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Sustaining Operations Engineer

Anywhere🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-21 → 2026-09-29

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

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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