Senior OS Engineer — Linux Security & Container Supply Chain

RapidFort is looking for a deeply technical Senior OS Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure Linux-based operating system components that power hardened container images and cloud-native workloads. This role sits at the intersection of Linux systems engineering, package management, and software supply chain security. You will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities in OS packages, validating fixes, rebuilding or patching components, and ensuring secure, production-grade container.

5+ years in Linux systems engineering, OS engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or release engineering. Deep expertise in Linux operating systems and distributions (Debian, RHEL, Ubuntu, Alpine). Strong experience with OS package management systems (apt, rpm, dnf, apk). Hands-on experience patching, rebuilding, or maintaining OS packages. Strong understanding of Linux internals (processes, memory, filesystem, system libraries). Experience working with system-level libraries and.