Senior Linux Virtualization Engineer

Quvia; Miramar (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

401(k) match up to 4%

Health benefits (optical and dental)

Life Insurance

Performance Bonus

Flexible paid time off

Monthly Phone Allowance

Job summary

Quvia is seeking an experienced Linux and virtualization engineer to own and modernize our KVM hypervisor platform, automation, and monitoring stack across fleet-scale deployments.

You will define golden configurations, manage bare-metal provisioning, and ensure security baselines, CI testing, and reliable data movement in edge-to-cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years expert-level Linux administration experience on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or derivatives (Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, CentOS Stream).
• 5+ years operating Linux KVM/libvirt at fleet scale, including performance-sensitive workloads.
• 10+ years building an automated provisioning pipeline from bare metal to running workload.
• 5+ years host performance tuning: CPU pinning and isolation, NUMA memory placement, and interrupt affinity. (Replace Linux with Kubia)
• 5+ years deploying and operating Prometheus and centralized logging.
• 5+ years patching production fleets across multiple sites with minimal service impact.
• RHCE/RHCA certification desirable.
• Familiarity with SR-IOV or PCI passthrough for high-throughput VNF.
• Familiarity with Userspace or kernel-bypass packet processing.
• Automation driven from an inventory/IPAM system such as NetBox.
• Security hardening in performance-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain hypervisor golden configurations: host build standards, kernel and performance tuning, and VM templates.
• Manage the hypervisor lifecycle: image builds, patching and update schedules, staged rollouts, and rollback procedures.
• Build and maintain automated bare-metal provisioning: network boot, unattended installation, per-host configuration, and local package repositories.
• Build and operate the monitoring platform: Prometheus metrics collection covering the OS, hypervisor, and hardware layers, with dashboards and alerting.
• Build and operate centralized log collection for the hypervisor fleet.
• Implement configuration management and drift detection across the hypervisor fleet.
• Maintain security baseline: CIS hardening, automated compliance scanning, vulnerability triage and patching, centralized IAM.
• Maintain CI and testing for infrastructure code.

Skills

Linux administration

KVM/libvirt

Automation provisioning

Performance tuning

Prometheus

Logging/Monitoring

Patching fleets

CI/CD for infra code

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

NetBox

Job description

About Quvia:

Quvia is building the digital fabric between edge and cloud. Our platform uses AI and machine learning to orchestrate connectivity across satellite, terrestrial, and hybrid networks so customers can move and manage data in the world's most network constrained environments.

We partner with global leaders in aviation, maritime, energy and other industries where connectivity is variable and complex, and digital services depend on reliable data movement. As companies deploy AI, automation and data-driven systems at the edge, Quvia provides the platform needed to unlock the full potential of their data and build value above the network.

Quvia is a fast growing, Series A company backed by Colombia Capital ($5B+ in fund commitments. It is headquartered in the greater Miami are with offices in the UK and India.

Learn more at www.quvia.ai and www.linkedin.com/company/quvia.

Why Quvia?

• Founded in 2019, we are a fast-growing, Series A tech startup passionate about making connectivity experiences better for everyone.
• Our industry-first solutions are already addressing major challenges for companies in the travel and transportation industries-and we're just getting started.
• As an early-stage company, new hires will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our growth trajectory.
• We are headquartered in the greater Miami region, with remote teams spanning the U.S., Europe, and India.
• Quvia is backed by Columbia Capital, a respected venture capital firm founded in 1989 that has raised over $5 Bn of fund commitments.

About the Role

In this role you will owns our Linux KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor platform and the automation used to provision, patch, monitor, and secure it. The successful candidate will define and maintain golden configurations, build the bare-metal provisioning pipeline, and operate the monitoring and log collection stack used across the team.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain hypervisor golden configurations: host build standards, kernel and performance tuning, and VM (Virtual Machine) templates, including connectivity testing.
• Manage the hypervisor lifecycle: image builds, patching and update schedules, staged rollouts, and rollback procedures.
• Build and maintain automated bare-metal provisioning: network boot, unattended installation, per-host configuration, and local package repositories.
• Build and operate the monitoring platform: Prometheus metrics collection covering the operating system, hypervisor, and hardware layers, with dashboards and alerting.
• Build and operate centralized log collection for the hypervisor fleet.
• Implement configuration management and drift detection across the hypervisor fleet.
• Maintain the security baseline: CIS (Center for Internet Security) hardening, automated compliance scanning, vulnerability triage and patching, and centralized identity and access management.
• Maintain CI (Continuous Integration) and testing for infrastructure code.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years expert-level Linux administration experience, with production experience on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or its derivatives (Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, CentOS Stream).
• 5+ years of significant production experience operating Linux KVM/libvirt at fleet scale, including performance-sensitive workloads.
• 10+ years of experience building an automated provisioning pipeline from bare metal to running workload.
• 5+ years of experience with demonstrated host performance tuning: CPU pinning and isolation, NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) memory placement, and interrupt affinity. (Replace Linux with Kubia)
• 5+ years of experience deploying and operating Prometheus and centralized logging.
• 5+ years of experience patching production fleets across multiple sites with minimal service impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) or RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect) certification is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) or PCI passthrough for high-throughput virtual network functions.
• Familiarity with Userspace or kernel-bypass packet processing.
• Experience with immutable or API-managed host operating systems.
• Automation driven from an inventory/IPAM (IP Address Management) system such as NetBox.
• Security hardening in performance-sensitive environments.

What We'll Offer

• Connectivity and content engineering and business knowledge
• Opportunity to work in cross-functional teams
• Competitive Salary
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 4.0% after one year of service
• Competitive health benefits, including optical and dental
• Life Insurance
• Performance Bonus
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Monthly Phone Allowance

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