Senior System Administrator

Penta Consulting; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Penta Consulting is a technology service provider delivering compute, storage, and virtualisation solutions for enterprise and service provider customers in the region.

We are seeking Mid-Level and Senior Cisco Compute & Virtualisation Engineers to join our team in Saudi Arabia, working with Cisco UCS, HyperFlex, Intersight, and VMware vSphere across diverse infrastructures.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise infrastructure and data centre technologies.
• Experience deploying and supporting Cisco UCS environments and VMware vSphere.
• Experience with HyperFlex and data centre storage technologies.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux servers.
• Experience with storage connectivity (SAN/NAS/Fibre Channel/iSCSI).
• Ability to produce design/runbooks and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and support Cisco UCS environments (B-Series, C-Series, X-Series) using UCS Manager and Intersight.
• Manage and maintain VMware vSphere infrastructure, including vCenter, ESXi, HA/DRS, and virtual networking.
• Support HyperFlex clusters, compute platforms, and integrated data centre solutions.
• Administer Windows Server and Linux environments across enterprise infrastructures.
• Manage storage connectivity and integrations including SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Cisco MDS.
• Perform upgrades, patching, maintenance activities, and incident resolution.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Produce technical documentation including HLDs, LLDs, operational runbooks, and as-built documentation.
• Senior Engineers: Lead compute architecture, data centre migrations, capacity planning, automation initiatives, governance, and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Capacity planning

Automation initiatives

Governance

Tools

Cisco UCS

HyperFlex

Intersight

VMware vSphere

Windows Server

Linux

SAN

NAS

Fibre Channel

iSCSI

Cisco MDS

Job description

Penta Consulting are a technology service provider and leading outsourced partner helping to deliver professional and managed solutions across EMEA.

Are you passionate about enterprise infrastructure, virtualisation, and data centre technologies? We're looking for Mid-Level and Senior Cisco Compute & Virtualisation Engineers to join our growing team, delivering innovative compute, storage, and virtualisation solutions for enterprise and service provider customers.

This is an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies including Cisco UCS, HyperFlex, Intersight, VMware vSphere, and modern hybrid data centre platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and support Cisco UCS environments (B-Series, C-Series, X-Series) using UCS Manager and Intersight.
• Manage and maintain VMware vSphere infrastructure, including vCenter, ESXi, HA/DRS, and virtual networking.
• Support HyperFlex clusters, compute platforms, and integrated data centre solutions.
• Administer Windows Server and Linux environments across enterprise infrastructures.
• Manage storage connectivity and integrations including SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Cisco MDS.
• Perform upgrades, patching, maintenance activities, and incident resolution.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Produce technical documentation including HLDs, LLDs, operational runbooks, and as-built documentation.
• Senior Engineers: Lead compute architecture, data centre migrations, capacity planning, automation initiatives, governance, and mentor junior engineers.