Senior Linux Virtualization Engineer

Quvia

Linux virtualization engineer owning KVM infrastructure and automation for Quvia’s AI-driven edge-cloud connectivity platform. Building provisioning, monitoring, security, and lifecycle systems for production hypervisor fleets.

Posted 8/15/2026full-timeMiramar • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Expertise in Linux Administration and KVM Hypervisor Management, with a strong focus on automation, performance tuning, and security compliance. Proven ability to build and maintain automated provisioning pipelines and monitoring platforms in production environments.

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Linux AdministrationKVM Hypervisor ManagementAutomated Provisioning PipelinePrometheus MonitoringSecurity Hardening

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Hard Skills

Linux AdministrationKVM/libvirt OperationPerformance TuningAutomated ProvisioningPatch ManagementConfiguration ManagementCIS HardeningVulnerability TriageImmutable Operating SystemsAPI Management

Tools & Technologies

PrometheusNetBoxCentralized LoggingCIS Compliance ToolsMonitoring Dashboards

Certifications & Qualifications

RHCERHCA

Industry Keywords

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRocky LinuxAlmaLinuxCentOS StreamSR-IOVPCI PassthroughPerformance-Sensitive Workloads

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxPrometheus

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the Linux KVM hypervisor platform and the automation used to provision, patch, monitor, and secure it
Develop and maintain hypervisor golden configurations, including host build standards, kernel and performance tuning, VM templates, and connectivity testing
Manage the hypervisor lifecycle, including image builds, patching and update schedules, staged rollouts, and rollback procedures
Build and maintain automated bare-metal provisioning with network boot, unattended installation, per-host configuration, and local package repositories
Build and operate the monitoring platform using Prometheus metrics collection across 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 through CIS hardening, automated compliance scanning, vulnerability triage and patching, and centralized identity and access management
Maintain CI and testing for infrastructure code

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field
10+ years expert-level Linux administration experience
Production experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or derivatives, including Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and 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 demonstrated host performance tuning, including CPU pinning and isolation, NUMA memory placement, and interrupt affinity
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
RHCE or RHCA certification highly desirable
Familiarity with SR-IOV 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 system such as NetBox
Security hardening in performance-sensitive environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Connectivity and content engineering and business knowledge
Opportunity to work in cross-functional teams