# Senior Platform Engineer

**Company:** [Confluera](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/confluera)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Skills:** C, Go, Bash, Linux, CI/CD, Tdd, Kafka, Zookeeper, Consul, Linux Kernel
**Posted:** 2020-11-05

> Develops and maintains a Linux-based platform for security instrumentation, processing data into databases and publishing for distributed systems. Requires expertise in C/Go/Bash, Linux, security practices, and CI/CD.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a software platform that exposes Linux security instrumentation information.
- Process and store information into a database.
- Publish information for consumption by a distributed system.
- Ensure all software has high unit test coverage and works on multiple Linux platforms.
- Perform performance analysis on software, execute tuning, and calculate throughput.

## Requirements
- Programming languages: C, Go, or Bash.
- Strong understanding of the Linux operating system.
- Understanding of good security practices for system service processes.
- Design or software architecture experience.
- Understanding of software deployment, packaging, and installation techniques.
- Understands the value of CI/CD and TDD; able to write high-quality, tested code.

## Bonus Qualifications
- Use of publish-subscribe technologies such as Kafka.
- Use of technologies such as Zookeeper or Consul.
- Has contributed upstream to Open Source projects such as the Linux kernel or other high-profile projects.

## Education
- BA/BS or MA/MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

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