architect, build, secure, and maintain resilient AWS cloud infrastructure, applications, containers, and Linux systems. Automate infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, support DevOps deployments and patching, and integrate AI-driven automation and AIOps tools. Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to cloud engineers while improving operational efficiency and security.

Designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, deployment processes, monitoring, and operational tooling for Java-based enterprise applications. Integrates automated testing, security scanning, vulnerability management, containerization, and secure credential practices. Collaborates with development, cybersecurity, database, QA, systems administration, and customer teams to deliver reliable releases and support compliance, hardening, patching, and continuous monitoring in a controlled environment.

Design, build, test, and deliver software for managing virtual machines alongside Kubernetes workloads in secure, disconnected environments. Develop Kubernetes tooling, APIs, VM image workflows, management capabilities, and integrations for networking, storage, observability, and security. Debug complex distributed systems, improve reliability and performance, make architectural decisions, review code, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, UX, and mission stakeholders.

Develop and operate software for Azure’s hyperscale networking infrastructure and SONiC switch and router platforms. Responsibilities include designing, coding, optimizing, debugging, and maintaining network software; supporting packet forwarding, telemetry, observability, reliability, and performance; creating design and release plans; responding to incidents; and mentoring engineers. The role requires expertise in software engineering, IP networking, distributed systems, Linux, SDN technologies, and container-based environments.

Provides database administration and engineering for production systems, including replication, query optimization, backups, disaster recovery, performance tuning, capacity planning, security, and reliability. Establishes database standards, collaborates with application and infrastructure teams, monitors system performance, reviews technical designs, and supports scalable SaaS database environments across MySQL/Linux and SQL Server/Windows.