97 Linux Engineer jobs in Saudi Arabia

Get to know Intersec:

• We are a French software vendor revolutionizing services for telecom operators, enabling them to discover new revenue sources through innovative solutions like Big Data, Campaign Manager, Geolocation, and Location-Based Advertising.
• Intersec is a leader in Public Safety , collaborating with authorities and governments to provide secure technology for public interests.
• As a Fast Data company , our applications span customer management, location-based services, and business analytics.
• Our big data platform processes billions of events per second and handles 20% of the world's mobile data , serving over 1 billion users . Our solutions are deployed in more than 80 countries across 5 continents .
• We have offices in Paris and Dubai .
• Our client portfolio includes +80 major telecom operators such as Orange, Vodafone, O2, MEO, T-Mobile, Rogers, Moov, Telus, Telefonica, Vivo, Digicel, Etisalat, Du, Ooredoo .
• We believe geolocation data, real-time capabilities, and 5G technology open up vast new possibilities for brands and citizens.

We are hiring a Linux Integration Engineer

Our Professional Services team is expanding to meet exciting global challenges, empowering Telecom operators, governments, and authorities.

Based in Riyadh (KSA) , the Linux Integration Engineer will play a key role throughout project lifecycle, from planning to Go-Live.

The role involves a dynamic customer interface and collaboration with our R&D team to ensure successful project outcomes.

Ideal candidates will have experience with Linux system integration and testing distributed applications, including scripting, debugging, and system analysis (logs, databases, networks).

As an Intersec Integrator, you will:

• Own the entire project process, from source to conclusion, defining and building your integration strategies.
• Contribute to automation and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
• Potentially take responsibility for releasing various integration tools.
• Address complex technical challenges with pragmatic solutions daily.
• Work in a highly technical environment with cutting-edge technology, requiring ongoing learning.
• Troubleshoot and propose solutions, collaborating with other integrators.
• Engage across telecom, OS, network, and functional aspects, necessitating strong communication skills for customer interaction.
• Think proactively and innovatively to develop new solutions.
• Collaborate closely with R&D engineers.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Installing and configuring solutions on customer platforms (validation and production).
• Creating project-specific documentation (test cases, user guides, requirements).
• Ensuring solution stability and reliability.
• Managing updates and upgrades.
• Providing user training on products and features.

About you:

Experience with Telecom providers or suppliers

Technical skills:

• Proficiency with Git, configuration management, and collaborative workflows.
• Strong Linux operations and administration knowledge.
• Experience with Shell scripting, Python, IP networking on Linux.
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of Ansible, VMware.
• Experience in Test Automation is a plus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker is advantageous.

General skills:

• Autonomous with documentation skills.
• Strong team spirit, interpersonal skills, adaptable to change.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Bengali.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Customer-oriented, agile, interested in technology and innovation.

Working at Intersec:

• We are passionate about technology: big data, scalability, 5G, geolocation, AI, complex architectures.
• Flexible work options: remote in Dubai, flexible office arrangements.
• We foster community and innovation through hackathons, blogs, and knowledge sharing.
• This role offers a chance to build an international career.
• You will act as a trusted advisor to our customers.

• We prioritize career growth and internal mobility (Solution Architect, Project Manager, Presales).
• We value agility, teamwork, innovation, and kindness.

• Diversity is fundamental: varied cultures, markets, tech stacks, client types.
• Competitive salary offered.

Get to know Intersec :

• We are a French software vendor revolutionizing services for telecom operators, enabling them to find new revenue sources (Big Data, Campaign Manager, Geolocation, Location-Based Advertising) through our innovative solutions.
• Intersec is also a leading player in Public Safety, working with authorities and governments to provide secure technology for public interest.
• As a leading Fast Data company, Intersec's applications range from customer base management to location-based services and business analytics.
• Our big data platform handles billions of events per second and processes over 20% of the world's mobile data, serving more than 1 billion users. Our solutions are used in over 80 countries across 5 continents.

We have offices in Paris and Dubai.

