Work with cutting edge AI technology, making the world a safer and more secure place.
DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an chance to solve some of world's most challenging technical problems in the rapidly growing counter-drone sector.
Our customers operate in some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world, including military organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement.
Protecting airspace in these settings requires technology that performs under pressure and teams that understand what's at stake.
At DroneShield, employees work at the leading edge of counter-drone innovation, helping to address real-world security challenges as drone threats continue to evolveglobally.
With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia, now part of the ASX200 index, DroneShield is experiencing a period of hypergrowth.
Revenue has surged from A$57 million in **** to over A$217 million in ****, representing record profitability and cashflow.
The total addressable global market for counter-drone is assessed at approximately $100 billion, and is currently at the nascent stage with much of the growth still to come, with DroneShield well positioned as a global market leader, and the only public listed pure-play business in this sector.
The company has grown from 11 employees in **** to over 450 staff globally today, and is on track to reach around 550 by the end of ****.
This expansion includes investment of over A$50 million annually in R&D;, a global pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and continuous scaling of production capacity to meet accelerating demand.
The role is based at DroneShield's central Sydney headquarters.
Overseas on-the-ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Netherlands, Denmark, Mexico and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries worldwide.
About the role
We are looking for a Linux Product Team Lead to lead and grow the C2 Linux Product Team, owning the Linux platform that underpins the DroneSentry-C2 ecosystem.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on Linux platform engineering, reliability, security, automation and observability across development, production and deployed customer environments.
Initially focused on the Linux platforms supporting the DroneSentry-C2 ecosystem,



the role will progressively expand to establish platform standards, Linux capabilities and engineering practices across DroneShield's broader portfolio of internal and customer-facing products.
You will lead the Linux Product Team and work closely with Software, AI, Security, Infrastructure and Product teams to deliver secure, scalable and highly reliable Linux platforms and services.
Key areas of ownership include:
DroneSentry-C2 and ruggedised field hardware
Development and maintenance of secure Linux SOEs
Testing Linux compatibility and performance across server and edge platforms
Software supply chain security
Secure remote access platforms
Platform observability, monitoring and reliability
Providing L3 support for OS and system-level issues across production and deployed assets
If you're interested in solving hard problems, building platforms that need to withstand the attention of nation-state adversaries, and working alongside red and blue teams to continuously test, break and improve our systems, this is the role for you.
You'll help build the platforms that power real-world defence capabilities, where security, reliability and operational excellence aren't nice-to-haves, they're mission-critical.
This role reports to the Director, AI Systems & Platforms.
Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations
Lead and mentor the Linux Product Team
Define technical direction, standards and roadmap for the Linux platform
Own the configuration, tuning and lifecycle of Linux systems across DroneShield products
Build and maintain secure Linux images for server, edge and embedded platforms
Optimise performance, reliability and security across Linux platforms
Automate provisioning, patching, configuration management and diagnostics
Lead OS hardening initiatives including secure boot, TPM integration and platform security controls
Design and implement observability, monitoring and telemetry standards




Establish reliability engineering practices including service health metrics, alerting and incident management
Maintain Ubuntu Classic and Ubuntu Core platforms across x86 and ARM environments
Provide Level 3 support for OS and system-level issues
Collaborate with Software, AI, Security and Product teams to ensure platform stability, scalability and traceability
Document architecture, standards, operational procedures and recovery processes
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Extensive experience operating and debugging Linux systems (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL or Yocto-based)
Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including reliability, scalability, observability, operational excellence and supply chain security
Experience leading engineers, technical projects and/or platform teams
Deep understanding of Linux internals including kernel, init systems, udev, cgroups and bootloaders
Proficiencyin Bash scripting and at least oneadditionallanguage (e.g. Python, Go)
Experience with secure boot, TPMs, disk encryption and OS-level security controls
Experience building or managing custom Linux images for embedded or production use
Experience defining and operating SLOs, SLIs, alerting frameworks and incident management processes
Experience with monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting and observability platforms
Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure, platform and production issues
Familiarity with PXE, systemd services, Kickstart/preseed or cloud-init workflows
Strong networking fundamentals including routing, DNS, firewalls and VLANs
Experience with containerisation, Kubernetes and modern CI/CD practices
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tooling
Experience building Linux-based products, appliances or embedded systems
Experience supporting edge computing or air-gapped environments
Experience with AWS, hybrid cloud or distributed infrastructure
Familiarity with software supply chain security and SBOM management
Background in secure infrastructure or regulated environments (e.g. defence, critical systems)
Contributions to open-source Linux or OS infrastructure tooling
Experience building developer platforms and internal engineering tooling
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📌 Linux Product Team Lead (Au) (New South Wales)
🏢 Droneshield
📍 New South Wales