Build & Packaging Engineer

About Luxoft
Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company (NYSE: DXC), is a digital strategy and software engineering firm providing bespoke technology solutions that drive business change for customers the world over. Acquired by U.S. company DXC Technology in 2019, Luxoft is a global operation in 44 cities and 23 countries with an international, agile workforce of nearly 18,000 people. It combines a unique blend of engineering excellence and deep industry expertise, helping over 425 global clients innovate in the areas of automotive, financial services, travel and hospitality, healthcare, life sciences, media and telecommunications. DXC Technology is a leading Fortune 500 IT services company which helps global companies run their mission critical systems. Together, DXC and Luxoft offer a differentiated customer-value proposition for digital transformation by combining Luxoft’s front-end digital capabilities with DXC’s expertise in IT modernization and integration. Follow our profile for regular updates and insights into technology and business needs.
​​​​​​​Luxoft Romania has been established since 2001. We currently have approximately 2500 employees working from different locations in the country.

Mandatory Skills:
Required Techincal Skills:
- Experience building Linux system/utility software from source
- Experience using Make/CMake/Autotools
- Understanding of C (gcc) compiler options and Clang
- Understanding of diffs and patches
- Basic Linux system administration skills, preferably CentOS/RedHat/Fedora
- Shell scripting skills (Bash)

Required Soft Skills:
- Ability to self-document
- Working effectively in a distributed team
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience building software packages for Linux distribution (rpm/deb/pkg)
- Experience building software packages for programming languages using language specific tools and libraries (for example Python egg/wheel packages).
- Experience with build process automation
- Knowledge of a programming or scripting language, preferably C or Python
- Knowledge of dynamic linking (and ELF format)

Project Description:
You will be part of a multi-national team of 50+ young passionate developers and testers responsible for the development of the next generation SDN (Software-Defined Networking) solution for Data Center networking.
The solution targets the Data Centers of large organizations, including private/hybrid/public cloud environments.

It is addressing the needs of users requiring an easier option than switch-by-switch, CLI-based approaches and can automate time-consuming tasks such as the configuration of L2-L3 network devices.
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a build and release engineer to join our DevOps team.
The SDN controller itself runs a custom Linux distribution developed by our customer.
Your role is to maintain the software packages which will be included in this Linux distribution, as well as developing the tools used for building them.

Your responsibilities will include
- Building source code and packaging it into RPM packages
- Keeping track of software dependencies between packages
- Upgrading and applying security patches for 3rd party dependencies
- Updating OCI (Docker) images to include the latest versions of packages
- Developing and maintaining the automated jobs building the packages
- Working effectively with several agile teams

Technology Stack:
- Linux (CentOS)
- Yum/RPM
- Bash
- Python
- Docker
- Git
- Jenkins

Reasons to join us:

• Attractive salary and benefits package
• We invest into your professional training including business domain knowledge, and allow you to grow your professional career.
• We encourage creative-thinking into an open-minded work environment. Frequently the relaxation rooms are the place where the most ambitious ideas are born.
• We are not just professional teams, we are also friends that have fun working together
If you are an active person and you feel motivated by the creation/development of the software solutions, then this is the place to be, you will not get bored.