• Among our +80 clients, we work with major telecom operators such as Orange, Vodafone, O2, MEO, T-Mobile, Rogers, Moov, Telus, Telefonica, Vivo, Digicel, Etisalat, Du, Ooredoo, among others.

We believe geolocation data, real-time capabilities, and 5G technology pave the way for huge possibilities and new usages for brands and citizens.

We are hiring a Linux Integration Engineer

Our Professional Services team is expanding as we tackle exciting challenges worldwide to empower telecom operators, governments, and authorities.

Based in Riyadh (KSA), the Linux Integration Engineer will play a crucial role, involved throughout the project lifecycle, from initial planning to Go-Live.

The role involves a dynamic customer interface, working closely with our R&D team to ensure successful project outcomes.

Ideal candidates will have experience with Linux system integration, testing distributed applications, writing installation and debugging scripts, and analyzing complete production systems (logs, databases, networks, etc.).

As an Intersec Integrator, you will:

• Be involved from project start to finish, defining and implementing your own integration processes.
• Contribute to automation, provide constructive feedback, and improve processes.
• Potentially take responsibility for releasing our integration tools.
• Address complex technical challenges with pragmatic solutions.
• Work in a highly technical environment with the latest technologies, requiring continuous learning.
• Troubleshoot and propose solutions, collaborating with other integrators.
• Engage with telecom systems, operating systems, network configurations, and customer communication.
• Think creatively to propose new solutions and work proactively towards success.
• Collaborate directly with R&D engineers in a skilled environment.
• Install and configure solutions on customer platforms (validation and production).
• Create project documentation (test cases, user guides, requirements).
• Ensure solution stability and reliability.
• Manage updates and upgrades of solutions.
• Provide training on products and features.

Requirements

About you

Experience working with Telecom providers or suppliers.

Technical skills

• Proficient with Git for version control and collaboration.
• Strong knowledge of Linux operations and administration.
• Experience with Shell Scripting on Unix/Linux.
• Good knowledge of Python.
• Understanding of IP networking under Linux.
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of Ansible and VMware.
• Experience in Test Automation is highly valued.
• Bonus: Familiarity with CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Docker.

General skills

• Autonomous, capable of documenting processes.
• Team-oriented, adaptable, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Bengali.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Customer-oriented and agile.
• Interest in innovation and technology.

Benefits

• Work with cutting-edge technologies: Big Data, 5G, geolocation, AI, complex architectures.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote options.
• Engage in communities, hackathons, technical blogs, and best practices sharing.
• Opportunities for international career growth.
• Pathways to roles like Solution Architect, Project Manager, Presales.
• We value agility, teamwork, innovation, diversity, and offer a competitive salary.

Get to know Intersec :

• We are a French software vendor revolutionizing services for telecom operators, enabling new revenue sources (Big Data, Campaign Manager, Geolocation, Location-based Advertising) through innovative solutions.
• Intersec is also a leading player in Public Safety, working with authorities and governments to provide secure technology for public interest.
• As a leading Fast Data company, Intersec's applications range from customer base management to location-based services and business analytics.
• Our big data platform handles billions of events per second, processing over 20% of the world's mobile data, serving more than 1 billion users across more than 80 countries.

We have offices in Paris and Dubai.

• Among our +80 clients, we work with major Telecom operators such as Orange, Vodafone, O2, MEO, T-Mobile, Rogers, Telus, Telefonica, Vivo, Digicel, Etisalat, Du, Ooredoo, etc.
• We believe geolocation data, real-time capabilities, and 5G technology open up new possibilities for brands and citizens.

We are hiring a Linux Integration Engineer

Our Professional Services team is expanding to meet exciting global challenges, empowering Telecom operators, governments, and authorities.

Based in Riyadh (KSA), the Linux Integration Engineer plays a crucial role, involved from project planning to Go-Live.

