GEOINT IT & Operations Support Engineer

Airbus; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited seeks a professional to manage maintenance and support for BEAM9 systems. You will coordinate with France for IT activities, assist the Customer’s IT and Production teams, and drive training and process improvements.

The role requires English and Arabic fluency, strong multitasking, and the ability to handle complex technical subjects across Windows, Linux, virtualization, and geospatial tools.

Qualifications

• Master degree in computer science.
• Experience in maintenance and support program.
• Communication skills to adapt to wide variety of interlocutors in a multicultural environment.
• Windows environment: AD, DNS, DFS, GPO.
• OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Windows Server 2022, Windows 11; Linux (CentOS).
• Virtualization: Nutanix AHV, Harbor, Kubernetes.
• Storage: Ceph.
• Backup: Veeam Backup.
• English and Arabic mandatory; French helpful.

Responsibilities

• Assist customer IT/maintenance teams and coordinate with France for IT activities and hardware replacement.
• Support Production team in GEOINT/IMINT operations and liaise with the Engineering team in France.
• Support IT Training activities and deployments in KSA.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement and documentation.
• Maintain relationships with customers, back-office, providers and partners.

Skills

Analytical skills

English proficiency

Team coordination

Problem solving

Learning agility

Education

Master's degree in computer science

Tools

Active Directory

DNS

DFS

GPO

Nutanix AHV

Harbor

Kubernetes

Ceph

Veeam Backup

Dell servers

Cisco

Ansible

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Elasticsearch

Docker

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space Saudi Limited seeks a professional to manage maintenance and support for BEAM9 systems. You will coordinate with France for IT activities, assist the Customer’s IT and Production teams, and drive training and process improvements.

The role requires English and Arabic fluency, strong multitasking, and the ability to handle complex technical subjects across Windows, Linux, virtualization, and geospatial tools.