# Senior Linux System Administrator (HPC)- Riyadh, KSA

**Company:** [DeepSource Technologies](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/bSz5yPYQuy7zGF2AaBwdRp.md)
**Location:** Mumbai, India
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

We are looking for **Senior Linux System Administrators** with strong hands-on experience in **Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)** and **Kubernetes** to administer and support the infrastructure underpinning an HPC environment. The role focuses on **system reliability, security, performance, automation, and availability**.

### Key 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**, or similar tools.
-   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.

## Requirements

-   Strong hands-on experience as a **Linux System Administrator / Linux Engineer / RHEL Administrator**.
-   Expert-level administration of **Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)**.
-   Strong experience with **Kubernetes administration and cluster management**.
-   Experience supporting **HPC environments / compute clusters** is highly preferred.
-   Strong knowledge of:

1.  **RHEL / Linux**
2.  **Kubernetes**
3.  Linux performance tuning
4.  Linux patching and hardening
5.  System monitoring
6.  Troubleshooting
7.  Capacity management

-   Strong automation/scripting experience with **Ansible, Shell/Bash, Python**, etc.
-   Experience integrating **compute, storage, and networking infrastructure**.
-   **RHCE – Red Hat Certified Engineer: Mandatory**
-   **CKA – Certified Kubernetes Administrator: Preferred**