Linux Team Manager

Title: Linux Team Manager
The Role
We are looking for someone with Linux experience and a passion for the Linux platform as well
as for coaching and developing other Linux engineers. The right person combines this Linux
DNA with hard-earned experience of what it takes to support critical production systems. The
sort of person who asks what practices help make managing at scale effective, what makes
operations consistent and predictable, what approaches minimizes toil and maximizes the
leverage of automation? This role will combine operational and governance responsibilities
with participating in projects to modernize, optimize, and evolve our Linux offering. As a Linux
Team Lead, you will be accountable for delivering rock-solid operations to our internal
customers and delegating work to the right people on the team to meet operational objectives,
ensure participation in operational improvement and capabilities development efforts, and
help staff get opportunities to advance toward their career development goals.
Our Team
The Linux Service Team within Koch Technologies delivers reliable, secure, and resilient Linux
infrastructure that enables our partners to achieve and accelerate their business outcomes. We
are seeking team players that are dedicated to creating rock solid operations while building
relationships with our internal business partners. We are part of the Koch Industries family of
companies, the 2 nd largest private corporation in the world.
What You Will Do
 Ownership of daily operations: You will ensure our team meets the day-to-day Linux
operational demands of the businesses, ensure we’re tracking the right KPIs, and ensure
we’re mobilizing the right members of the team toward the right problems.
 Drive operational improvements: Identify areas of operations where automation,
process improvement, or improved tooling can reduce toil, improve efficiency, or
increase reliability.
 Support Enterprise Linux Systems: You will support, deploy, manage, and work on
projects supporting both small functional workloads as well as mission-critical enterprise
systems.
 Automation Enthusiast: Apply your passion for process improvement by helping to
identify what can be automated or eliminated to achieve the greatest value. Work with
automation teams to implement and improve automation with the help of agentic and
interactive AI.
 Innovative Problem Solver: Tackle complex challenges creatively, developing solutions
that drive progress and enhance our operations.
 Collaborative Partner: Work collaboratively with teams worldwide, fostering innovation
and adopting a principled entrepreneurial mindset that encourages growth.

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 Continuous Improvement Champion: Identify opportunities to refine processes,
systems, and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous enhancement.
 Create Knowledge: Create documentation to foster shared knowledge that will
accelerate your team’s ability and close skill gaps.
 Enterprise Container Management: Building a managed container capability is on the
horizon, someone with experience in container orchestration and an interest in building
that out is a plus
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
 Prior people management experience in Linux environment responsible for production
systems.
 Expertise in coaching technical staff, providing actionable feedback, helping with career
development and advancement.
 Effective delegator who understands how to set team members up for success
operating independently, using productive status and steering collaboration without
micro-management.
 Leader comfortable with maintaining a culture of accountability, not afraid to have the
right conversations when issues are still topical, not only when they are convenient.
 Demonstrated history of advocating for your team members, ensuring your best people
are getting opportunities for advancement, compensation increases, and bonus
opportunities for above-and-beyond contributions.
 Knowledge of major Linux operating systems. (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu)
 Basic experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS.
 Experience in a mission-critical production environment, understanding the importance
of communication, risk management, responsible follow-through, post-incident analysis,
and support/on-call coverage.
 Experience working directly with end users and the ability to meet them where they are
at technically for communication.
What Will Put You Ahead
 Experience in roles where you interact directly with business stakeholders or customers.
Bonus for roles like consulting, service delivery, managed services, or working in a
shared services technical organization.
 Containers and related technologies, such as docker, podman, container repositories,
and docker build/compose for container development and testing
 Container orchestration experience with production experience with Kubernetes (k8s),
Nomad, ECS, or EKS being a big plus
 Experience with Grafana and Grafana Loki
 Experience with Uyuni for patching

As of 4.18.2023
 AWS experience with certification at a Solutions Architect Associate level or higher a
plus
 VMWare and KVM virtualization expertise is valuable
 Experience in shell, python, or other scripting languages to automate, optimize, and
innovate
 Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or other automation or IaC technologies
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and
backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our
hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Koch Technologies (KT) creates solutions spanning technology, human
resources, finance, project management and anything else our businesses need. With locations
in India, Mexico, Poland and the United States, our employees have the opportunity to make a
global impact.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide
essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional
strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits
plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life
insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may
also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility
criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may
vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to
your recruiter.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where
prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a
drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional
information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf