Infrastructure Architect - Linux

GKN Aerospace Sweden; Trollhättans kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace Sweden is seeking a Global Infrastructure Architect to govern Linux-based OSs, container platforms, Kubernetes services, and cloud-native infrastructure technologies.

You will lead global infrastructure standards, roadmaps, and reference architectures, ensuring security, resilience, and regulatory compliance while enabling cloud-first strategies across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Linux operating systems within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Extensive experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures across major cloud providers (Azure/AWS/Google).
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the global Linux and container platform strategy.
• Develop technology roadmaps aligned with business and digital transformation objectives.
• Establish enterprise standards, patterns, and reference architectures for Linux and Kubernetes environments.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and infrastructure strategy.
• Own the global architecture for RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE, and other Linux OSs.
• Define standards for Linux deployment, hardening, management, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Lead OS modernisation initiatives and platform standardisation efforts.
• Ensure Linux platforms meet availability, performance, resilience, and recovery requirements.
• Act as the senior technical authority for Linux and container technologies.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers and cloud teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends.

Skills

Linux expertise

Kubernetes platforms

Cloud architectures

IaC automation

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Job description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

About Us

Join us and become a part of a highly skilled global team that plays a vital role in keeping GKN Aerospace connected, secure, and resilient.

We are responsible for the strategy, delivery, and operation of critical infrastructure services, from data centres and cloud platforms to networks and cyber recovery capabilities.

Beyond our technical expertise, we pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and collaborative culture where innovation, continuous learning, and teamwork enable us to solve complex challenges and deliver lasting value to the business

About The Role

The Global Infrastructure Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the organisation's strategic architecture for Linux-based operating systems, containerisation platforms, Kubernetes services, and cloud-native infrastructure technologies.

The role provides technical leadership across global infrastructure, ensuring Linux and container platforms are secure, resilient, scalable, and aligned with enterprise architecture, cyber security, operational, and compliance requirements.

Working closely with Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Infrastructure Operations, Enterprise Architecture, and Application Development teams, the architect establishes standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps that accelerate modern application delivery while maintaining operational stability and regulatory compliance.

The role acts as the global technical authority for Linux operating systems, Kubernetes platforms, container services, and associated automation technologies, enabling the organisation's cloud-first and digital transformation strategies.

Job Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the global Linux and container platform strategy.
• Develop technology roadmaps aligned with business and digital transformation objectives.
• Establish enterprise standards, patterns, and reference architectures for Linux and Kubernetes environments.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and infrastructure strategy.
• Own the global architecture for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, SUSE, and other approved Linux operating systems.
• Define standards for Linux operating system deployment, hardening, management, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Lead operating system modernisation initiatives and platform standardisation efforts.
• Ensure Linux platforms meet availability, performance, resilience, and recovery requirements.
• Act as the senior technical authority for Linux and container technologies.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to infrastructure engineers and cloud teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends.

Job Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in infrastructure architecture and enterprise platform design.
• Deep expertise in Linux operating systems within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Extensive experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms.
• Strong understanding of container technologies including Docker and OCI standards.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, identity, and infrastructure resilience.
• Experience developing enterprise standards, governance frameworks, and technical roadmaps.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to speak and write fluently in English

Desirable

• Experience in aerospace, manufacturing, defence, or regulated industries.
• Experience with OpenShift, Rancher, Tanzu, or managed Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• Knowledge of platform engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP).
• Experience supporting sovereign or highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of cyber recovery and operational resilience frameworks.
• Knowledge of the Swedish language

Employment Conditions

This full-time position comes with a permanent contract at our site in Trollhättan, Sweden.

The applicant should be able to gain the right to live and work in Sweden.

Travel to other locations within Sweden as well as in the EU is expected.

The position requires that you undergo and be approved according to the current regulations for security protection. For positions where GKN's customer has requirements for security classification, this may, in some cases, involve specific citizenship requirements.

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.