This role involves close collaboration with our R&D team and requires experience in Linux system integration, testing distributed applications, scripting, and analyzing production systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing entire project integration processes, defining and building implementation strategies.
• Contributing to automation and continuously improving integration workflows.
• Potentially leading the release of integration tools.
• Solving complex technical challenges pragmatically.
• Working in a highly technical environment with latest technologies, requiring continuous learning.
• Troubleshooting and proposing solutions in collaboration with other integrators.
• Interacting with customers across telecom, OS, network, and functional aspects, requiring strong communication skills.
• Proposing innovative solutions and working proactively.
• Installing and configuring solutions on customer platforms.
• Creating documentation such as test cases, user guides, and requirements.
• Ensuring solution stability and reliability.
• Managing updates and training users on new features.

Requirements:

Experience: Working with Telecom providers or suppliers.

Technical skills:

• Strong understanding of Git workflows.
• Good knowledge of Linux administration and operations.
• Proficiency in Shell scripting and Python.
• Knowledge of IP networking under Linux.
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with Ansible, VMware, and test automation; knowledge of CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Docker is a plus.

General skills:

• Autonomous, capable of documenting processes.
• Team player with good interpersonal skills and adaptability.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Bengali.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Customer-oriented, agile, and interested in technology and innovation.

Benefits:

• Work with cutting-edge technologies like Big Data, 5G, AI, and complex network architectures.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote options.
• Participation in hackathons, technical blogs, and best practices sharing.
• Opportunities for international career growth.
• Career development paths within the company.
• Competitive salary.

Join to apply for the Associate Linux Support Engineer role at Canonical

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Join to apply for the Associate Linux Support Engineer role at Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring an Associate Support Engineer to build a career with Canonical and support the technical needs of customers leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. This role is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer with eagerness to learn, a passion for Linux and open source technologies to work with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

We regularly solve interesting, technical problems. From triaging complex cloud environments, desktop and server issues, Linux kernel crashes we've never seen before to OS configuration issues and root cause analysis, we provide an expert level of support and satisfaction to our peer groups and customers. You will be accountable for delivering an outstanding technical support experience on the full technical stack at Canonical, across cloud, desktop and IoT. From problem qualification to full resolution, you will own and manage your cases. When needed, you will transfer your cases to your colleagues or involve senior engineers. This is a globally remote role.

Location: This is a globally remote role.

The role entails

• Working from your remote home office to provide technical support for employees.
• Being available to take ownership of new cases via telephone, email and web
• Acting as an internal customer advocate keeping them updated in a timely manner
• Ensuring that each support case owned by you is handled according to our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction by setting the right expectations and fulfilling your commitments.
• Contributing new knowledge base articles and maintaining existing articles, ensuring shared knowledge and lessons learned are available to customers.
• Drafting and distributing technical notices for internal and external communication.
• Prioritising your work in order to accomplish the most important and urgent tasks first
• Keeping on learning as our products and services grow and evolve
• Understanding Ubuntu development process to be able to set customer expectations correctly on timeline for a fix
• Maintaining regular communication and information exchange with the rest of the team, locally and remotely
• Identifying and suggesting any opportunities to provide a better service
• Participating in a regular weekend working rotation
  
  

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path. Preferable majors: Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, etc.
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with Linux troubleshooting (collecting logs and stack traces, fine-tuning by editing configuration files)
• Knowledge or basic hands-on experience on 2 or more of:
• Linux server administration
• Programming fundamentals in any language (bash, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, C or C++, Go)
• Networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, MTU issues, etc.)
• Virtualization / Cloud computing concepts (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
• Ability to learn quickly, thrive on change and handle the pressure of a customer facing job
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  

• Experience supporting virtualized environments (KVM, Virtual Box, VMWare)
• Experience with other open-source desktop technologies
• Active contribution to open-source projects/forum/code
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Join to apply for the Associate Linux Support Engineer role at Canonical

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring an Associate Support Engineer to build a career with Canonical and support the technical needs of customers leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. This role is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer with eagerness to learn, a passion for Linux and open source technologies to work with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

We regularly solve interesting, technical problems. From triaging complex cloud environments, desktop and server issues, Linux kernel crashes we've never seen before to OS configuration issues and root cause analysis, we provide an expert level of support and satisfaction to our peer groups and customers. You will be accountable for delivering an outstanding technical support experience on the full technical stack at Canonical, across cloud, desktop and IoT. From problem qualification to full resolution, you will own and manage your cases. When needed, you will transfer your cases to your colleagues or involve senior engineers. This is a globally remote role.

