SUSE L3 is a globally distributed team of highly skilled Linux developers who evaluate, analyze, and fix software defects reported by SUSE customers and partners. The L3 team is responsible for coordinating the defect-resolution process in a wide range of SUSE products, technologies and areas, from core kernel bugs to crashing webservers, from RAIDs to complex, highly-available cloud solutions.
If you consider yourself a fast-learner, like varied tasks and enjoy solving tricky (but always Linux/open-source-related) technical problems, either on your own or in close cooperation with other excellent Linux engineers, then L3 is the job you should be looking for.
Key responsibilities:
- Evaluation of customer-reported issues
- Coordination of and active involvement in the bug-fixing process
- Technical analysis of issues and bugs in Linux based software products
- Fixing code defects and publishing patches
Required skills
- Very good knowledge of the Linux operating system
- Experience with SUSE Linux, openSUSE or other Enterprise Linux and Free Linux distributions
- Good knowledge of the C programming language
- Good knowledge of Linux debugging tools and techniques (GDB, strace, ...)
- Good spoken and written knowledge of English
- Strong communication, analytical and organizational skills
- Ability and willingness to quickly learn new technologies and work independently with minimal supervision
Desired skills:
- Knowledge of some scripting language (Perl, Python, Bash, ...)
- Knowledge of other programming languages (C++, assembler, ...)
- Programmer's knowledge of the Linux Kernel
- Knowledge of RPM
What we offer:
- Direct contact with representatives of free/open-source software projects worldwide
- Opportunity to participate in the development of Linux operating systems
- A unique opportunity to become an expert in an area of your choice
- Access to other hardware architectures than Intel x86
- Weekly-based flexible working time
- A fun, creative, friendly and informal working environment where how you think is far more important than what you wear