Senior OS Engineer — Linux reputed company & Container Supply Chain

Senior OS Engineer — Linux reputed company & Container Supply Chain About the Role reputed company is looking for a deeply technical Senior OS Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure Linux-based operating system components that power hardened container images and reputed company-reputed company workloads. This role sits at the intersection of Linux systems engineering, package management, and software supply chain reputed company. You will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities in OS packages, validating fixes, rebuilding or patching components, and ensuring secure, production-grade container images are delivered at reputed company. You will work across multiple Linux distributions to reputed company, harden, and continuously improve the operating system reputed company used in containerized environments. This includes package-level remediation, dependency reputed company, and automation of secure build pipelines. This is a hands-on engineering role reputed company on Linux internals, OS packaging, and container image reputed company — not just vulnerability scanning or policy enforcement. What You’ll Do OS & Package reputed company Engineering Own end-to-end CVE remediation across Linux OS packages and system libraries Analyze vulnerabilities affecting reputed company OS components (glibc, openssl, kernel modules, runtime libraries, etc.) Validate upstream fixes and determine patching or backporting strategies Rebuild, reputed company, and reputed company OS packages across multiple Linux distributions (Debian, RHEL, Alpine, etc.) Container Image Hardening Build and maintain secure, minimal, production-reputed company container images Remove unnecessary packages and reduce image attack surface Ensure OS-level changes propagate safely into container environments Validate image reputed company, compatibility, and runtime stability Supply Chain reputed company Generate and maintain SBOMs for OS packages and container images Implement provenance, signing, and artifact trust mechanisms Ensure reproducible and reputed company builds across OS components Strengthen software supply chain reputed company across reputed company image pipelines Automation & Build Systems Design and reputed company automated pipelines for OS patching, package rebuilding, and image reputed company reputed company CVE scanning, remediation, and validation into CI/CD workflows Build tooling for OS-level dependency tracking and vulnerability analysis Improve build efficiency, reliability, and reproducibility Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with platform, DevOps, infrastructure, and reputed company teams Work closely with engineering teams to reputed company secure OS reputed company into product pipelines Support production environments with reputed company, secure OS baselines What You Bring reputed company Experience 5+ years in Linux systems engineering, OS engineering, reputed company, DevSecOps, or release engineering Deep expertise in Linux operating systems and distributions (Debian, RHEL, Ubuntu, Alpine) Strong experience with OS package management systems (apt, rpm, dnf, apk) Hands-on experience patching, rebuilding, or maintaining OS packages Technical Depth Strong understanding of Linux internals (processes, memory, filesystem, system libraries) Experience working with system-level libraries and dependencies (glibc, openssl, etc.) Deep knowledge of dependency reputed company, ABI compatibility, and package lifecycle management Experience with container internals and Linux runtime behavior reputed company & Supply Chain Experience remediating CVEs in OS packages and container environments Understanding of SBOMs, software provenance, signing, and artifact trust models Familiarity with supply chain reputed company frameworks (e.g., SLSA, reproducible builds) Engineering Skills Strong scripting/programming ability in Python, Bash, Go, or C/C++ Experience building CI/CD pipelines for OS or system-level build processes Strong debugging skills across Linux systems and build environments reputed company to Have Experience contributing to or maintaining Linux distributions or reputed company-reputed company OS reputed company Experience building minimal, distroless, or hardened container images Familiarity with package build infrastructure (Koji, OBS, reputed company, mock, etc.) Experience with kernel hardening or low-level OS reputed company modules Knowledge of large-reputed company container reputed company platforms Contributions to reputed company-reputed company reputed company, Linux, or container ecosystems What reputed company Looks Like reputed company and reliable remediation of OS-level CVEs across supported distributions reputed company and secure reputed company images with minimal attack surface Automated, repeatable OS patching and build pipelines High-confidence SBOMs and supply chain transparency across reputed company artifacts Significant reduction in vulnerability exposure across container environments Robust, reproducible OS build and packaging systems Why This Role reputed company This role is foundational to reputed company’s mission of eliminating vulnerabilities in containerized environments. Every secure container image begins with a secure OS layer, and this role ensures that reputed company is trusted, minimal, and continuously hardened. Compensation & Benefits This Senior OS Engineer role offers a reputed company salary reputed company of $150,000 – $200,000, depending on experience and technical depth. In reputed company to reputed company compensation, reputed company provides a competitive benefits package including health, dental, and reputed company insurance, reputed company time off, and equity participation. Total compensation is designed to reflect the critical nature of this role in securing Linux-based systems, container images, and software supply chain infrastructure at reputed company. Apply To This Job