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Career Renew

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Chicago, IL · Remote

$165K - $225K/yr

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Senior Machine Learning Engineer - this is a ... kernel engineering, TensorRT/ONNX export, and inference serving frameworks such as Triton ...

Next Step Systems

Senior Systems Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$107K - $147K/yr

Keywords: Chicago IL Jobs, Senior Systems Engineer, Linux Servers, Scripting, Automation Tools, TCP/IP, Networking Concepts, Trading Infrastructure, Financial, Software Engineer, Architect ...

Ubiety

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$133K - $163K/yr

We are seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and support our next ... Solid experience with bare-metal development, RTOS, and embedded Linux (BSP, device drivers, kernel ...

Parallel Works

Senior HPC Systems Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

$107K - $147K/yr

Requirements * 10 or more years operating production Linux systems across more than one ... Kernel and network tuning, systemd, cgroups, NUMA. * Production Slurm administration. You have ...

Next Step Systems

Senior Trading Systems Engineer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$107K - $147K/yr

Chicago IL Jobs, Senior Trading Systems Engineer, Linux Servers, Scripting, Automation Tools, TCP/IP, Networking Concepts, Trading Infrastructure, Financial, Software Engineer, Architect, Programmer ...

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Are senior Linux kernel engineers in demand?

Senior Linux kernel engineers are in high demand due to the critical role of Linux in servers, cloud infrastructure, and embedded systems. Their expertise in kernel development, performance optimization, and troubleshooting is sought after across various industries, often requiring strong programming skills in C and familiarity with tools like Git and debugging utilities.

What is the difference between Senior Linux Kernel Engineer vs Linux Device Driver Developer?

AspectSenior Linux Kernel EngineerLinux Device Driver Developer
Required CredentialsBachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Linux kernel certificationsBachelor's in Computer Science, Linux kernel or driver development courses
Work EnvironmentResearch and development, kernel development teamsHardware integration, driver development teams
Industry UsageOperating system development, embedded systemsHardware manufacturers, embedded systems, IoT devices
Common Search/ComparisonYesYes

The Senior Linux Kernel Engineer focuses on designing, developing, and optimizing the Linux kernel itself, often working on core system functionalities. In contrast, a Linux Device Driver Developer specializes in creating and maintaining drivers that enable hardware components to communicate with the Linux kernel. While both roles require deep Linux kernel knowledge and similar credentials, their work environments and focus areas differ. The senior engineer works on kernel internals, whereas the driver developer concentrates on hardware integration.

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Lead SRE & Edge Architect (GCP and Google Distributed Cloud)

TekCommands Inc

Chicago, IL • On-site

$57 - $78/hr

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Job Description:
We are seeking a high-caliber Lead SRE & Edge Architect to serve as the Sole Custodian of our Integrated Intelligence Ops Ecosystem. This role is critical for bridging the gap between physical hardware security and high-velocity, cloud-native application delivery within a Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Connected environment.
You will lead the orchestration of hybrid workloads (VMs and Containers) and pioneer a Zero-Trust security posture at the edge. This is a ""Full-Stack Infrastructure"" role, where your responsibility begins at the physical intrusion sensor on the rack and extends to the AIOps-driven self-healing of application workloads."
 
Key Responsibilities:
Ecosystem Custodianship: Design, deploy, and maintain the bridge between physical hardware security and GDC-native application delivery.
Hybrid Orchestration: Lead the deployment of VM Runtime on GDC and Symcloud Storage, enabling the co-existence of legacy VM workloads and modern microservices.
Zero-Trust Engineering: Establish and maintain a ""Zero-Trust"" architecture using MASQUE/TLS tunnels, per-machine certificates, and hardware-level encryption.
Full-Lifecycle Ownership: Responsible for the entire stack: from monitoring Physical Intrusion Sensors in the rack to implementing AIOps for workload self-healing.
Connectivity Management: Ensure seamless and secure GDC-to-GCP communication while maintaining 99.99% uptime for disconnected/local-first operations."

Mandatory skills and skill proficiencies
Cloud-Native & DevOps Orchestration
Orchestration: Expert-level mastery of Kubernetes (K8s) and Docker for large-scale distributed systems.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced automation using Terraform (GCP/GDC resources) and Ansible (Bare Metal OS configuration).
CI/CD & Packaging: Engineering complex Helm Charts and managing pipelines via GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins.
Networking: Implementing NGINX Load Balancer as a Service and integrating with the Distributed Cloud Edge Network API.
 
Observability & Intelligence Ops
The ""Gold Standard"" Stack: Hands-on implementation of Prometheus (metrics), Grafana (visualization), and OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for distributed tracing.
AIOps & Self-Healing: Proven ability to build closed-loop remediation using Vertex AI to analyze OTEL traces and trigger automated Google Cloud CLI/API scripts.
 
Storage & Virtualization
Storage Architecture: Designing software-defined storage using Symcloud Storage and local persistent volumes.
VM Runtime: Deep experience orchestrating legacy VMs alongside containers within a single GDC control plane.
 
Mandatory Security & Hardware Integrity
Hardware Defense: Knowledge of Physical Intrusion Sensors, Port Lockdown strategies, and Platform Certificates.
Root of Trust: Managing Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integrations and LUKS for data-at-rest protection.
Encryption: Implementation of Self-Encrypting Disks (SED) and Cloud KMS for Customer Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK).
Secure Tunnels: Engineering MASQUE tunnels or TLS-wrapped connections using per-machine certificates.
 
Compliance & Operational Governance
IAM Governance: Expert knowledge of Distributed Cloud Edge Container API roles and least-privilege access enforcement.
Resiliency: Implementation of Availability Best Practices (Region/Zone/Rack awareness) for disconnected state reliability.
Strategic Liaison: Act as the primary technical point of contact for Google-certified System Integrators (SI) to ensure hardware meets GDC specifications.
 
Preferred Qualifications
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Data Engineer certification.
Experience in highly regulated sectors (Defense, Telco, Banking, or Healthcare).
Strong background in Linux Kernel tuning and Bare Metal performance optimization.