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# Software Infrastucture Engineer

- **Company:** CYLAKE, INC.
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $250,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Application Lifecycle Management, Intelligent Platform Management Interface, Bash Shell, Booting (BIOS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Software Debugging, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Hardware Design, Internet Security, Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Performance Tuning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ansible, Software Engineering, System Software, System Availability, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Selinux, Kubernetes, Bare Metal, U-Boot
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-infrastucture-engineer-sunnyvale-ca--d671bcf1-524a-4c79-a7e5-974a10adbe03

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Internet Security, Team Building, Telemetry, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Embedded Systems, Booting, High Availability, Debugging Skills, Large-Scale Systems, * 5+ years experience working with the Linux Kernel, drivers, and platform bring-up

 * Experience working with HW vendors on requirements and specifications
 * Experience with SW lifecycle management (packaging, upgrades, etc.) on an embedded system
 * Experience with k8s, Helm charts, Ansible, and other cloud orchestration technologies
 * Experience with bare-metal provisioning technologies (DHCP, PXE, IPMI)
 * Understanding of Secure Boot chains (bootloader, GRUB, dm-verity, and IMA)
 * Experience with SELinux policy creation and tuning
 * Strong C, bash, and python programming skills
 * Experience developing hardware validation and stress testing suites
 * Experience deploying observability and metrics stacks
 * Strong communication and documentation skills
 * FIPS and CC certification experience is a plus
 * Rust programming experience is a plus

## Description

You will be responsible for architecting and implementing the platform layer (Bootloader through system software) on a large scale embedded system. This will also include image and software lifecycle management - packaging, upgrades, high availability, and telemetry/debug infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to design and implement the system from the ground up.