Linux System Administrator

Axis Pay

Axis Pay

IT
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Posted on Jun 13, 2024
  • Monitoring and alerting system configuration and administration to ensure 24/7 system health reporting to assigned engineers
  • Configuration and administration of servers and physical hosts.
  • Installation, Configuration and administration of required OSs.
  • Configuration and administration of virtual environments.
  • Periodically update and check health of all security systems, appliances and applications
  • Configuration, administration and maintenance of network time (NTP) to provide exact time for both Trust center appliances and TSP service.
  • Logging system configuration, administration and analysis
  • Maintaining the updates and patches of the running software & applications.
  • Technical support renewal with vendors
  • Implementation, configuration and administration of System Information and Event management appliance
  • Event and security analysis

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or IT relevant is a plus
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience in Information Technology Infrastructure and Systems Administration.
  • Working Experience on Linux Systems; with its different distributions; an administration that includes but not limited to: installation, configuration, management .
  • Working Experience on Virtualization using VMWare ESXi , HyperV , KVM .
  • Preferred Experience on DevOps tools: Git, Ansible, docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform.
  • Experienced with the orchestration of Docker containers running on Kubernetes.
  • Good knowledge of cloud service providers (AWS, Google, Azure).
  • Experience with performance tuning and diagnosing system bottlenecks through root cause analysis.
  • Experience with software management - installations, patching of OS/apps, etc.
  • Experience with Monitoring software and solutions such as [ Prometheus, Nagios, Zabbix ,Grafana, New relic …etc.].
  • Basic understanding of storage systems such as SANs and NASs
  • Solid knowledge about Backup and Disaster Recovery policies and best practices.
  • Knowledge of configuring and managing switches/firewalls will be an added advantage.
  • Excellent teamwork skills including collaboration, cooperation, coordination, Open-mindedness, brainstorming, and idea exchange.
  • Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and logical reasoning skills.
  • Excellent adaptability and self-management skills.
  • Excellent English skills, both written and spoken.
  • Excellent attention to detail and critical observation skills.
  • Good team player with the ability to work very effectively in a collaborative and team-oriented manner with other teams. Must have initiative and a positive work attitude and must be a quick learner. Must be confident, eager and willing to take on new challenges. Must be cooperative with good interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
  • RHCSA , RHCE Certified is a Plus