Senior OS Engineer — Linux Security & Container Supply Chain

Skip to main content Senior OS Engineer — Linux Security & Container Supply Chain RAPIDFORT United States Apply Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Senior OS Engineer — Linux Security & Container Supply Chain role at RAPIDFORT Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. Senior OS Engineer — Linux Security & Container Supply Chain RAPIDFORT United States 2 weeks ago 172 applicants See who RAPIDFORT has hired for this role Apply Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Senior OS Engineer — Linux Security & Container Supply Chain role at RAPIDFORT Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. Save Report this job About The RoleRapidFort 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 images are delivered at scale.You will work across multiple Linux distributions to curate, harden, and continuously improve the operating system layers used in containerized environments. This includes package-level remediation, dependency resolution, and automation of secure build pipelines.This is a hands-on engineering role focused on Linux internals, OS packaging, and container image security — not just vulnerability scanning or policy enforcement.What You’ll DoOS & Package Security EngineeringOwn end-to-end CVE remediation across Linux OS packages and system librariesAnalyze vulnerabilities affecting core OS components (glibc, openssl, kernel modules, runtime libraries, etc.)Validate upstream fixes and determine patching or backporting strategiesRebuild, patch, and curate OS packages across multiple Linux distributions (Debian, RHEL, Alpine, etc.)Container Image HardeningBuild and maintain secure, minimal, production-ready container imagesRemove unnecessary packages and reduce image attack surfaceEnsure OS-level changes propagate safely into container environmentsValidate image integrity, compatibility, and runtime stabilitySupply Chain SecurityGenerate and maintain SBOMs for OS packages and container imagesImplement provenance, signing, and...