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As a Senior Principal Linux Systems & RPM Development Engineer, you will join the product development team to manage the entire lifecycle of Linux operating system images. You will be responsible for designing, building, and customizing images while owning their testing and validation across various cloud environments. Your daily work involves troubleshooting complex issues across the full Linux stack, including bootloaders, kernel interactions, systemd services, networking, storage, and security subsystems. Additionally, you will develop and maintain RPM packages by creating new ones, applying patches to existing software, and managing dependencies. To succeed, you must possess deep expertise in distributions like Oracle Linux, CentOS, RHEL, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu. Required technical skills include Python programming, shell scripting, and proficiency with Linux development tools to automate build, deployment, and maintenance workflows for platform reliability.
Linux
Red Hat
Shell Scripting
VMware
Virtualization
System Administration
Backup and Restore
Vulnerability Scanning
Antivirus Tools
Object Oriented Languages
Stennis Space Center, MS39 days ago
$92,300–$166,850
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ansible
Red Hat Satellite
High Performance Computing
Bash
Python
Virtualization
Enterprise Storage
Security+ CE
RHCSA
CompTIA Linux+
LPIC-1