Location: This is a globally remote role.

The role entails

• Working from your remote home office to provide technical support for employees.
• Being available to take ownership of new cases via telephone, email and web
• Acting as an internal customer advocate keeping them updated in a timely manner
• Ensuring that each support case owned by you is handled according to our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction by setting the right expectations and fulfilling your commitments.
• Contributing new knowledge base articles and maintaining existing articles, ensuring shared knowledge and lessons learned are available to customers.
• Drafting and distributing technical notices for internal and external communication.
• Prioritising your work in order to accomplish the most important and urgent tasks first
• Keeping on learning as our products and services grow and evolve
• Understanding Ubuntu development process to be able to set customer expectations correctly on timeline for a fix
• Maintaining regular communication and information exchange with the rest of the team, locally and remotely
• Identifying and suggesting any opportunities to provide a better service
• Participating in a regular weekend working rotation
  
  

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path. Preferable majors: Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, etc.
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with Linux troubleshooting (collecting logs and stack traces, fine-tuning by editing configuration files)
• Knowledge or basic hands-on experience on 2 or more of:
• Linux server administration
• Programming fundamentals in any language (bash, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, C or C++, Go)
• Networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, MTU issues, etc.)
• Virtualization / Cloud computing concepts (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
• Ability to learn quickly, thrive on change and handle the pressure of a customer facing job
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  

• Experience supporting virtualized environments (KVM, Virtual Box, VMWare)
• Experience with other open-source desktop technologies
• Active contribution to open-source projects/forum/code
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Get to know Intersec :

• We are a French software vendor revolutionizing services for telecom operators, enabling them to find new revenue sources through innovative solutions such as Big Data, Campaign Manager, Geolocation, and Location-based advertising.
• Intersec is also a leader in Public Safety , working with authorities and governments to provide secure technology for public interest.
• As a Fast Data company , our applications range from customer management to location-based services and business analytics.
• Our big data platform handles billions of events per second and processes 20% of the world's mobile data , serving over 1 billion users . Our solutions are used in more than 80 countries across 5 continents, with offices in Paris and Dubai.
• Among our 80+ clients are major telecom operators such as Orange, Vodafone, O2, MEO, T-Mobile, Rogers, Telus, Telefónica, Vivo, Digicel, Etisalat, Du, Ooredoo .
• We believe geolocation data, real-time capabilities & 5G technology open new possibilities for brands and citizens.

We are hiring a Linux Integration Engineer

Our Professional Services team is expanding to meet exciting global challenges, empowering telecom operators, governments, and authorities.

Based in Riyadh (KSA) , the Linux Integration Engineer will play a key role, involved from project planning to Go-Live.

The role involves a dynamic customer interface, working closely with R&D to ensure project success.

We seek someone experienced in Linux system integration and adept at testing distributed applications, including writing installation and debugging scripts, and analyzing production systems (logs, databases, networks).

As an Intersec Integrator, you will:

• Manage your own project integrations from start to finish, defining and executing your processes.
• Contribute to automation and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
• Potentially lead the release of our integration tools.
• Solve complex technical challenges pragmatically.
• Work in a highly technical environment, constantly learning.
• Troubleshoot and propose solutions in collaboration with other integrators.
• Engage with telecom, OS, network configurations, and customer interactions, requiring strong communication skills.
• Think creatively and proactively to propose new solutions.
• Collaborate directly with R&D engineers.

The responsibilities include:

• Installing and configuring solutions on customer platforms (validation and production).
• Creating project documentation (test cases, user guides, requirements).
• Ensuring solution stability and reliability.
• Upgrading solutions with new versions.
• Providing training on products and features.

About you

Experience with Telecom providers or suppliers

Technical skills:

• Strong understanding of Git, configuration management, and collaborative workflows.
• Good Linux OS and administration knowledge.
• Proficiency in Shell Scripting and Python.
• Basic IP networking knowledge on Linux.
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of Ansible, VMware.
• Experience in Test Automation is a plus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker is advantageous.

