Working remotely, the full-time Principal Linux Engineer will build, patch, and test userspace packages for Rocky Linux, enhance tooling and automation in the package-building process, and collaborate with various teams to improve customer experience and software quality. Key responsibilities Develop and optimize Linux OS packages while remediating CVEs in RPM packages Collaborate with engineering, product, and open-source community teams on architecture discussions and project documentation Implement automated testing and support deployment across standard server architectures and cloud infrastructure Required qualifications Understanding of Linux OS packaging (RPM or DEB) and experience with Linux administration Familiarity with CVEs and their remediation in older code versions Proven experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools and processes Proficiency in Bash, YAML, XML, JSON, REST APIs/OpenAPI, and HTTP methods At least 4 years of experience supporting Linux and 2 years building Linux packages