Linux/Open Systems Team Lead

Quick Facts

• Hybrid (50%/50%), Warsaw

Description

You will lead a team responsible for maintaining and evolving critical Open Systems infrastructure, from classic Linux platforms through virtualization, automation, and container-based solutions to OpenShift/Kubernetes.

Your mission is to ensure stability, high availability, security, and alignment with IT architecture and security standards, while defining operational and automation standards for the managed platforms.

The role combines people management with real technical influence on infrastructure direction and long-term development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the IT team maintaining and developing Linux/Open Systems environments (including RHEL, Oracle Linux, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, CentOS)
• Build an engaged team; motivate, support, and help employees deliver both current tasks and long-term goals
• Develop team competencies through regular feedback, goal setting, and tailored development actions
• Ensure stability, high availability, and continuous operation of Open Systems in a banking environment
• Define and evolve standards for operations, configuration, automation, and platform development
• Ensure solutions comply with IT architecture and security standards
• Oversee incident, problem, change, and request management handled by the team
• Design and evolve scalable, high-performance, highly available infrastructure solutions (HA)
• Advance automation of administrative tasks and standardize environments
• Collaborate with development and architecture teams on infrastructure design for applications
• Coordinate activities to maintain infrastructure continuity and reliability
• Analyze business and technology needs and prepare platform development plans
• Coordinate with other IT teams and business units; participate in infrastructure/technology projects
• Contribute to procurement: work with vendors and participate in negotiations on technology, services, and support

Requirements

• Higher education in IT/technical or related field
• Minimum 3–4 years of experience managing an IT team
• Minimum 2–3 years of practical Linux administration experience, especially Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, or equivalent solutions
• Good knowledge of maintaining high-availability, business-critical environments
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies (KVM, oVirt, OLVM, Proxmox)
• Knowledge of container and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker)
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation tools, especially Ansible
• Knowledge of Red Hat Satellite / Foreman
• Knowledge of team-work management tools such as Jira
• Ability to collaborate with development teams, architects, security, and external providers
• Ability to make decisions and set priorities in a production environment
• Strong organization, communication, and managerial skills
• Willingness to work in a hybrid model

Benefits

• Employment contract with quarterly bonus
• Agile, modern organization focused on collaboration and quick delivery
• Wellbeing program with free psychological, legal, financial, and coaching support via Mindgram
• Health care program for employees and families; life insurance; sports card
• Language learning opportunities (English, German, Italian) via eTutor
• Benefits on bank products and services (#velobank)
• Support for sports activities; private medical care; discounts on company products and services; additional social benefits; charitable initiatives; internal training