Job Description

The Cloud Images team in the Oracle Linux organization is responsible for delivering operating system images that customers of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure use to launch bare metal servers and virtual machine instances. We build and optimize linux images for OCI compute platforms that serves as a core building block upon which applications and services run. Our team is at the crossroads of OL and OCI: working with the kernel, userspace, security teams and OCI compute, storage, networking, hardware and hypervisor teams.

We're looking for an engineer with expertise and passion in solving problems on cloud platforms in distributed systems and virtualized infrastructure. You will be responsible for linux image development, troubleshooting problems in userspace packages, development of fixes and new features, maintaining the build infrastructure and implementing test automation. You have a strong understanding of Linux internals. You are comfortable troubleshooting and debugging systems as situations arise.Qualifications:

+ Minimum of BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

+ 1-3+ years of previous software engineering or related experience.

+ Strong knowledge of Linux OS internals, the boot process, kernel, virtualization, cloud, containers, networking and storage.

+ Systematic problem-solving approach, troubleshooting and debugging skills and ability to resolve bugs.

+ Languages: Python, shell scripting.

+ Knowledge of software development practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.

+ Experience in linux software package management and different linux distributions is a plus.

+ A sense of ownership and drive.

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

+ Results oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities.

Career Level - IC2

**Responsibilities**

Responsibilities:

+ Develop and maintain software optimizations for cloud platform usage of linux images and userspace packages.

+ Be a generalist, able to debug issues across a wide breadth of our stack, perform root cause analysis and resolve bugs.

+ Build systems sustainably through mechanisms such as easy to use tooling and automation. Evolve systems for better scalability, reliability and release velocity.

+ Develop test automation. Incorporate ongoing changes to meet quality assurance requirements.

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