Linux Systems Administrator

Job description / Role

Job Summary: Configure and administer a defined technology/system (e.g., Hardware, Operating Systems, network and middleware) in support of on-going operations and projects. The Junior Linux / Systems Admin provides a high quality, secure and resilient platform that supports the company's business needs The Junior System Administrator (SA) is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage incidents and requests for a defined technology environment
- Provide network specific technical expertise for the support of security network system requirements.
- Mainly Tier 2, partly Tier 1 Support Level
- Working within a team, providing IT Services on a high level of quality, e.g. Management and Support of Linux Servers (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux)
- Linux Application Servers
- Linux Database Servers running PostgreSQL and other Linux Database Platforms
- In-House Applications hosted on Linux environment
- Commercial Applications hosted on Linux environment
- Support and be responsible for defined system administration activities on an allocated/defined system or environment.
- Actively respond to incidents and requests
- Support and improve system environment and services (sizing).
- Support defined areas of the business, e.g. departments or countries in user and operational requirements, troubleshooting and migration to new versions.
- Write all related documentation / update data in online tools (Changes, Validation docs, systems proposals/recommendation, etc).
- Virtualization Management
- Act and perform according to defined SLAs
- Design configuration and administration in support of on-going projects, moves and changes
- Execute change management activities.
- Interaction with other support teams around the world
- Achieve agreed targets in terms of quality, time and cost.
- Ensure stable and well performing system environment.
- Apply professional competencies to administrate and optimize the assigned system environment.
- Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
- Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
- Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
- Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
- Configure applications to run on the Linux servers (MySQL, Application server technologies)
- Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
- Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies. .
- Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
- Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
- Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
- Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
- Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.

Reporting Line: Systems Team Leader
Other Interactions: CIO, Applications Teams
Salary: 3500 SAR per Month Tax Free

Other Benefits: Shared Accommodation provided, Medical Insurance, Flight Annually, 3 Months Notice, Annual performance increment / bonus based upon appraisal

Requirements

- IT apprenticeship
- 2-3 years of working experience
- Networking fundamentals, mainly TCP/IP
- IT related trainings/certificates
- Linux Certifications a bonus / Red Hat Certifications
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proven technical writing skills
- Team player
- Flexible attitude, reliable

Languages:
Good spoken English

About the Company

Afras was set up in 1976 to compete for building, and hospital operation and maintenance contracts in the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Since then, we’ve expanded to cover a range of business areas, including hospitality, security, pest control, housekeeping and cleaning, and landscaping and commercial gardening.

Not only are we highly regarded by our clients, we also enjoy classification grades in nine areas from the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs’ Contractors Classification Agency. For example we hold Grade 1 classification in both the Maintenance of Buildings and the Maintenance of Medical Centers.

We’ve also expanded into other regions: starting with a further branch in the western region in Jeddah, we then opened offices in Dammam, Taif, and most recently Makkah. Our plan is to open further Afras branches to improve our service throughout the Kingdom.