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Benzinga

DevOps Engineer (Remote)

Detroit, MI · Remote

$54 - $74/hr

Whether it be networking, or the Linux kernel, or even a specific interest in observability ... Be on an on-call rotation to respond to benzinga.com availability incidents and provide support for ...

Bizoforce Inc

SUSE Linux Engineer

Wichita, KS · On-site

Plan and execute OS patching, kernel updates, and security remediation activities * Perform SUSE ... Provide on-call support during weekends, off-business hours, for Major critical incidents Required ...

Fastly

Staff Engineer, Edge Systems Efficiency

Denver, NY · On-site +1

$211K - $253K/yr

Work across layers from the Linux kernel to core edge systems such as Varnish and WebAssembly ... on call support. Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: This position is open to the following ...

Fastly

Staff Engineer, Edge Systems Efficiency

Denver, CO · On-site

$211K - $253K/yr

Work across layers from the Linux kernel to core edge systems such as Varnish and WebAssembly ... on call support. Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: This position is open to the following ...

Freddie Mac

Engineer, Senior (Linux/AWS)

Mclean, VA · On-site

Experience with Linux engineering, including lifecycle management, kernel patching, maintenance ... Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and provide support during off-hours as needed. Keys ...

Freddie Mac

Engineer, Senior (Linux/AWS)

Mclean, VA · On-site

Experience with Linux engineering, including lifecycle management, kernel patching, maintenance ... Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and provide support during off-hours as needed. Keys ...

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How much do on call kernel developer jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 28, 2026, the average hourly pay for on call kernel developer in the United States is $54.42, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $47.12 and $61.54 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between On Call Kernel Developer vs System Administrator?

AspectOn Call Kernel DeveloperSystem Administrator
CredentialsKnowledge of Linux/Unix, programming skills, sometimes certifications like Linux FoundationCertifications like CompTIA Server+, Microsoft Certified, Linux certifications often preferred
Work EnvironmentPrimarily technical, focused on kernel and system-level issues, often in data centers or development labsOperational, managing servers, networks, and user support in office or data center settings
Industry UsageTech companies, data centers, cloud providersIT departments across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and education
Search & Comparison IntentTechnical troubleshooting, kernel development, system stabilitySystem maintenance, user support, network management

The main difference is that On Call Kernel Developers focus on low-level system code and kernel issues, often working in technical environments, while System Administrators handle broader system management and user support. Both roles require technical skills but differ in scope and focus.

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Infographic showing various On Call Kernel Developer job openings in the United States as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 99% Full Time, and 1% Temporary. Highlights an 94% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 5% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $113,185 per year, or $54.4 per hour.
DevOps Engineer (Remote)

DevOps Engineer (Remote)

Benzinga

Detroit, MI • Remote

$54 - $74/hr

Full-time

This job post has expired 1 day ago. Applications are no longer accepted.

Job description

A DevOps Engineer is a developer who thinks deeply about systems and how they behave in the wild. Whether it be networking, or the Linux kernel, or even a specific interest in observability, scaling, algorithms, or distributed systems. You are a systems engineer who aims to code themselves out of a job by automating all the things and leverages great development practices like Test-Driven-Development or continuous integration.

Like all engineers at Benzinga, we expect you to be comfortable operating within our application and service environments. Your primary focus will be on defining, building, and maintaining our robust, observable, and scalable infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment. Your objective at Benzinga is the creation of a reliable, high-performing platform that supports the amazing products our users come to know and love.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure Responsibilities

  • Radiate knowledge about the service's infrastructure and reliability to the rest of the development team.
  • Identify parts of the system that do not scale, provide immediate palliative measures, and drive systemic resolution of contributing root cause(s).
  • Plan the growth of Benzinga's infrastructure.

Development/Deployment Responsibilities

  • Document every action so your learnings turn into repeatable actions and then into automation.
  • Improve the deployment process to make it as boring as possible.
  • Define, provision, and manage our production infrastructure using Kubernetes and cloud-native serverless deployed by way of Terraform.

Security Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify and reduce security risks, in alignment with ongoing SOC2 auditing and reporting.
  • Develop security training and guidance to internal development teams
  • Ability to discover and patch SQLi, XSS, CSRF, SSRF, authentication and authorization flaws, and other web-based security vulnerabilities
  • Knowledge of common authentication technologies including OAuth, SAML, CAs, OTP/TOTP

Production Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain core infrastructure pieces that allow Benzinga to scale, supporting thousands of concurrent users.
  • Be on an on-call rotation to respond to benzinga.com availability incidents and provide support for service engineers with customer incidents.
  • Debug production issues across all services and levels of the stack.

Monitoring Responsibilities

  • Make monitoring and alerting notify on symptoms and not on outages
  • Manage day-to-day maintenance and evolution of Benzinga's Prometheus monitoring and alerting infrastructure
  • Bundle Prometheus monitoring as an out-of-the-box monitoring solution for Benzinga products
  • Build and maintain the benzinga.com public monitoring gateway
  • Help migrate our current performance monitoring solution to Prometheus
  • Improve coverage of Benzinga performance monitoring
  • Create automated alerts to notify team members of regression

Requirements

  • Strong communication skills
  • Self-motivated with strong organizational skills
  • Experience with some of these technologies a must: AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Postgres, MySQL, Kafka, BigQuery, Python, NodeJS, Go, Java, Prometheus, Grafana, Coralogix, Varnish, Nginx, Kong
  • You can reason about software, algorithms, and performance from a high level.
  • You have experience thinking about systems - edge cases, failure modes, behaviors, and specific implementations.
  • You have worked with distributed systems and have a solid understanding of how modern web stacks are built, and why.
  • You know your way around a *nix shell.
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About Benzinga

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Benzinga is a full-service news and media company with three main areas of expertise: real-time news, actionable trading ideas and insightful commentary. We offer coverage of all aspects of the financial market including corporate, economic and political content. With strong connections in and around the market, we strive to provide high quality and relevant news for the real-time environment that defines today's world.

Industry

Video and audio streaming services

Company size

11 - 50 Employees

Headquarters location

Detroit, MI, US

Year founded

2010

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