Linux Services Manager

Linux Services Manager

Ntice Sourcing Solutions

Are you a technically strong Linux professional with leadership ability and a passion for infrastructure excellence? Our client is seeking a Linux Services Manager to lead a high‑performing Linux operations team within a national managed services environment.

In this role, you’ll combine hands‑on Linux expertise with team leadership, project delivery, and technical ownership of enterprise Linux service offerings. You will act as the technical authority in client meetings, drive automation and optimisation initiatives, and ensure the delivery of reliable, scalable Linux infrastructure services across multiple client environments.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Linux administrators across RHEL and Debian platforms.
• Conduct performance reviews, guide skills development, and support certification requirements.
• Manage workload distribution and ensure effective resource allocation.
• Foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary technical authority in client meetings and architecture discussions.
• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of Linux infrastructure projects, ensuring quality and timelines are met.
• Serve as product owner for Linux services, defining requirements and driving delivery excellence.
• Present optimisation strategies, automation solutions, and infrastructure roadmaps to clients.
• Provide expert guidance on RHEL, Debian systems, and enterprise Linux architectures.
• Review and approve infrastructure designs, migrations, and implementation plans.
• Stay up to date with emerging Linux technologies and automation trends.
• Own technical standards for Linux services and ensure consistency across environments.
• Act as the escalation point for complex Linux and automation incidents.
• Oversee automation initiatives, ensuring strong proficiency in Ansible across the team.
• Manage infrastructure migrations between Linux distributions.
• Lead deployment, optimisation, and transition of monitoring solutions (Zabbix, Nagios).
• Drive performance optimisation, capacity planning, and system reliability initiatives.
• Maintain relationships with Linux and automation technology partners.
• Ensure team performance meets or exceeds Linux SLA and availability target.
• Implement process and automation improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
• Oversee documentation standards across all Linux environments.
• Coordinate with wider managed services teams to ensure integrated service delivery.
• Contribute to Linux service roadmap development and long‑term infrastructure strategy.
• Identify opportunities for service expansion and automation enhancement.
• Support business development with Linux infrastructure expertise.
• Provide input into resource planning and future team scaling.

Technical Expertise

Leadership & Management

Professional Qualifications

Business Acumen

Other Requirements

Remuneration

Market related salary with company performance incentives.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level.

Employment type

Full‑time.

Job function

Information Technology.

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