Vice President, Head of Unix Operations

Vice President, Head Of Unix Operations - Specialised InfrastructureShape the future of high?performance UNIX operations - Step into a leadership role that shapes the future of our global UNIX platform. As Vice President, Head of UNIX Operations - Specialised Infrastructure, you'll help modernise and scale a critical part of Barclays' specialised infrastructure while driving meaningful improvements in efficiency, resilience, and service quality. You'll lead a talented AMER?based engineering team and guide a global 24x7 follow?the?sun operation—setting clear standards, strengthening security, and elevating how we deliver for the business. This role offers the opportunity to advance automation, optimise performance for latency?sensitive workloads, and champion next?generation operating models such as AIOps. Your work will directly support the delivery of secure, high?performance UNIX services that meet the expectations of our clients and the demands of a rapidly evolving technology landscape.To be successful as a Vice President, Head of Unix Operations, you should have:Experience as a Unix systems administrator with mastery-level knowledge and demonstrated experience managing Linux-based systems at scale in a repeatable manner that delivers resilience and fault-tolerance. Mastery-level knowledge of Redhat Products.Experience in using Chef and/or Ansible for end-to-end server configuration managementKnowledge troubleshooting problems that affect Linux performance (jitter, latency, resilience)Excellent organizational and communication skills (written and verbal)Computer Science / Engineering or similar technical qualifications (industry certifications)Other highly valued skills include:Experience managing a team of technical individuals. Possess clear vision and organizational skills to manage the outcome for individuals with different personalities and levels of skill. Use of JIRA is a plusExperience working in the financial industry or similar large tech organization where there are high demands for Linux performance, including low latency, high throughput, low-jitter. Experience working with kernel-bypass or offload technologies a plusExperience with Kubernetes a plusDemonstrated ability to learn new technologies / concepts and introduce them into production in a controlled and stable mannerYou may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.This role is located in New York, NY.Minimum Salary: $170,000.00. Maximum Salary: $230,000.00. The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.