Senior Linux Virtualization Engineer

About Quvia:

Quvia is building the digital fabric between edge and cloud. Our platform uses AI and machine learning to orchestrate connectivity across satellite terrestrial and hybrid networks so customers can move and manage data in the worlds most network constrained environments.

We partner with global leaders in aviation maritime energy and other industries where connectivity is variable and complex and digital services depend on reliable data movement. As companies deploy AI automation and data-driven systems at the edge Quvia provides the platform needed to unlock the full potential of their data and build value above the network.

Quvia is a fast growing Series A company backed by Colombia Capital ($5B in fund commitments. It is headquartered in the greater Miami are with offices in the UK and India.

Learn more atand Quvia

• Founded in 2019 we are a fast-growing Series A tech startup passionate about making connectivity experiences better for everyone.
• Our industry-first solutions are already addressing major challenges for companies in the travel and transportation industries-and were just getting started.
• As an early-stage company new hires will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our growth trajectory.
• We are headquartered in the greater Miami region with remote teams spanning the U.S. Europe and India.
• Quvia is backed by Columbia Capital a respected venture capital firm founded in 1989 that has raised over $5 Bn of fund commitments.

About the Role

In this role you will owns our Linux KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor platform and the automation used to provision patch monitor and secure it. The successful candidate will define and maintain golden configurations build the bare-metal provisioning pipeline and operate the monitoring and log collection stack used across the team.

What Youll Do

• Develop and maintain hypervisor golden configurations: host build standards kernel and performance tuning and VM (Virtual Machine) templates including connectivity testing.
• Manage the hypervisor lifecycle: image builds patching and update schedules staged rollouts and rollback procedures.
• Build and maintain automated bare-metal provisioning: network boot unattended installation per-host configuration and local package repositories.
• Build and operate the monitoring platform: Prometheus metrics collection covering the operating system hypervisor and hardware layers with dashboards and alerting.
• Build and operate centralized log collection for the hypervisor fleet.
• Implement configuration management and drift detection across the hypervisor fleet.
• Maintain the security baseline: CIS (Center for Internet Security) hardening automated compliance scanning vulnerability triage and patching and centralized identity and access management.
• Maintain CI (Continuous Integration) and testing for infrastructure code.

What Youll Need

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Telecommunications Computer Science or a related field.
• 10 years expert-level Linux administration experience with production experience on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or its derivatives (Rocky Linux AlmaLinux CentOS Stream).
• 5 years of significant production experience operating Linux KVM/libvirt at fleet scale including performance-sensitive workloads.
• 10 years of experience building an automated provisioning pipeline from bare metal to running workload.
• 5 years of experience with demonstrated host performance tuning: CPU pinning and isolation NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) memory placement and interrupt affinity. (Replace Linux with Kubia)
• 5 years of experience deploying and operating Prometheus and centralized logging.
• 5 years of experience patching production fleets across multiple sites with minimal service impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) or RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect) certification is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) or PCI passthrough for high-throughput virtual network functions.
• Familiarity with Userspace or kernel-bypass packet processing.
• Experience with immutable or API-managed host operating systems.
• Automation driven from an inventory/IPAM (IP Address Management) system such as NetBox.
• Security hardening in performance-sensitive environments.

What Well Offer

• Connectivity and content engineering and business knowledge
• Opportunity to work in cross-functional teams
• Competitive Salary
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 4.0% after one year of service
• Competitive health benefits including optical and dental
• Life Insurance
• Performance Bonus
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Monthly Phone Allowance

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Quvia Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities at Quvia Inc. are based upon ones qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job. All employment opportunities are provided without regard to race religion sex (including sexual orientation and transgender status) pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions national origin age veteran status disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

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