Linux Product Team Lead (AU)

DroneShield
Sydney
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Technical direction","Reliability engineering","Incident management","Observability","System troubleshooting","Automation","Security-focused engineering"]

Lead and grow the C2 Linux Product Team, owning the Linux platform that underpins the DroneSentry-C2 ecosystem. Drive Linux platform engineering across development, production, and deployed customer environments—covering reliability, security, automation, provisioning/patching, and observability. Define standards and roadmap, build secure Linux images for server/edge/embedded platforms, maintain Ubuntu Classic/Core across x86/ARM, and provide L3 OS and system-level support while partnering with Software, AI, Security, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

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DroneShield
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Linux Product Team Lead (AU)

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Job Summary

Lead and grow the C2 Linux Product Team, owning the Linux platform that underpins the DroneSentry-C2 ecosystem. Drive Linux platform engineering across development, production, and deployed customer environments—covering reliability, security, automation, provisioning/patching, and observability. Define standards and roadmap, build secure Linux images for server/edge/embedded platforms, maintain Ubuntu Classic/Core across x86/ARM, and provide L3 OS and system-level support while partnering with Software, AI, Security, Infrastructure, and Product teams.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and mentor the Linux Product Team; define technical direction, standards, and roadmap for the Linux platform.
  • •Own configuration, tuning, and lifecycle of Linux systems across DroneShield products.
  • •Build and maintain secure Linux images for server, edge, and embedded platforms; optimize performance, reliability, and security.
  • •Automate provisioning, patching, configuration management, and diagnostics; lead OS hardening initiatives (including secure boot, TPM integration, and platform security controls).
  • •Design observability, monitoring, and telemetry standards; establish reliability engineering practices and provide L3 support for OS and system-level issues in production and deployed assets.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive experience operating and debugging Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL or Yocto-based).
  • •Strong SRE foundations: reliability, scalability, observability, operational excellence, and supply chain security.
  • •Experience leading engineers, technical projects, and/or platform teams.
  • •Deep Linux internals knowledge (kernel, init systems, udev, cgroups, bootloaders) and strong scripting skills (Bash plus Python or Go).
  • •Proficiency in OS-level security and platform hardening (secure boot, TPMs, disk encryption, secure controls) and defining SLOs/SLIs, alerting, and incident management processes.
Experience:DefenceCritical systemsRegulated environmentsOpen source
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipTechnical directionReliability engineeringIncident managementObservabilitySystem troubleshootingAutomationSecurity-focused engineering
Tech Stack:LinuxUbuntuDebianRHELYoctoUbuntu CoreUbuntu ClassicBashPythonGoSecure bootTPMDisk encryptionKernelInit systemsUdevCgroupsBootloadersObservabilityMonitoring

Company Brief

DroneShield
Designs and manufactures counter-drone systems for detection, tracking, and mitigation using radar, RF, acoustic and camera sensors. Serves military, law enforcement, and critical infrastructure customers globally with integrated drone defense solutions.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Sydney, Australia
Founded: 2013
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