Linux Operations Manager
Salary: Open + Bonus
Location: Chicago, IL
Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of experience in Linux systems administration
- 2+ years in a leadership or managerial role.
- Deep understanding of Linux (Red Hat) operating systems and internals.
- Strong experience with virtualization (eg, VMware, KVM), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and containerization (eg, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, security best practices, and monitoring systems.
- Strong knowledge of secure cloud infrastructure design and components
- Expert knowledge in core automation development toolchain including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Harness.
- CICD Experience: GitOps/DevOps, secure builds, secure code promotion, deployments (Harness\Argo), automated testing (app and infra), integration of policy frameworks, cost-optimization, SLSA best practices)
- Experience with architecting, implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments for 24/7 availability.
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 (eg, 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.