Linux, Storage and AWS Team Leader
University of York
Overview
In this role you lead the Linux Team within IT Services at a world‑leading university. You will bridge technical operations with strategic planning, guiding a diverse portfolio of Linux servers, file stores, and AWS environments to enable teaching and research. You’ll drive high‑impact projects, shape the technical roadmap, and collaborate across the IT Services ecosystem to deliver robust, available infrastructure. This is a chance to influence core systems in a large, complex academic environment.
Pay / Benefits- family friendly
- flexible working arrangements
- inclusive facilities
- Disability Confident employer commitments
- Manage and operate Linux server infrastructure and expansive filestores
- Oversee the AWS environment and related services
- Act as technical supervisor for high‑impact projects
- Develop and drive the technical roadmap for infrastructure
- Collaborate across IT Services to deliver value and align with strategic goals
- Lead and develop a diverse team in a customer‑focused setting
- Experience of managing people in a customer focused environment
- Extensive experience of installing and managing Unix and Linux systems
- Expertise in configuration management tools such as Puppet or Chef
- Sound knowledge of network architectures and technologies
- Understanding of operational requirements and challenges of supporting high availability IT systems in a complex organisation
- leadership and people management
- stakeholder engagement
- cross‑functional collaboration
- Linux/Unix administration
- Puppet or Chef (configuration management)
- AWS cloud environment
Reference: WJ-747_30167955