System Admin - Backup and Linux - Saudi National

Michael Page

Saudi Arabia

Ref: HP350-3374

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

We are looking for candidates who have technical knowledge and experience in Enterprise Data Backup and Linux System Administration

Client Details:

* Tier 1 financial services organization with ambitious plans to scale the region

Description:

* Be part of Tier 2/3 engineering support resource.
* Perform problem management and incident correlation on re-occurring issues; suggest and document workarounds and solutions.
* Perform diagnosis, troubleshoot, and conduct root-cause analysis for any issues escalated on the SAN storage and backup system platforms.
* Provide critical support on complex technical problems on a 24 x 7 standby basis.
* Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
* Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted entities.
* Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
* Configure / add new services as necessary.
* Upgrade and configure system software that supports applications.
* 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.

Job Offer:

* Highly competitive salary package on offer for the right candidate

Requirements

* MUST BE A SAUDI NATIONAL TO BE ELIGIBLE
* 2+ years of experience in a technical role.
* Bachelor Degree in Computer Science preferred or equivalent relevant work experience and/or hardware/software certification(s).

Enterprise Backup Administration:

* Knowledge and experience in supporting any enterprise backup solution in a production environment.
* Good understanding of data backup and protection infrastructures
* Advanced English language skills
* Deep understanding of Fibre Channel and IP protocols/topologies, (NFS, CIFS, REST, etc.)
* Very strong troubleshooting and communication skills

Linux System Administration:

* 2+ years of experience in administrating Linux servers (preferably Linux Red Hat)
* OS patch management
* Server configuration management
* Experience with Linux OS running in both a physical and virtual (VMware) environment
* On-call support is a must
* Implement changes, perform security related tasks, identify and recommend improvements to existing processes and procedures
* Should perform installation, implementation, customization, operation, recovery and performance tuning.
* Red Hat Certification (Certification will be an added advantage)
* Strong verbal and written communication

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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System Administrator salaries in Saudi Arabia

Average monthly compensation
SAR 8,500

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