IBM Z LinuxONE Infrastructure Programme Manager (Contract)

Undisclosed; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Undisclosed is seeking a lead for designing, building and launching a RHEL server offering on IBM LinuxONE. You will work with mainframe, Linux, network, storage, security and service-management teams to deliver a consumable service for applications.

The role requires knowledge of IBM Z concepts (LPARs, capacity) and production support for Enterprise RHEL. Strong coordination of cross-team delivery and clear operating models are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with provisioning, patching, hardening and monitoring of Enterprise RHEL environments.
• Familiarity with IBM LinuxONE and IBM Z concepts (LPARs, capacity, resilience).
• Ability to align mainframe practices with Linux engineering and application needs.
• Proven track record delivering production-ready infrastructure services.

Responsibilities

• Define the offering: supported RHEL versions, server sizes and environments.
• Coordinate architecture: capacity, virtualization, networking, storage and security.
• Confirm workload readiness: validate workloads on IBM Z and Linux on s390x.
• Establish operating model: ownership for provisioning, patching, monitoring and backups.
• Lead a pilot: prove provisioning, application compatibility and recovery.
• Deliver production readiness: sign-off, publish service catalogue and onboarding.

Skills

RHEL knowledge

IBM LinuxONE

Mainframe integration

Infrastructure project management

Networking basics

Tools

Automation tooling

Service cataloguing

Backup & DR processes

Job description

Undisclosed is seeking a lead for designing, building and launching a RHEL server offering on IBM LinuxONE. You will work with mainframe, Linux, network, storage, security and service-management teams to deliver a consumable service for applications.

The role requires knowledge of IBM Z concepts (LPARs, capacity) and production support for Enterprise RHEL. Strong coordination of cross-team delivery and clear operating models are essential.