Unix Manager

Ericsson; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson is seeking a senior manager to lead a team of UNIX/Linux engineers responsible for on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-hosted platforms. The role covers OpenShift container platforms and private cloud infra (OpenStack), with exposure to public cloud (Azure/OCI).

It blends people leadership with technical ownership and governance for secure, scalable infrastructure. The position emphasizes end-to-end operations, automation, and resilience, ensuring availability and performance of workloads across

Qualifications

• Line manager for UNIX/Linux and cloud engineers in a 24×7 operations setting.
• Own end-to-end operations for UNIX/Linux across on-prem, private cloud (OpenShift/OpenStack), and public cloud (Azure/OCI).
• Foster automation, reliability, and performance culture within the team.

Responsibilities

• Line manager for UNIX/Linux and cloud engineers, including performance management and succession planning.
• Own end-to-end operations for UNIX/Linux platforms across on‑prem, private cloud (OpenShift/OpenStack), and public cloud (Azure/OCI).
• Build cloud-ready skills within the team through coaching and stretch assignments.
• Foster a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead incident response for cloud-based outages and hybrid failures.
• Own change, incident, problem, and availability management across hybrid infrastructure.

Skills

People management

Unix/Linux administration

Cloud operations

Automation

OpenShift

OpenStack

OCI

Azure

Cloud security

IAM

Cloud migration

Tools

OpenShift

OpenStack

OCI

Azure

Job description

About this opportunity

We are looking for a senior manager with strong expertise/hands‑on on UNIX & Cloud Operations and leading a team of UNIX/Linux engineers responsible for on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud‑hosted UNIX/Linux platforms, container platforms (OpenShift), and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack).

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About this opportunity

We are looking for a senior manager with strong expertise/hands‑on on UNIX & Cloud Operations and leading a team of UNIX/Linux engineers responsible for on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud‑hosted UNIX/Linux platforms, container platforms (OpenShift), and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack).

This role blends people leadership, technical ownership, and cloud operational governance, ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure aligned to business outcomes.

What you will do

• Line manager for UNIX/Linux and cloud engineers, including performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Own end‑to‑end operations for UNIX/Linux platforms across on‑prem, private cloud (Openshift/Openstack), and public cloud (Azure/OCI/etc.).
• Build cloud‑ready skills within the team through coaching, training, and stretch assignments.
• Foster a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Foster a high-performance and collaborative team culture
• Ensure availability, performance, capacity planning, and resilience of cloud‑hosted workloads.
• Lead incident response for cloud‑based outages and complex hybrid failures.
• Own change, incident, problem, and availability management across hybrid infrastructure.
• Manage cloud vendors, managed service providers, and platform support contracts.

The skills you bring

• Proven people‑management experience in a 24×7 operations environment and strong technical leadership skills.
• Strong grasp of ITIL processes and cloud operational best practices.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and crisis leadership skills.
• Strong skills on automations.
• Strong and advanced hands‑on/expertise administering RHEL, SUSE, AIX, Solaris (at least two).
• Strong experience with Redhat Openshift, Openstack, OCI (at least one; multi‑cloud preferred).
• Deep understanding of:
  • Compute, storage, networking in cloud environments
  • Cloud identity and access management (IAM)
  • Cloud security and shared responsibility model
  • Exposure to cloud migration strategies (rehost, re‑platform, refactor).
• Understanding of cloud cost management and optimization.

“All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.”

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Primary country and city

India (IN)