Principal Linux Engineer

Position Summary

As a Principal Linux Engineer, you will be part of the team that owns software solutions for Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC) and will be primarily responsible for building, patching, and testing userspace packages in the operating system. You will also work on improving tooling and automation as part of the package-building process in the OS. You need an understanding of CVE’s and how to remediate CVE’s in RPM packages that are shipped to customers. You will also be working on how to customize, optimize, and create various packages to improve the customer experience with our products. You will build out testing for both specific software as well as testing the system as a whole.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the engineering, product, open-source community, and sales teams to develop relevant solutions.
• Taking part in architecture-level discussions, planning, and implementation
• Documenting each project to share knowledge and facilitate integration for users.
• Driving proofs of concept and minimum viable products for demonstration.
• Focusing on quality by developing automated tests
• A Releasing fast and releasing often, software development mentality
• Leveraging source control (Github/ Gitlab) for all development while collaborating with cross-functional teams.