CIQ OVERVIEW
CIQ builds the enterprise infrastructure that powers the world's most demanding workloads. From the operating system layer through AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, and cloud-native orchestration, CIQ delivers the speed, security, scalability, and sovereignty that major enterprises, government agencies, and research institutions depend on.
CIQ is the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux and the developer of the RLC Pro family of Enterprise Linux distributions, Fuzzball workload orchestration, Warewulf Pro cluster provisioning, and Ascender Pro automation.
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.
- 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.
- Leveraging source control (Github/Gitlab) for all development.
- Supporting services through system design consulting, platform development, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
- Deployment on standard server architectures, virtual machines, and cloud infrastructure.
NEEDED TO SUCCEED
- An understanding of Linux OS packaging, like RPM or DEB.
- Familiarity with CVE’s and remediation of these for older versions of the code.
- Deep understanding of how a Linux Operation system works, including how various packages interact with each other.
- Proven experience with Linux administration, Linux internals, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools.
- Familiarity with Ansible playbooks and/or DoD STIG/SCAP/RADIX process.
- Proficient in: Bash, YAML, XML, JSON, REST APIs / OpenAPI, HTTP.
- Familiarity with Python and GoLang.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Proven work experience as a Linux Engineer, Linux Development Engineer, or a Software developer with a focus on the Linux OS.
- At least 4 years of experience supporting Linux and at least 2 years of experience building Linux Packages.