What are the responsibilities and job description for the High-Performance Linux Systems Specialist position at Adaptiva?
About Adaptiva
As a leader in Autonomous Endpoint Management, Adaptiva delivers innovative solutions that enable IT and cybersecurity leaders to efficiently manage and patch millions of endpoints at scale. Our OneSite platform is the first fully adaptive autonomous endpoint management (AEM) platform, providing a hands-free, fully automated approach to speeding the continuous delivery of software, patches, and vulnerability remediations.
About this role
We are seeking a highly skilled Linux Developer with a strong background in CI/CD and a passion for enhancing software development processes. In this role, you will be responsible for building, testing, and deploying high-performance software applications across multiple Linux distributions, ensuring seamless integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
Key Areas of Focus
- Develop and maintain high-quality software solutions for Linux systems, focusing on Adaptiva's platform and its features, system utilities, and backend services that require efficient operation across various Linux distributions.
- Configure, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for Linux-based software development using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Automate build, test, and deployment processes for software running on Linux, ensuring compatibility and smooth functionality across multiple Linux versions (e.g., Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Debian) and architectures (e.g., x86, ARM).
- Implement and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end testing frameworks within the CI pipeline, utilizing tools like CMake and Docker.
- Develop and manage software packages (e.g., DEB, RPM) for easy installation across various Linux distributions, ensuring compatibility with package managers like APT and YUM.
- Leverage your deep knowledge of Linux internals to troubleshoot, optimize, and improve the performance of applications and services, addressing issues related to system performance, memory management, file systems, and networking.
- Collaborate closely with other developers, testers, and operations teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment of software, promoting best practices for coding, testing, and deployment in a Linux-based environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Linux software development and working with Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, or Red Hat.
- Expertise in C/C for system-level programming and experience with Bash or Python for scripting tasks like automation, deployment, and testing.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and concurrency in Linux, particularly for building high-performance applications and services.
- Deep knowledge of the Linux kernel, system libraries, and low-level programming.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI, automating the build, testing, and deployment of Linux applications.
- Experience with package management on Linux systems (e.g., creating DEB and RPM packages) and automating the creation of software packages for easy distribution and installation via package managers.
- Familiarity with Git and other version control systems, as well as dependency management tools like Maven, Gradle, Conan, or vcpkg for C libraries.
- Experience in handling cross-architecture builds (e.g., x86 vs ARM) and ensuring software runs on multiple Linux distributions and versions.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for building, deploying, and managing Linux-based applications in containers.
