Manager Linux Operations

*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*

A prestigious company is looking for a Manager - Linux Operations. This manager will manage a team of Linux professionals focused on the stability, performance, security, and reliability of Linux infrastructure/Operations. This role requires experience with technologies such as Ansible, Puppet, Red Hat, Docker, Kubernetes, terraform, CICD, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and mentor a team of Linux administrators, providing technical leadership and guidance.
• Oversee the daily operations and maintenance of Linux Servers (on-prem and cloud).
• Develop and implement strategies for monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Ensure system availability, uptime, and business continuity through best practices and incident management.
• Lead root cause analysis of critical issues and implement preventive measures.
• Manage patch management, system upgrades, and configuration management (eg, Ansible, Puppet).
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and network teams to align infrastructure goals.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methodologies to support business needs.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and data protection standards.
• Participate in budgeting, resource planning, and vendor management as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of experience in Linux systems administration, with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role.
• Deep understanding of Linux (Red Hat) operating systems and internals.
• Linux Experience: Provide advanced system administration, operational support and problem resolution for a large complex Linux computing environment, including both virtualized and physical Servers. Create and Patch AMIs, perform pull requests, write Automation code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, etc.
• Cloud Experience - Strong knowledge of secure cloud infrastructure design and components, such as: Servers, operating systems, networks, IAM, and storage. Cloud Certifications, specifically AWS Cloud certification would be preferred.
• Infra Automation - Expert knowledge in core automation development toolchain including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Harness.
• CICD Experience - Mastery of CICD best practices in a large organization. (GitOps/DevOps, secure builds, secure code promotion, deployments (Harness/Argo), automated testing (app and infra), integration of policy frameworks, cost-optimization, SLSA best practices)
• Strong experience with virtualization (eg, VMware, KVM), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and containerization (eg, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools.