Red Hat Linux Administrator

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.