Red Hat Linux Administrator
Role Overview
Systems Arabia is seeking a Red Hat Linux Administrator to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires 2-5 years of experience and focuses on maintaining the availability, performance, security, and reliability of Linux environments across development, testing, and production. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on experience in RHEL server administration, OS patching, hardening, environment configuration, and production support.
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About the Role
Systems Arabia is seeking a Red Hat Linux Administrator to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires 2-5 years of experience and focuses on maintaining the availability, performance, security, and reliability of Linux environments across development, testing, and production. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on experience in RHEL server administration, OS patching, hardening, environment configuration, and production support.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers across enterprise environments.
- Perform OS installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and system hardening.
- Monitor server health, performance, capacity, and availability, and troubleshoot system-level issues.
- Manage users, groups, permissions, services, filesystems, processes, and system configurations.
- Support production environments and participate in incident, problem, and change management activities.
- Implement security best practices, vulnerability remediation, and configuration standards.
- Automate routine administrative tasks using Shell scripting and/or Ansible.
- Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and system configuration records.
Qualifications and Experience
- 4–6 years of hands-on experience in Linux system administration, preferably in enterprise production environments.
- Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration and troubleshooting.
- Good understanding of Linux networking, filesystems, storage, DNS, SSH, systemd, processes, and permissions.
- Experience with OS patching, server hardening, vulnerability remediation, and configuration management.
- Hands-on experience with Shell scripting and/or Ansible.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, backup, and enterprise infrastructure tools.
- Experience working in 24x7 production support environments and following ITIL-based operational processes.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and incident-management skills.
- RHCSA/RHCE certification or equivalent experience is an advantage.
Work Environment
- This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involving support for critical production environments.
Application Process
- We invite qualified candidates to apply for this role. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.
About Systems Arabia
Systems Arabia is a subsidiary of Systems Limited, Pakistan's largest IT company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company aims to provide value-added tech solutions for both public and private sectors, accelerating growth in line with Vision 2030. Systems Arabia offers a wide array of services including Digital Consultancy (UI & UX), ERP, CRM, Cloud, Big Data, and AI. The company also specializes in verticals such as Telecommunications, Banking & Finance, and the Government Sector, and has alliances with global partners like Microsoft, SAP, and IBM.
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