Manager of Linux Operations and Administration

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious financial company is seeking a Manager of Linux Operations and Administration to lead their Linux infrastructure operations team. The role involves ensuring the stability, performance, and security of Linux systems, managing operations, and driving strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Linux systems and a proven track record in leadership.

Benefits

Annual Bonus

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Linux systems administration, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Deep understanding of Linux (Red Hat) operating systems.
• Strong experience with virtualization and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a team of Linux administrators.
• Oversee daily operations and maintenance of Linux servers.
• Develop strategies for monitoring and performance tuning.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware

KVM

AWS

Azure

Job description

Manager of Linux Operations and Administration

Manager of Linux Operations and Administration

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Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $165,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

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***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Manager of Linux Operations and Administration. Candidate will lead and oversee our Linux infrastructure operations team. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and security of all Linux-based systems and services, managing day-to-day operations, and driving strategic initiatives to optimize infrastructure performance and reliability.

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 (e.g., 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.
• Manages a team

Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of Linux (Red Hat) operating systems and internals.
• Strong experience with virtualization (e.g., VMware, KVM), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, security best practices, and monitoring systems.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale production environments and lead teams through incident response and recovery.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• [Preferred] Experience with ITIL frameworks and service management tools.
• [Preferred] Background in supporting CI/CD pipelines and agile workflows.
• 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)
• Resilient Design - Experience with architecting, implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments for 24/7 availability.
• Communication Skills - Great communication skills, especially with working with diverse and distributed teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Deliver on commitments - Ability to work independently as well as lead a team to solve complex problems in a timely manner.
• 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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