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From the operating system layer through AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, and cloud-native orchestration, CIQ delivers the speed, security, scalability, and sovereignty that major enterprises, government agencies, and research institutions depend on.\nCIQ is the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux and the developer of the RLC Pro family of Enterprise Linux distributions, Fuzzball workload orchestration, Warewulf Pro cluster provisioning, and Ascender Pro automation. Our customers include some of the largest and most technically sophisticated organizations in the world, working across HPC, AI/ML, defense, and regulated industries.\nWe are a company of builders, operators, and open source practitioners. If you want to do work that matters, at a company that is genuinely changing how enterprise infrastructure gets built and run, we want to talk.\nTitle determined based on qualifications. \nPOSITION SUMMARY \nAs a Principal Linux Engineer, you will be part of the team that owns software solutions for Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC) and will be primarily responsible for building, patching, and testing userspace packages in the operating system. You will also work on improving tooling and automation as part of the package-building process in the OS. You need an understanding of CVE’s and how to remediate CVE’s in RPM packages that are shipped to customers. You will also be working on how to customize, optimize, and create various packages to improve the customer experience with our products. You will build out testing for both specific software as well as testing the system as a whole. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: \nWorking closely with the engineering, product, open-source community, and sales teams to develop relevant solutions. \nTaking part in architecture-level discussions, planning, and implementation \nDocumenting each project to share knowledge and facilitate integration for users.\nDriving proofs of concept and minimum viable products for demonstration.\nFocusing on quality by developing automated tests \nA Releasing fast and releasing often, software development mentality \nLeveraging source control (Github/ Gitlab) for all development while collaborating with internal teams and the open-source community. \nSupporting multiple services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, software platform and framework development, capacity planning, and launch reviews. \nDeployment on standard server architectures, virtual machines, and cloud infrastructure \nNEEDED TO SUCCEED \nSuccessful candidates will have: \nAn understanding of Linux OS packaging, like RPM or DEB. \nFamiliarity with CVE’s and remediation of these for older versions of the code. \nDeep understanding of how a Linux Operation system works, including how various packages interact with each other. \nAbility to work independently & collaboratively within a remote team environment. \nProven experience with Linux administration, Linux internals, Docker, Kubernetes, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools and processes \nFamiliarity with Ansible playbooks and/or DoD STIG/SCAP/RADIX process \nProficient in: Bash, YAML, XML, JSON, REST APIs / OpenAPI, HTTP Get / Post \nBe familiar with Python, GoLang, Kubernetes, and other tools/technologies within Engineering \nDemonstrate problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills \nAble to pivot to new challenges in a fast-paced startup environment using agile methodologies \nA friendly, collaborative, humble, honest, and always striving to be better attitude.\nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE \nProven work experience as a Linux Engineer, Linux Development Engineer, or a Software Developer with a focus on the Linux OS.\nAt least 4 years of experience supporting Linux and at least 2 years of experience building Linux Packages\nBENEFITS\nMedical, dental, and vision insurance.\n\nFlexible paid time off.\n\nEmployee stock options.\n\nRemote work; no travel required for most positions.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4119,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Stock options","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Operating Systems","High-Performance Computing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T18:28:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":52,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-03T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ciq-seniorprincipal-linux-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ciq-seniorprincipal-linux-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-04T01:59:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2716,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2284,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-05T00:00:00Z"}}}