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Sustaining Operations Engineer

Home Based - Worldwide🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-07-31

Core

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

Role type

Senior IC sustaining operations engineer (Linux infrastructure)

Builds

Stability and fixes for Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, and Kubernetes environments serving enterprise customers

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, debugging with gdb/pdb/tcpdump, Python/Go/C/C++ programming, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, LXD/LXC, KVM/QEMU, distributed systems, git

Preferred skills

Kernel or userspace experience, Debian packaging, Postgresql, Mongo, upstream community participation

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 against priorities; Participate in team activities to improve processes and documentation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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