Linux Programme Manager: LinuxONE & Z (Hybrid)

Experis (Austria); Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis Austria is seeking a Linux Programme Manager for a contract role in Sheffield, working hybrid three days on site. You will lead the design, build and launch of a RHEL server offering on IBM LinuxONE, coordinating cross-functional teams.

This role requires strong hands-on experience with IBM LinuxONE/Z, LPARs, KVM or z/VM, and enterprise RHEL operations, plus technical PM skills to own plans, dependencies and budgets.

Qualifications

• IBM LinuxONE / IBM Z: Understanding of LPARs, IFL capacity, platform resilience and the chosen virtualization approach (z/VM or KVM).
• Enterprise RHEL: Familiarity with provisioning, patching, hardening, monitoring, backup, automation and production support.
• Cross-platform delivery: Alignment of mainframe practices with Linux engineering and application requirements.
• Infrastructure service launches: Delivery of service catalogs, support models, SLAs, disaster recovery, operational acceptance and onboarding.
• Technical project management: Ownership of plans, dependencies, risks, suppliers, budgets and decisions across infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the offering: Supported RHEL versions, server sizes, environments, availability tiers and target workloads.
• Coordinate the architecture: Platform capacity, virtualisation, networking, storage, security and management tooling.
• Confirm workload readiness: Validate application, middleware and vendor support for Linux on IBM Z (s390x).
• Establish the operating model: Agree who provisions, patches, monitors, backs up and supports each layer.
• Lead a pilot: Prove provisioning, application compatibility, performance, recovery and support processes.
• Deliver production readiness: Secure operational sign-off, publish the service catalogue and manage initial onboarding.

Skills

IBM LinuxONE

LPARs

z/VM or KVM

Enterprise RHEL

Cross-platform delivery

Infrastructure service launches

Technical project management

Tools

KVM

z/VM

RHEL provisioning tooling

Job description

Experis Austria is seeking a Linux Programme Manager for a contract role in Sheffield, working hybrid three days on site. You will lead the design, build and launch of a RHEL server offering on IBM LinuxONE, coordinating cross-functional teams.

This role requires strong hands-on experience with IBM LinuxONE/Z, LPARs, KVM or z/VM, and enterprise RHEL operations, plus technical PM skills to own plans, dependencies and budgets.