Senior Oracle Solaris Engineer - SPARC, ZFS & HA

Tech Junction Ltd; Doha; On-site; QAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Linnk Group in Doha, Qatar seeks a Senior Oracle Solaris Engineer with 5+ years of production Solaris administration and enterprise SPARC experience to join our client engagement team on a 12-month extendable contract onsite in Doha.

You will own UNIX systems administration, SPARC lifecycle, LDoms, ILOM, SRU patching, ZFS, and high-availability clustering while collaborating with IT operations, DBAs, and security teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years of production-grade Oracle Solaris administration experience in enterprise data center environments.
• Strong hands-on operational experience with SPARC hardware architectures, LDoms, and ILOM management.
• Expert proficiency in Solaris Zones, Kernel Zones, ZFS storage administration, SMF, and IPS package management.
• Experience with high-availability clustering technologies (Oracle Solaris Cluster or Veritas InfoScale).
• Proven background supporting enterprise Oracle Database workloads on UNIX platforms.
• Mandatory Oracle Solaris OCA/OCP certification with RHCSA/RHCE or Oracle Linux certification.
• Availability for a 12-month extendable contract in Doha, Qatar.

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise Oracle Solaris 10, 11.3, and 11.4 environments.
• Manage SPARC hardware, LDoms, and ILOM.
• Deploy and secure Solaris Zones, Kernel Zones, and ZFS storage pools.
• Administer SMF services and IPS repositories and updates.
• Implement high-availability clusters using Solaris Cluster or Veritas InfoScale.
• Provide Oracle Database support on Solaris.
• Execute SRU patching, kernel tuning, firmware upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with telecoms, banking IT teams, DBAs, and security squads in Doha.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot kernel panics, and maintain docs.
• Maintain disaster recovery runbooks and inventories.

Skills

Solaris administration

SPARC hardware

LDoms

Solaris Zones

Kernel Zones

ZFS

SMF/IPS

HA clustering

Oracle DB on UNIX

OCA/OCP

Scripting Bash/Python/Perl

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/IT/Systems Engineering

Tools

ILOM

IPS

ZFS

Job description

Linnk Group in Doha, Qatar seeks a Senior Oracle Solaris Engineer with 5+ years of production Solaris administration and enterprise SPARC experience to join our client engagement team on a 12-month extendable contract onsite in Doha.

You will own UNIX systems administration, SPARC lifecycle, LDoms, ILOM, SRU patching, ZFS, and high-availability clustering while collaborating with IT operations, DBAs, and security teams to ensure reliability and performance.