General skills:

• Autonomous with good documentation skills.
• Team-oriented, adaptable, with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Outstanding communication skills in English and Bengali.
• Comfortable in a multicultural environment.
• Customer-oriented, agile, and interested in tech innovation.

Working at Intersec

• We are passionate about technology, big data, scalability, 5G, geolocation, AI, and network architecture, with new product releases quarterly.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote options in Dubai.
• We promote community and shared innovation through hackathons, blogs, and knowledge sharing sessions.
• An excellent opportunity to build an international career.
• As an Integration Engineer, you will be a trusted advisor to our customers.

• We prioritize career growth and internal mobility (e.g., Solution Architect, Project Manager, Presales).
• We value agility, teamwork, innovation, and kindness.

• Diversity is core to our culture, reflecting various backgrounds, markets, and client types.
• Competitive salary offered.

Join to apply for the Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu role at Canonical

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Join to apply for the Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu role at Canonical

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical has a large and rapidly growing kernel team that underpins Ubuntu and open source more widely across a very wide range of hardware and use cases. We partner with the biggest kernel contributors - the silicon companies - to ensure that their work reaches the widest possible audience as quickly as possible, with a 10 year enterprise security commitment.

The Canonical Linux Kernel Organization has teams in every time zone. We have opportunities for technical leadership, engineering management, and engineering directorships. The team is responsible for all supported Ubuntu Linux kernels, on all platforms and architectures from small embedded devices to standard desktop/server systems to large scale cloud environments, mainframes and supercomputers.

We care most about hardware and virtualization enablement, security, reliability and performance. There are a number of areas where we lead upstream, but for the most part we are interested in ensuring production readiness and performance for the latest patch-sets, rather than subsystem maintenance or evolution.

Kernel Team projects include but are not limited to:

• Ubuntu Linux kernel plan, execution, benchmarking and stress testing
• Optimized kernels for key silicon and cloud partners
• Confidential computing and next-generation security primitives
• Developer platforms such as Raspberry Pi and RISC-V
• Enabling Ubuntu on a wide range of embedded systems
• Kernel Livepatch, which delivers critical kernel fixes without rebooting
• FIPS compliance
• Real-Time and Low Latency kernel variants and patch-sets
• Virtualization or abstraction engines
• Container technology
• Security with AppArmor, SECCOMP, namespaces and more
• Networking - in particular performance and security
• Storage - we are particularly interested in Ceph and DRBD
  
  

• Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
• Work closely with external silicon, cloud, or hardware manufacturer delivery teams on bleeding-edge platforms
• Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by customers, the community, and discovered by your own rigorous testing
• Take personal responsibility for the delivery of a flavour of the Ubuntu Linux kernel
• Improve tooling and automation for delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels
• Submit, review, and apply kernel patches, working with both internal and external upstream maintainers
  
  

• Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages is also highly regarded
• Experience with operating system kernel internals and concepts, Linux would be highly regarded but not essential
• Solid background with git
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
  
  

• Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP's, and other low level system engineering
• Prior experience developing with software packaging formats, with direct Ubuntu/Debian/Snap experience being highly regarded
• Understanding of Linux kernel upstream processes and release cycle
• Performance engineering and security experience
• Solid background in CI/CD and process automation
• Prior public involvement with an open source project
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Join to apply for the Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu role at Canonical

2 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Join to apply for the Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu role at Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical has a large and rapidly growing kernel team that underpins Ubuntu and open source more widely across a very wide range of hardware and use cases. We partner with the biggest kernel contributors - the silicon companies - to ensure that their work reaches the widest possible audience as quickly as possible, with a 10 year enterprise security commitment.

The Canonical Linux Kernel Organization has teams in every time zone. We have opportunities for technical leadership, engineering management, and engineering directorships. The team is responsible for all supported Ubuntu Linux kernels, on all platforms and architectures from small embedded devices to standard desktop/server systems to large scale cloud environments, mainframes and supercomputers.

