Linux Programme Manager

Role Title: Linux Programme Manager Duration: contract to run until 11/10/2027 Location: Sheffield. Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite Rate: up to £483 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary Lead the design, build and operational launch of a RHEL server offering on IBM LinuxONE. Work with the mainframe, Linux, network, storage, security and service-management teams to define responsibilities and deliver a service application teams can consume. Essential experience IBM LinuxONE / IBM Z: Understanding of LPARs, IFL capacity, platform resilience and the chosen virtualisation approach—such as z/VM or KVM. Enterprise RHEL: Familiarity with provisioning, patching, hardening, monitoring, backup, automation and production support. Cross-platform delivery: Experience aligning mainframe platform practices with Linux engineering and application requirements. Infrastructure service launches: Delivery of service catalogues, support models, SLAs, disaster recovery, operational acceptance and onboarding. Technical project management: Ownership of plans, dependencies, risks, suppliers, budgets and decisions across infrastructure teams. Key responsibilities Define the offering: Supported RHEL versions, server sizes, environments, availability tiers and target workloads. Coordinate the architecture: Platform capacity, virtualisation, networking, storage, security and management tooling. Confirm workload readiness: Validate application, middleware and vendor support for Linux on IBM Z (s390x)—do not assume x86 workloads can move unchanged. Establish the operating model: Agree who provisions, patches, monitors, backs up and supports each layer. Lead a pilot: Prove provisioning, application compatibility, performance, recovery and support processes. Deliver production readiness: Secure operational sign-off, publish the service catalogue and manage initial onboarding. Expected deliverables

• Integrated delivery plan and RAID log.
• Agreed architecture and responsibility matrix.
• Capacity, licensing and cost model.
• Provisioning and lifecycle-management processes.
• Security, backup and disaster-recovery acceptance evidence.
• Operational runbooks, support model and service catalogue.
• Pilot results and production go-live approval.