Top Linux Jobs in Washington, DC

Design and scale ARM64 compute platform infrastructure, hypervisor integrations, instance management, resource orchestration tools, and compute APIs. Develop and maintain low-level services using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages. Collaborate with hardware and global engineering teams, participate in design reviews, debug distributed Linux systems, and mentor junior engineers.

Develop and own compute and GPU server platforms from architecture through global deployment. Responsibilities include schematic and layout reviews, design for manufacturability, new product introduction, board and system bring-up, validation, debugging, firmware and BIOS feature management, technology qualification, and vendor coordination. The role requires hands-on server architecture, board-level design, Linux and scripting expertise, platform validation, and five-day-per-week presence in the Cambridge office.

Lead a 15-person Container Product Engineering team building hardened container images, registry services, build systems, adoption tooling, and compliance features. Own team outcomes, hiring, coaching, roadmap execution, technical quality, delivery, planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Remain hands-on through code and design reviews while guiding AI-native engineering practices. The role partners with product and platform teams and offers a path toward broader Director-level scope.

Designs and maintains scalable AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, Terraform-based IaC, and CI/CD pipelines. Integrates MLOps and DevSecOps practices, automates deployment and system administration, monitors performance and cost, supports incident response, and collaborates with engineering teams to improve platform architecture and reliability.

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.

Software Engineer Intern contributing to SingleStore’s distributed SQL database. Responsibilities include developing and testing database features, query processing, storage engines, indexing, distributed systems, concurrency, performance, scalability, and fault tolerance. The role involves code reviews, technical design, debugging, documentation, and collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Software Engineer Intern contributing to cloud-native database services, including workspace lifecycle management, provisioning, scaling, backups, APIs, reliability, observability, testing, and production deployment. The role involves distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, backend development, debugging, code reviews, and collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Develop and operate production-quality cloud software for managing customer workspaces and databases. Responsibilities include building backend services, APIs, automation, provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, recovery, observability, and reliability improvements. The role involves writing code, tests, documentation, and technical designs; investigating performance and scalability issues; and collaborating with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams.

Develop and improve SingleStore database engine software, including query execution, optimization, storage, indexing, transactions, and distributed-system components. Write production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs while investigating performance, scalability, and correctness issues. Collaborate with experienced engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams through regular release cycles.

Architect and lead RapidFort’s scalable build platform for producing hardened container images. Responsibilities include designing distributed build systems, automating image creation and validation, improving reliability and performance, solving Linux and container infrastructure challenges, establishing software supply chain standards, influencing cross-team architecture, and mentoring engineers. The role requires deep expertise in Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Bash, CI/CD, distributed systems, and build automation.

Designs, develops, deploys, and operates scalable Go and Python microservices in distributed production environments. Responsibilities include API design, Kubernetes deployment, monitoring, scaling, troubleshooting incidents, system architecture, security, testing, code reviews, and continuous improvements to development processes and infrastructure. The role requires end-to-end service ownership, strong Linux and Docker expertise, observability knowledge, and experience with reliability, performance, and CI/CD practices.

Operate and improve AWS production infrastructure, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes workloads, observability, CI/CD, and incident response. The role investigates root causes, strengthens application resilience, automates operational tasks, supports database and performance reliability, maintains documentation, and participates in 24/7 on-call rotations. The engineer owns scoped reliability projects and collaborates with product engineering teams on resilient, secure, and compliant systems.

Leads the design, development, integration, modernization, automation, and optimization of complex enterprise healthcare applications. Architects data pipelines and interfaces, manages upgrades and performance tuning, partners with architecture and security teams, establishes technical standards, and mentors engineers. The role requires expertise in healthcare interoperability, enterprise application architecture, scripting, deployment pipelines, security, scalability, and regulatory compliance.

Provides administration and operational support for physical and virtualized Windows and Linux servers, network systems, telecommunications, VPN connectivity, backups, and courthouse applications. Manages VMware environments, Exchange, MECM, patching, system upgrades, hardware lifecycles, vendor coordination, and network accreditation requirements. Supports vulnerability remediation, ATO renewals, RMF documentation, and troubleshooting of communications infrastructure and mission-critical court systems.

Defines system requirements and architectures, integrates software onto autonomous vehicles and defense systems, and deploys and validates robotics, sensor, perception, communication, and autonomy systems. The role includes field testing, simulation, troubleshooting, system modeling, cross-functional collaboration, and technical documentation in operationally challenging environments.

Leads enterprise infrastructure engineering and a technical team through data center closure and migration to Azure Government. Oversees servers, storage, networking, backups, cloud operations, governance, security, monitoring, incident response, and operational availability. Develops Azure architectures and landing zones, coordinates cross-functional migration workstreams, manages legacy infrastructure retirement, and drives automation, documentation, compliance, disaster recovery, and continuous improvement.

Designs and implements automation, infrastructure improvements, monitoring, observability, and infrastructure-as-code solutions for mission-critical applications and systems. Manages SLOs and SLIs, supports incident response and root cause analysis, optimizes performance and reliability, and collaborates across software, operations, and security teams in cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

Designs, deploys, secures, automates, and maintains cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP. Develops Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD automation, manages Docker and Kubernetes environments, monitors hybrid cloud systems, and troubleshoots infrastructure and application issues. Implements federal security controls, IAM, networking, encryption, logging, and compliance requirements. Supports ATO processes, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, documentation, and collaboration with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and government stakeholders.

Develop and maintain PHP, Python, C, and C++ applications supporting real-time data enrichment and sharing. Integrate external capabilities and workflows into internal operations, working across web front ends and back-end processing pipelines. Support OpenStack, private cloud, virtualization, Linux, and Windows environments. Collaborate with developers and research AI engine implementation within the cloud ecosystem.

Designs, develops, and maintains C/C++ and Python software for radar and RF data acquisition, processing, analysis, automation, embedded systems, and testing. Integrates software with laboratory and field instrumentation across Linux and Windows, supports legacy codebases, develops documentation and test plans, and collaborates with engineering and program teams. The role supports classified lab, shipboard, and field test environments for Naval Research Laboratory electronic warfare programs.

Provides global infrastructure support for Department of State facilities, managing Windows and Linux servers, virtualization platforms, storage, networking, cloud environments, Oracle appliances, and ESB systems. Responsibilities include platform maintenance, monitoring, performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, hybrid and multi-cloud transitions, security compliance, audits, and coordination with overseas IT staff and cloud providers.

Provides on-site Linux systems administration for Department of State offices, managing servers, network equipment, workstations, applications, databases, patches, security controls, backups, incident tickets, configuration changes, monitoring, documentation, upgrades, and risk reporting. Requires coordination of hardware and software operations, technical support, and compliance with Department of State policies.

Design, implement, and maintain scalable hybrid multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms at massive scale. Ensure high reliability, integrate open-source observability tools, provide technical direction, operate large Linux environments across cloud and data centers, handle on-call duties, and mentor junior engineers.

Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure software (primarily in Go) to manage VMs across global data centers. Collaborate on product requirements, participate in code reviews, optimize performance and reliability, contribute to architecture decisions, and stay current with industry trends.

Leads an engineering team developing, maintaining, testing, and optimizing custom Linux kernel infrastructure at planetary scale. Responsibilities include feature development, performance tuning, vulnerability management, hardware support, low-level debugging, reliability and security strategy, mentoring, quality standards, and collaboration with technical teams and open-source communities. The role also requires hands-on technical contributions when needed.