Posted 68 months ago

Senior Platform Engineer

AustinOn-siteFull-time

AI Summary

Senior Platform Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining a Linux-focused software platform, with emphasis on security instrumentation, data processing, storage, and scalable publishing for a distributed system.

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Senior Platform Engineer

Role Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a software platform that

Exposes Linux security instrumentation information

Processes and stores information into a database

Publishes information for consumption by a distributed system

Ensure all software has high unit test coverage, and works on multiple Linux platforms

Perform performance analysis on software, execute tuning, and calculate throughput

Job Requirements

Programming languages needed, in particular C, Go, or Bash

Strong understanding of the Linux operating system

Understanding of good security practices for system service processes

Design or software architecture experience

Understanding of software deployment, packaging and installation techniques

Understands the value of CI/CD and TDD, is able to write high-quality, tested code

Bonus Qualifications

Use of publish-subscribe technologies such as Kafka

Use of technologies such as Zookeeper or Consul

Has contributed upstream to Open Source projects such as the Linux kernel or other high-profile projects

Education/Qualifications

BA/BS or MA/MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Skills

BashC++CI/CDConsulDatabasesDistributed SystemsGOInstallation TechniquesKafkaLinuxLinux Kernel (bonus)Linux Platform FamiliarityOpen-source ContributionsPackagingPerformance AnalysisPub-subSecuritySoftware DeploymentTDDThroughput TuningUnit TestingZookeeper

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