Senior System Administrator

TIS; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced System Administrator to maintain essential IT infrastructure and support critical systems. You will manage server tasks, ensure seamless operations, and enhance performance. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in IT or Computer Science and has at least 5 years of experience. Technical proficiency in Unix systems and various monitoring tools is crucial for this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as System Engineer or System Administrator.
• Experience with enterprise backup and recovery procedures.
• Familiarity with programming languages and operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform server administration tasks and monitor resources.
• Assist with troubleshooting to identify root cause and provide technical support.
• Maintain internal infrastructure requirements including servers and network devices.

Skills

Unix systems administration

Systems performance monitoring

Technical support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or computer science

Tools

Backup and recovery procedures

Virtualization tools

Job description

• Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware
• Take responsibility for projects and solutions within the larger business initiative
• Handle business-critical IT tasks and systems that provide commercial advantage in the global marketplace
• Enable faster and smarter business processes, and develop analytics for meaningful insights
• Work with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements

Responsibilities

• Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event‑log warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly
• Monitor data‑center health using existing management tools, and respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed
• Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers, phones, security updates; support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments
• Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed
• Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including backups

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in information technology or computer science
• Minimum of 5 Years of Experience as System Engineer or System Administrator
• Experience of Unix systems administration
• Experience with systems performance‑monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching
• Experience with enterprise backup and recovery procedures
• Experience with programming languages and operating systems