Senior Linux Platform Manager – Enterprise & Cloud

Burlington Stores, Inc.; Beverly (NJ); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off and holidays

Associate discount

Job summary

Burlington Stores, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Linux Platform to lead and manage enterprise Linux platforms across corporate and distribution center environments.

You will lead a team of System Engineers and Administrators, drive automation, and ensure security, performance, and availability in a high-volume off-price retail setting. The role requires 7+ years of Linux/DevOps experience, 3+ years of people leadership, and strong cloud and virtualization skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on Linux, DevOps or Platform Engineering experience, including SUSE or RHEL Servers in enterprise production environments.
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of systems, DevOps or platform engineers.
• Strong experience operating in public cloud environments like Azure, GCP or AWS.
• Strong understanding of vSphere or similar virtualization technologies, compute, hardware and server management.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, etc…
• Proven experience with monitoring and observability solutions like Datadog, Dynatrace, Nagios or SolarWinds
• Experience troubleshooting Linux kernel, authentication, storage, networking, services, and application dependencies.
• Knowledge of backup technologies, such as Veeam, NetBackup and Rubrik.
• Familiarity with enterprise NAS storage platforms, managing NFS and CIFS exports.
• Familiarity with networking concepts, protocols, and services, including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NTP, and VPN.
• Solid understanding of systems security, auditing, and compliance frameworks (SOX / PCI).
• Experience managing platforms in 24/7 mission-critical environments.
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to technical, non-technical and executive stakeholders
• Detail-oriented mindset with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and stay updated with industry trends and advancements

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5-9 System Engineers and Administrators (FTEs & consultants), ensuring clear goals, performance metrics, and accountability.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage workload distribution, on-call schedules, and succession planning for critical skills.
• Negotiate and oversee vendor performance, ensuring adherence to SLAs and continuous service improvement.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Finance to manage budgets, renewals, licenses, commercial engagements and cloud spend.
• Oversee deployment, configuration, patching, upgrades, and tuning of RHEL & SUSE virtual servers.
• Drive automation using Ansible, Terraform, Bash, and CI/CD tooling.
• Spearhead cloud-native container, serverless and PaaS modernization initiatives.
• Support, optimize, and troubleshoot systems and related applications.
• Act as the primary escalation point for production incidents, including root cause analysis (RCA) and permanent remediation.
• Manage systems lifecycle and capacity planning, ensuring systems remain within vendor support and security guidelines.
• Manage enterprise NAS, SAN and backup platforms.
• Ensure all systems meet SOX, PCI-DSS and internal security policy requirements.
• Manage auditing, encryption, and access controls.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of managed environments, configurations, and support procedures.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery capabilities are tested and documented.
• Manage observability and proactively address performance and availability.
• Maintain a 24/7 support model for critical systems with defined SLAs for response and resolution.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Automation & Scripting

Observability

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

7+ years Linux/DevOps/platform engineering

3+ years people leadership

ITIL certification

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Datadog/Dynatrace/Nagios/SolarWinds

Veeam/NetBackup/Rubrik

Job description

Burlington Stores, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Linux Platform to lead and manage enterprise Linux platforms across corporate and distribution center environments.

You will lead a team of System Engineers and Administrators, drive automation, and ensure security, performance, and availability in a high-volume off-price retail setting. The role requires 7+ years of Linux/DevOps experience, 3+ years of people leadership, and strong cloud and virtualization skills.