- Permanent Position
- Eastern Suburb / Hybrid Work / 3 Days on Site
- Amazing Environment and Culture / Fantastic work life balance

Our client is seeking an experienced Manager - Linux Platforms to lead the strategy, operations and continuous improvement of enterprise Linux and automation services within a large, complex education workplace.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically credible leader to manage high-performing infrastructure teams, drive platform modernisation and deliver secure, resilient and scalable services supporting critical research, teaching and enterprise systems.

About the Role

Reporting to the Group Manager - Server, Cloud and Compute Platforms, you will lead the Linux Platforms and Linux Delivery teams, with direct responsibility for six staff.

You will oversee the operational performance, security, lifecycle management and strategic direction of enterprise Linux environments across complex hybrid cloud infrastructure.

The role combines people leadership, technical strategy, service delivery and operational governance, with a strong focus on infrastructure automation, modern platform engineering, observability and continuous improvement.

While strong technical expertise is essential, this is primarily a leadership and management position rather than a hands-on engineering role.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, mentor and develop high-performing Linux engineering and delivery teams, fostering collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Oversee enterprise Linux environments, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu, ensuring availability, performance, security and compliance.
- Drive infrastructure automation and configuration management using Ansible, Puppet and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.




- Champion modern DevOps, platform engineering, intelligent monitoring, observability and AI-enabled operations (AIOps) to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
- Develop and execute Linux platform strategies, technology roadmaps, lifecycle management and capacity planning initiatives.
- Manage operational budgets, vendor relationships, licensing, cost forecasting and infrastructure optimisation.
- Establish and maintain effective IT service management practices, including incident, problem, change and release management, on-call support and escalation processes.
- Lead platform uplift initiatives, including technology refreshes, version upgrades, infrastructure consolidation and automation improvements.
- Ensure robust cyber security, regulatory compliance, disaster recovery, backup validation and operational documentation standards.
- Collaborate with senior technology leaders, architects, cyber security teams and business stakeholders to align infrastructure services with organisational priorities.

Skills and Experience Required

- Proven experience leading and managing enterprise infrastructure, Linux engineering or platform operations teams within large, complex ICT environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of enterprise Linux platforms, particularly Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu.
- Extensive experience with automation and configuration management technologies,



including Ansible, Puppet or equivalent.
- Demonstrated understanding of Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, CI/CD and modern platform engineering practices.
- Experience implementing monitoring, observability, operational automation and proactive incident management capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of IT service management, operational support models, incident management, disaster recovery and infrastructure resilience.
- Proven experience managing operational budgets, vendors, licensing and infrastructure costs.
- Experience delivering platform modernisation, technology uplift and large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage technical teams and senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to technology strategy, architecture decisions, risk management and long-term infrastructure planning.
- Relevant tertiary or postgraduate qualifications, extensive management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

Highly Desirable:
- Exposure to AIOps, AI-enabled monitoring and intelligent automation.
- Experience managing Linux platforms across hybrid cloud environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise cyber security, governance and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Experience supporting large-scale research, education or similarly complex enterprise technology environments.

If you are an experienced Linux infrastructure leader with a passion for people management, automation and modern platform engineering, apply now! For any further information, please feel free to reach out to Peter (@talentinternational.com).

📌 Manager, Linux Platform (Clayton South)
🏢 Talent
📍 Clayton South