Linux Programme Manager IBM Z/LinuxONE - Birmingham

Salary: £43,000 - 74,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong Linux/RHEL infrastructure experience.
• Experience delivering Linux on IBM Z/IBM LinuxONE.
• Knowledge of LPARs, IFL capacity, and z/VM or KVM virtualisation.
• Understanding of enterprise Linux provisioning, patching, hardening, monitoring, backup, and automation.
• Experience launching infrastructure services into production, including SLAs, support models, disaster recovery, operational acceptance, and service catalogues.
• Strong cross-platform delivery experience spanning Linux, mainframe, and wider infrastructure teams.
• Senior programme or project management experience delivering complex infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, build, and launch of a supported RHEL hosting service on IBM LinuxONE/IBM Z.
• Coordinate Linux, mainframe, network, storage, security, and service-management teams.
• Define the service offering, including RHEL versions, server sizing, environments, availability, and target workloads.
• Manage platform capacity, virtualisation, networking, storage, security, and management-tooling dependencies.
• Validate application, middleware, and vendor compatibility with Linux on IBM Z (s390x).
• Establish the operating model for provisioning, patching, monitoring, backup, and production support.
• Lead pilot delivery covering application compatibility, performance, recovery, and support processes.
• Drive operational readiness, service catalogue creation, onboarding, and production go-live.
• Own programme plans, RAID, dependencies, suppliers, budgets, and key delivery decisions.

Technologies:

• IBM
• Support
• KVM
• Linux
• Network
• Project Manager
• RHEL
• Security

More:

We are working with a financial services client seeking an experienced Linux Programme Manager or Senior Infrastructure Project Manager to lead the delivery and operational launch of a supported RHEL hosting service on IBM LinuxONE/IBM Z. This is a specialist role requiring a genuine Linux background, with previous experience delivering Linux on IBM Z/LinuxONE preferred, and the technical knowledge to challenge engineering teams, understand dependencies, and drive technical decisions. The role is hybrid, with two days per week onsite in Birmingham, and offers an inside-IR35 day rate of £500–£650.

last updated 39 week of 2026