Senior Linux Platform Engineer – Low-Latency & Automation

Gotham Technology Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gotham Technology Group in New York is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer – Linux to own significant portions of the Linux platform, from provisioning through performance optimization, security, and lifecycle management for a large fleet across private data centers and cloud.

The role focuses on low-latency, high-throughput workloads, on-call support, and mentoring. The candidate will collaborate with security, data center, and developer teams to drive automation and platform reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Engineering.
• 5+ years of professional Linux systems/infra engineering experience.
• Deep hands-on Linux expertise and kernel understanding.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu.
• Python scripting for automation.
• Experience with Ansible or similar configuration-management tools.
• Experience with Linux security baselines and hardening.
• Experience with cloud or distributed systems.
• Strong troubleshooting across OS, compute, networking, and infra.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, automate, and operate a large-scale Linux fleet across private data centers and cloud environments, maintaining high standards for reliability, performance, security, and availability.
• Perform advanced Linux kernel and system-level performance tuning for latency-sensitive workloads, including CPU core pinning and shielding, kernel bypass, network stack optimization, interrupt steering, and related low-latency techniques.
• Design and maintain automation for Linux provisioning, deployment, configuration, patching, monitoring, and lifecycle management using Python and modern configuration-management practices.
• Manage and support enterprise Linux environments across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu, from initial provisioning through production operations and lifecycle management.
• Treat infrastructure as code by developing repeatable, scalable, and automated approaches to Linux fleet management.
• Define and implement Linux security baselines and hardening standards in partnership with Security Engineering.
• Monitor and improve the reliability, performance, observability, and operational efficiency of the Linux platform.
• Collaborate with Data Center and Fleet Infrastructure teams on provisioning, hardware lifecycle, asset management, and bare-metal infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Developer Tools and Infrastructure teams to integrate Linux platforms with build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and developer workflows.
• Contribute to Linux platform architecture and technical strategy, helping establish consistent standards and engineering practices across the environment.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across the Linux operating system, compute, networking, and infrastructure layers.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide hands-on production support for the Linux platform.
• Mentor engineers on Linux internals, system performance, infrastructure automation, and operational best practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Python scripting

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Ansible

Job description

Gotham Technology Group in New York is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer – Linux to own significant portions of the Linux platform, from provisioning through performance optimization, security, and lifecycle management for a large fleet across private data centers and cloud.

The role focuses on low-latency, high-throughput workloads, on-call support, and mentoring. The candidate will collaborate with security, data center, and developer teams to drive automation and platform reliability.