Linux Platform & IaC Engineering Manager

G-Research; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quantitative finance firm in London is seeking a Linux Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for the core Linux systems. You will oversee the Linux infrastructure, ensuring its security, scalability, and efficiency. Ideal candidates should have strong Linux expertise, leadership experience, and a background in automation. The company offers competitive pay and excellent benefits including a generous pension scheme and 30 days' annual leave.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business)

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or managing infrastructure or engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of Linux systems, including internals and performance tuning.
• Strong background in automation, DevOps practices, and security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Linux Engineers.
• Oversee the maintenance of Linux OS builds and provisioning systems.
• Drive Linux security initiatives and automation practices.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Linux systems expertise (RHEL, Ubuntu)

Automation and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible)

Knowledge of security and compliance

Tools

Ansible

eBPF

Cloud-init

Job description

A leading quantitative finance firm in London is seeking a Linux Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for the core Linux systems. You will oversee the Linux infrastructure, ensuring its security, scalability, and efficiency. Ideal candidates should have strong Linux expertise, leadership experience, and a background in automation. The company offers competitive pay and excellent benefits including a generous pension scheme and 30 days' annual leave.