Red Hat Linux Administrator

Systems Arabia; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Arabia is seeking a Red Hat Linux Administrator with strong hands-on experience in RHEL server administration, OS patching, hardening, environment configuration, and production support. The role ensures Linux environments across development, testing, and production remain available, secure, and reliable.

You will administer RHEL servers, perform patching and hardening, monitor health, manage credentials and services, and participate in incident and change management.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of hands-on experience in Linux system administration.
• Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration and troubleshooting.
• Excellent knowledge of Linux networking, filesystems, storage, DNS, SSH, systemd, and permissions.
• Experience with OS patching, server hardening, vulnerability remediation, and config management.
• Shell scripting and/or Ansible experience.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, backup, and enterprise infrastructure tools.
• Experience in 24x7 production support and ITIL-based operations.
• RHCSA/RHCE certification or equivalent is advantageous.

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.

Skills

RHEL administration

Shell scripting

Ansible

Linux networking

System hardening

Incident management

Job description

We are seeking a Red Hat Linux Administrator with strong hands‑on experience in RHEL server administration, OS patching, hardening, environment configuration, and production support. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining the availability, performance, security, and reliability of Linux environments across development, testing, and production.

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.

Requirements

• 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 will be an advantage.