Senior Linux System Administrator (HPC)- Riyadh, KSA

Job summary

Senior Linux System Administrator with expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Kubernetes for managing HPC environments.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience as a Linux System Administrator / Linux Engineer / RHEL Administrator
• Expert-level administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and cluster management
• Experience supporting HPC environments / compute clusters
• Strong knowledge of RHEL / Linux
• Strong automation/scripting experience with Ansible, Shell/Bash, Python
• Experience integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain RHEL/Linux servers and HPC compute nodes
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Linux operating systems
• Manage and support Kubernetes clusters, nodes, and workloads
• Perform Linux performance tuning, system hardening, and troubleshooting
• Monitor system health, capacity, performance, and availability
• Automate infrastructure administration using Ansible, Shell scripting, Python
• Support integration between compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, and HPC platforms
• Troubleshoot complex Linux, Kubernetes, and infrastructure issues
• Implement security best practices across Linux and Kubernetes environments
• Support incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and preventive actions
• Maintain system configurations, technical documentation, and operational procedures

Skills

Certifications

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