Manager, Server Operations - Linux

Bring your Linux leadership, automation attitude, and passion for reliable infrastructure to a global technology environment. Herbalife is seeking a hands-on Manager, Server Operations - Linux to lead a dedicated team of systems engineers and help modernize the infrastructure that supports our global business. In this player-coach role, you will guide day-to-day Linux operations, strengthen reliability and security, and help advance our hybrid cloud strategy across on-premises data centers and leading cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. What You’ll Do * Own the reliability, performance, capacity, and security of enterprise Linux environments across global data centers and cloud platforms.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of Linux systems engineers, crafting clarity around priorities, workload, on-call coverage, and professional growth.
• Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet/Chef, Bash, and Python to improve consistency, speed, and operational efficiency.
• Lead all aspects of patching, vulnerability remediation, OS lifecycle management, and Linux hardening standards to support secure and compliant operations.
• Lead fixing and handling blocking issues for sophisticated incidents, including root-cause analysis, post-incident reviews, and long-term corrective actions.
• Partner with cloud engineering, networking, storage, security, and application teams to support hybrid-cloud workloads, migrations, and infrastructure modernization.
• Improve monitoring, alerting, observability, runbooks, and on-call practices using platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Nagios, or similar tools.
• Contribute to infrastructure roadmap planning, capacity forecasting, vendor discussions, licensing, and budget planning in partnership with technology leadership.

Why This Role This is a chance to create a visible impact in a global infrastructure environment while staying close to the technology. You will have the ability to improve how Linux operations are delivered, expand automation, modernize legacy processes, and help shape engineering standards that strengthen system reliability and business continuity. If you enjoy leading people, solving complex technical problems, and building scalable operational practices, this role offers the right mix of leadership, ownership, and hands-on engineering influence. What You’ll Experience * A collaborative Global Platform & Cloud Engineering team supporting critical systems in a 24x7 global environment.

• A culture that values ownership, reliability, automation, documentation, continuous improvement, and practical engineering excellence.
• The chance to work multi-functionally with cloud, networking, storage, security, and application teams on meaningful infrastructure initiatives.
• A true player-coach opportunity where both your technical judgment and people leadership will have a direct impact.

7+ years of Linux systems administration, engineering, or operations experience in enterprise environments.

• 2+ years of experience leading, supervising, mentoring, or managing technical team members.
• Strong hands-on experience with on-premises infrastructure, including bare metal and virtualization, as well as cloud operations in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Experience supporting hybrid-cloud workloads, server migrations, infrastructure modernization, and enterprise-scale Linux environments.
• A demonstrable ability to use automation and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Bash, or Python to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
• Experience operating in a 24x7 enterprise environment with incident management, change control, on-call programs, and SLA accountability., Deep knowledge of Linux distributions such as RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu, or equivalent, including kernel tuning, storage, networking, package management, and security hardening.
• Automation and scripting experience with Ansible, Terraform, Bash, and/or Python; CI/CD pipeline or GitOps experience is a plus.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Nagios, or equivalent platforms.
• Familiarity with ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow for incident, change, and problem management.
• Relevant certifications are a plus, including RHCE/RHCSA, AWS/Azure/GCP Associate or Professional, Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator, or ITIL Foundation.
• Good communication and documentation skills, with the ability to partner across teams and maintain clear runbooks and operational standards., Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered.

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• Pet insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• AD&D insurance
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Health insurance, #LI-Hybrid US Benefits Statement: Herbalife offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees in the U.S. (limited to the 50 States and the District of Columbia), which includes Group Health Programs, other Voluntary Benefit Programs, and Paid Time Off. Group Health Programs include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Basic Life/AD&D; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Other Voluntary Benefit Programs include a 401(k) plan, Wellness Incentive Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Supplemental Life/Critical Illness/Hospitalization/Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance. Paid time off includes Company-observed U.S. Holidays, Floating Holidays, Vacation, Sick Time, a Volunteer Program, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave, Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave and time off for voting.

At Herbalife, you will be part of a global organization where technology plays an important role in supporting teams, customers, and business operations around the world. We offer an environment where expert infrastructure leaders can take ownership, collaborate with dedicated colleagues, and help build scalable, secure, and reliable platforms for the future.