Senior Linux Virtualization Engineer

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

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