RHEL Linux Administrator – 24x7 Production & Automation

Systems Arabia; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Arabia seeks a Red Hat Linux Administrator to maintain and secure Linux environments across development, testing, and production. You will patch, harden, monitor, and optimize RHEL servers while supporting 24x7 operations. Strong scripting skills and Ansible are a plus.

The role emphasizes incident management, documentation, and adherence to security best practices in enterprise settings.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of hands-on Linux system administration experience.
• Strong 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 in 24x7 production support environments and ITIL-based processes.
• RHCSA/RHCE certification or equivalent experience 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; troubleshoot issues.
• Manage users, groups, permissions, services, filesystems, processes, and configurations.
• Support production environments; participate in incident, problem, and change management.
• Implement security best practices, remediation, and configuration standards.
• Automate routine tasks using Shell scripting and/or Ansible.
• Maintain technical documentation and system configuration records.

Skills

RHEL administration

Shell scripting

Ansible

24x7 support

Troubleshooting

Communication

ITIL processes

Education

RHCSA/RHCE certification

Tools

SSH

Monitoring tools

Job description

Systems Arabia seeks a Red Hat Linux Administrator to maintain and secure Linux environments across development, testing, and production. You will patch, harden, monitor, and optimize RHEL servers while supporting 24x7 operations. Strong scripting skills and Ansible are a plus.

The role emphasizes incident management, documentation, and adherence to security best practices in enterprise settings.