We care most about hardware and virtualization enablement, security, reliability and performance. There are a number of areas where we lead upstream, but for the most part we are interested in ensuring production readiness and performance for the latest patch-sets, rather than subsystem maintenance or evolution.

Kernel Team projects include but are not limited to:

• Ubuntu Linux kernel plan, execution, benchmarking and stress testing
• Optimized kernels for key silicon and cloud partners
• Confidential computing and next-generation security primitives
• Developer platforms such as Raspberry Pi and RISC-V
• Enabling Ubuntu on a wide range of embedded systems
• Kernel Livepatch, which delivers critical kernel fixes without rebooting
• FIPS compliance
• Real-Time and Low Latency kernel variants and patch-sets
• Virtualization or abstraction engines
• Container technology
• Security with AppArmor, SECCOMP, namespaces and more
• Networking - in particular performance and security
• Storage - we are particularly interested in Ceph and DRBD
  
  

• Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
• Work closely with external silicon, cloud, or hardware manufacturer delivery teams on bleeding-edge platforms
• Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by customers, the community, and discovered by your own rigorous testing
• Take personal responsibility for the delivery of a flavour of the Ubuntu Linux kernel
• Improve tooling and automation for delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels
• Submit, review, and apply kernel patches, working with both internal and external upstream maintainers
  
  

• Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages is also highly regarded
• Experience with operating system kernel internals and concepts, Linux would be highly regarded but not essential
• Solid background with git
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
  
  

• Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP's, and other low level system engineering
• Prior experience developing with software packaging formats, with direct Ubuntu/Debian/Snap experience being highly regarded
• Understanding of Linux kernel upstream processes and release cycle
• Performance engineering and security experience
• Solid background in CI/CD and process automation
• Prior public involvement with an open source project
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical has a large and rapidly growing kernel team that underpins Ubuntu and open source more widely across a very wide range of hardware and use cases. We partner with the biggest kernel contributors - the silicon companies - to ensure that their work reaches the widest possible audience as quickly as possible, with a 10 year enterprise security commitment.

The Canonical Linux Kernel Organization has teams in every time zone. We have opportunities for technical leadership, engineering management, and engineering directorships. The team is responsible for all supported Ubuntu Linux kernels, on all platforms and architectures from small embedded devices to standard desktop/server systems to large scale cloud environments, mainframes and supercomputers.

We care most about hardware and virtualization enablement, security, reliability and performance. There are a number of areas where we lead upstream, but for the most part we are interested in ensuring production readiness and performance for the latest patch-sets, rather than subsystem maintenance or evolution.

Kernel Team projects include but are not limited to:

• Ubuntu Linux kernel plan, execution, benchmarking and stress testing
• Optimized kernels for key silicon and cloud partners
• Confidential computing and next-generation security primitives
• Developer platforms such as Raspberry Pi and RISC-V
• Enabling Ubuntu on a wide range of embedded systems
• Kernel Livepatch, which delivers critical kernel fixes without rebooting
• FIPS compliance
• Real-Time and Low Latency kernel variants and patch-sets
• Virtualization or abstraction engines
• Container technology
• Security with AppArmor, SECCOMP, namespaces and more
• Networking - in particular performance and security
• Storage - we are particularly interested in Ceph and DRBD
  
  

• Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
• Work closely with external silicon, cloud, or hardware manufacturer delivery teams on bleeding-edge platforms
• Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by customers, the community, and discovered by your own rigorous testing
• Take personal responsibility for the delivery of a flavour of the Ubuntu Linux kernel
• Improve tooling and automation for delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels
• Submit, review, and apply kernel patches, working with both internal and external upstream maintainers
  
  

• Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages is also highly regarded
• Experience with operating system kernel internals and concepts, Linux would be highly regarded but not essential
• Solid background with git
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
  
  

• Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP's, and other low level system engineering
• Prior experience developing with software packaging formats, with direct Ubuntu/Debian/Snap experience being highly regarded
• Understanding of Linux kernel upstream processes and release cycle
• Performance engineering and security experience
• Solid background in CI/CD and process automation
• Prior public involvement with an open source project
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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