Platform Engineer

Riverbed. Empower the Experience

Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, helps organizations optimize their users’ experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed’s open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improve IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we are empowering next-generation digital experiences. Learn more at riverbed.com

Position

Position: Platform Engineer – Linux & Software Packaging

Location: Hybrid (Cluj) or Home Office, Romania

We’re looking for a Platform Engineer who enjoys building and delivering Linux‑based software that ships to customers. The focus is on how software is packaged, installed, upgraded, and maintained as part of a product used by customers in demanding enterprise environments.

You’ll work closely with development and QA teams on the NetProfiler and Flow Gateway product family, which process and analyze millions of network flow records per minute to provide real‑time visibility and anomaly detection for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

What you will do

• Own the packaging, installation, and upgrade lifecycle of Linux‑based software delivered to customers
• Build, maintain, and evolve RPM packages (including spec files, dependencies, and signing)
• Develop and maintain automation scripts in Bash and Python, and work with existing Perl code when needed
• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot systems based on Red Hat–derived distributions (RHEL, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky)
• Maintain OS‑level configuration and packaging as code, ensuring repeatable and reliable deployments
• Support CI workflows (Jenkins) as they relate to building, packaging, and validating deliverables
• Troubleshoot issues found in the field and deliver fixes through proper packaging and release processes
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineering and QA to ensure what we ship is installable, supportable, and production‑ready
• Contribute to security hardening, patching strategies, and upgrade paths for customer environments

What makes you an ideal candidate

• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining Linux software packages (RPM experience is strongly preferred)
• Strong Linux fundamentals and comfort working at the OS level
• Scripting experience in Bash and Python; ability to read and work with Perl code is a plus
• Experience owning installation or deployment artifacts, not just running infrastructure
• Familiarity with Jenkins and Git‑based workflows
• Understanding of how software behaves in real customer environments, including upgrades and long‑term maintenance
• Comfortable working with large, mature codebases where correctness and stability matter more than novelty

Nice to have (not required)

• Experience with DEB packaging or other installer formats
• Exposure to configuration management tools such as Ansible
• Familiarity with Docker (for build or tooling support, not as a primary runtime)
• Basic understanding of networking concepts (DNS, firewalls)
• Experience in enterprise or product‑based software environments

What we offer

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.  

Benefits & Perks vary by Country. 

About Riverbed

With a 20-year history of innovation, Riverbed is agile and proven—and we continue to disrupt the market with differentiated solutions that help customers deliver secure, seamless digital experiences and accelerate enterprise performance. We are relentlessly customer-first: we listen, learn, and act with urgency to solve real problems and earn trust every day. We pair bold ideas with operational efficiency, simplifying how we work, focusing on what matters most, and delivering with quality and speed. Fueled by a will to win, we set ambitious goals, hold ourselves accountable, and raise the bar through measurable outcomes. At the center of it all are our people—bringing our best selves to work with a shared commitment to excellence, transparency, and open communication. We strive to be an inclusive, fair, and enjoyable workplace where respect and wellbeing are prioritized. We are committed to our people, partners, and customers while supporting the communities where we work and live. It’s the Power of WE that binds us together and drives high-impact success.

Riverbed is an equal employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or child birth (including breast feeding), sexual orientation, genetics, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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