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Sustaining Operations Engineer

Anywhere🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-21

Core

Final point of escalation for operational troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues in Linux-based software-defined infrastructure, covering bare metal, virtualization, containerization, storage, networking, and orchestration.

Role type

Senior IC sustaining operations engineer (Linux/OpenStack/Kubernetes)

Builds

Fixes, workarounds, and upstream patches for the Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, and Kubernetes ecosystem

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, Open Source, Linux Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Advanced Linux troubleshooting, Deep debugging (gdb, pdb, tcpdump), Python/Go/C/C++ programming, Git source code management, Distributed systems knowledge

Preferred skills

Experience with LXD, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging

Technologies

Linux, KVM, Docker, LXC, LXD, Ceph, OVS, OVN, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Python, Go, C, C++, gdb, pdb, tcpdump, Git

Responsibilities

Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, and Kubernetes; Debug issues and propose workarounds; Liaise with software engineers to produce patches; Participate in upstream communities; Provide subject matter expertise as final escalation point; Manage time effectively against priorities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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