Senior Linux Systems Engineer — Cloud & RPM Expert

ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 135,200 - 306,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off and vacation

Job summary

Oracle seeks a Linux Systems Engineer to design, build, and maintain Linux images, validate them in cloud environments, and troubleshoot across the Linux stack from boot to services. You will develop RPMs, apply patches, automate workflows, and collaborate with teams to improve reliability and performance.

The role requires deep Linux expertise, strong Python scripting, and hands-on cloud testing across OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP. U.S.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Linux operating systems and distributions such as Oracle Linux, CentOS, RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, or similar.
• Deep understanding of Linux userspace architecture, boot sequence, system initialization and systemd.
• Proven experience creating, customizing, and maintaining Linux images.
• Experience testing Linux images in cloud environments.
• Expertise in Linux troubleshooting across multiple subsystems, including process management, networking, storage, logging, and system services.
• Strong Python programming, proficiency with shell scripting and Linux development tools, excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, customize, and maintain Linux operating system images.
• Own testing and validation of Linux images in cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the Linux stack, including bootloader, kernel interactions, systemd services, userspace components, networking, storage, and security subsystems.
• Analyze and debug complex system-level problems in development, test, and production environments.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance RPM packages.
• Apply, backport, and maintain patches for existing RPMs and open-source software components.
• Investigate and fix bugs within Linux packages and platform components.
• Automate Linux build, deployment, validation, and maintenance workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve platform reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and drive long-term corrective actions for operating system and platform issues.

Tools

OCI

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Oracle seeks a Linux Systems Engineer to design, build, and maintain Linux images, validate them in cloud environments, and troubleshoot across the Linux stack from boot to services. You will develop RPMs, apply patches, automate workflows, and collaborate with teams to improve reliability and performance.

The role requires deep Linux expertise, strong Python scripting, and hands-on cloud testing across OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP. U.S.