Senior OCI Linux/Windows Server Engineer

DXC Technology Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a Senior Server OS Administrator to manage Oracle Linux, RHEL, and Windows Server across OCI and hybrid environments. You will oversee the full OS lifecycle, patching, hardening, automation, and compliance to ensure high availability and security for enterprise workloads on OCI.

The role requires deep hands-on experience across Oracle Linux, RHEL, Windows Server, and OCI, with a focus on automated provisioning, image pipelines, and secure access

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of server operating system administration across Oracle Linux, RHEL, and Windows Server.
• Hands-on OCI Compute administration including instances, custom images, and OS Management Hub.
• Advanced Linux administration: kernel tuning, LVM, filesystems, package management, systemd, SELinux, and firewalld.
• Advanced Windows Server administration: Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, Failover Clustering, and security baselines.
• Enterprise patching experience across mixed Linux and Windows environments.
• OS automation using Ansible and Bash/Python/PowerShell.
• Terraform experience with the OCI provider for compute provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Provision and manage OCI compute instances across Oracle Linux, RHEL, and Windows Server.
• Configure instance metadata, cloud-init, and custom images for standardized deployments.
• Build golden images and image pipelines for Linux and Windows on OCI.
• Manage instance pools, autoscaling configurations, and capacity reservations.
• Configure boot and block volumes, volume groups, backups, and cross-region replication.
• Manage OCI Bastion and OS Management Hub for secure access and fleet management.
• Apply CIS benchmarks and security hardening across Linux and Windows environments.
• Coordinate patching windows with application and database teams in line with change control.

Skills

Oracle Linux

RHEL

Windows Server

OCI Compute administration

Terraform (OCI provider)

Ansible

Bash

Python

PowerShell

OCI Networking

Tools

OCI OS Management Hub

Ksplice

Golden images pipelines

Job description

DXC Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a Senior Server OS Administrator to manage Oracle Linux, RHEL, and Windows Server across OCI and hybrid environments. You will oversee the full OS lifecycle, patching, hardening, automation, and compliance to ensure high availability and security for enterprise workloads on OCI.

The role requires deep hands-on experience across Oracle Linux, RHEL, Windows Server, and OCI, with a focus on automated provisioning, image pipelines, and secure access