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Full-time, remote within US/Western Europe. The Ksplice group at Oracle develops exciting technology to patch the Linux kernel whilst it is running, eliminating unplanned downtime for systems running Oracle Linux and keeping up-to-date with known security fixes. We're a distributed team of 12 engineers working to provide rebootless updates for all of our supported kernels, supporting new OS releases and automating our workflow. We're looking for a systems engineer to help us further eliminate unplanned reboots for Oracle Linux customers. The job role involves enhancing the Ksplice tools and core, analyzing security vulnerabilities, transforming patches into rebootless updates, and building new infrastructure to make security fixes available to customers as soon as possible. Required skills include: - Expert level C/C++ programming. - Strong experience with a modern scripting language, Python preferred. - Strong understanding of Linux systems. - Excellent problem solving and debugging skills. - Experience with the git version control system. Remote work possible for the right candidate in US or Western Europe. More information about Ksplice is available at http://ksplice.oracle.com/ and you can contact me by email at jamie.iles@oracle.com if you have any questions. Oracle is an equal opportunity employer.