Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Jobpal; Bahrain; On-site; BHD 17,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

VAM Systems is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Bahrain to manage UNIX/Linux systems, virtualization, and enterprise backups. You will lead OS upgrades, firmware remediation, and platform operations while ensuring high availability and performance across multi-vendor environments.

You will work with LDOMs, VMware, KVM, and Hyper-V, handle network configurations, and implement robust backup/recovery strategies using Veeam and OpenText Data Protector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of UNIX/Linux system administration experience.
• Experience with multiple virtualization platforms (LDOMs, VMware, KVM, Hyper-V).
• Proficient in enterprise backup with Veeam and OpenText Data Protector.
• Experience with multi-vendor hardware, networking, and OS (Solaris SPARC, Enterprise Linux).
• Strong troubleshooting and patching/upgrades across complex infra.

Responsibilities

• Plan and perform zero-downtime OS upgrades and monthly patch cycles.
• Manage firmware updates across multi-vendor hardware.
• Tune bare-metal systems and guest kernels; diagnose panics.
• Design virtualization architecture with LDOMs, VMware, KVM, Hyper-V.
• Configure KVM with virsh/libvirt for high-throughput apps.
• Handle network configurations including VLANs, LACP, and routing.
• Oversee backup/recovery with Veeam and OpenText Data Protector.

Skills

UNIX/Linux Admin

Hypervisor Mgmt

Virtualization

Backup & DR

Networking

OS Patch & Upgrade

Tools

Veeam Backup & Replication

OpenText Data Protector

Solaris ABE

libvirt/virsh

DTrace

Job description

VAM Systems is currently looking for Senior Infrastructure Engineer for our Bahrain operations with the following skillsets & terms and conditions:

Role Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in UNIX/Linux Systems Administration with a proven track record of root-cause troubleshooting, OS upgradation, lifecycle patching, and firmware upgrades across severe hardware/OS infrastructure disruptions.
• Hypervisor Mastery: Engineering-level competence maintaining guest workloads and virtual layers across LDOMs, VMware, KVM, and Hyper‑V environments.
• Hardware, Network & OS Expertise: Deep cross-functional proficiency in managing multi-vendor compute hardware architectures alongside multiple operating systems (Solaris SPARC & enterprise Linux), coupled with a strong foundational knowledge of core network infrastructure (switching, routing, and VLAN isolation tools).
• Data Protection Competency: Proven experience managing enterprise backup fabrics using Veeam and OpenText Data Protector, including backup job optimization and bare‑metal verification testing

Key Responsibilities

• OS Upgradation & Lifecycle Patching: Architect, plan, and execute zero‑downtime OS upgradation and monthly OS patching schedules across a mixed fleet of Oracle Solaris 10/11 and enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL/Ubuntu) using native utilities such as Solaris Alternate Boot Environments (ABE), pkg, beadm, and Linux yum/dnf/apt.
• Firmware Upgrade & Hardware Remediation: Routinely manage firmware upgrades for critical platform assets including system BIOS/UEFI, storage controllers, host bus adapters (HBAs), and network interfaces across multi‑vendor systems (Oracle/Sun SPARC servers, Dell PowerEdge, and HPE ProLiant frames). Isolate, troubleshoot, and fix complex physical hardware faults.
• Platform Operations & Troubleshooting: Maintain, tune, and optimize bare‑metal systems and guest kernels. Rapidly diagnose and fix critical OS‑level panics, memory leaks, and performance bottlenecks using advanced tools like DTrace or system core dumps.
• Virtualization Architecture: Plan, deploy, and allocate compute, memory, and storage boundaries across enterprise infrastructure utilizing LDOMs, VMware, KVM, and Hyper‑V hypervisors.
• KVM Implementation & Tuning: Deploy, configure, and maintain KVM hypervisors using virsh and libvirt, optimizing VirtIO kernel modules and guest image formats for high‑throughput enterprise Linux applications.
• Network Integration & Routing: Apply advanced Networking Knowledge to manage host-level network configurations, including 802.1Q VLAN tagging, LACP link aggregation/bonding, and virtual switching. Implement and troubleshoot static routing tables, manage multi‑homed systems, and prevent asymmetric routing across production tiers.
• Enterprise Backup & Recovery Operations: Manage and orchestrate large‑scale data retention policies, backup jobs, and bare‑metal disaster recovery strategies. Administer Veeam Backup & Replication for virtualized workloads alongside OpenText Data Protector for legacy tape and disk targets.

Terms and conditions

• Joining time frame: (15 – 30 days)