Senior Linux & Kubernetes Engineer (RHCE) – HPC & Automation

Tech Junction Ltd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 280,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

NYGCI is seeking Senior Linux System Administrators to support mission-critical Linux and HPC environments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role emphasizes managing RHEL, Kubernetes clusters, and automation to ensure high availability and security.

The candidate will drive performance tuning, patch management, and infrastructure monitoring while collaborating across engineering and operations teams to scale and harden the platform for enterprise workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• RHCE certification mandatory; Kubernetes/HPC administration experience is essential.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments and HPC clusters.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Ansible, Python, or Shell.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise-scale RHEL environments.
• Manage HPC compute nodes and Kubernetes clusters.
• Implement and optimize automation using Ansible and scripts.
• Ensure security, patching, and performance tuning of Linux systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve platform reliability.

Skills

RHCE

Kubernetes administration

Linux performance tuning

Security hardening

Troubleshooting complex infra

Cross-team collaboration

Automation thinking

Python

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Shell

Python

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

NYGCI is seeking Senior Linux System Administrators to support mission-critical Linux and HPC environments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role emphasizes managing RHEL, Kubernetes clusters, and automation to ensure high availability and security.

The candidate will drive performance tuning, patch management, and infrastructure monitoring while collaborating across engineering and operations teams to scale and harden the platform for enterprise workloads.