Global Head of Linux Infrastructure Support | Tech-Led Hedge Fund
We are partnering with a highly sophisticated, technology-driven hedge fund seeking a Global Head of Linux Infrastructure Support to lead a critical function responsible for the stability, performance, and scalability of firmwide trading infrastructure.
This is a high-impact leadership role offering the opportunity to shape global support strategy, drive automation, and oversee mission-critical environments within a fast-paced, performance-sensitive business.
The Role
You will lead a globally distributed organisation with regional leadership across APAC, EMEA, and North America, supporting a complex estate spanning platform applications and core Unix server environments.
Working closely with specialist teams across Observability, Scheduling & Orchestration, Development Tooling, Compute, Storage, Linux Engineering, and DevOps, you will play a central role in ensuring the resilience and operational excellence of the firm’s trading infrastructure.
Key responsibilities include:
*Setting the vision, policies, and operational roadmap for global infrastructure support
*Driving automation, self-service capabilities, and operational maturity across the function
*Ensuring service levels are achieved while scaling to meet evolving business demands
*Empowering teams through strong leadership, training, and continuous improvement initiatives
*Coordinating technical efforts across multiple engineering groups
*Leading major incident and outage recovery with a calm, structured approach
*Remaining technically credible, with the ability to engage deeply when required
What We’re Looking For
*Proven experience leading technology teams, ideally at a global scale
*Strong Linux/Unix administration background (RHEL/CentOS/OEL preferred)
*Strategic mindset with a strong customer-service orientation
*Track record of driving automation within infrastructure or support teams
*Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, including observability, orchestration, containerization, automated testing, deployment pipelines, and configuration management.
*ITIL knowledge is a plus
*Experience within a compute heavy infrastructure environment i.e. Low Latency Trading or Big tech
*Bachelor’s degree
Why Join?
*Technology-first hedge fund with significant investment in infrastructure
*High-visibility role with genuine organisational impact
*Collaborative, high-calibre engineering environment
*Leading compensation and benefits
*Opportunity to influence the direction of a globally critical function
If you are a technology leader with expertise in Linux Infrastructure looking to operate at scale within a performance-driven environment, we would welcome a confidential conversation.