Principal Linux Engineer

Job Summary

Working remotely, the full-time Principal Linux Engineer will build, patch, and test userspace packages for Rocky Linux, enhance tooling and automation in the package-building process, and collaborate with various teams to improve customer experience and software quality.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and optimize Linux OS packages while remediating CVEs in RPM packages
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and open-source community teams on architecture discussions and project documentation
• Implement automated testing and support deployment across standard server architectures and cloud infrastructure

Required qualifications

• Understanding of Linux OS packaging (RPM or DEB) and experience with Linux administration
• Familiarity with CVEs and their remediation in older code versions
• Proven experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools and processes
• Proficiency in Bash, YAML, XML, JSON, REST APIs/OpenAPI, and HTTP methods
• At least 4 years of experience supporting Linux and 2 years building Linux packages