System Administration Engineer

About the job: System Administration Engineer

Our client is a holding company in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and is hiring for the position of System Administration Engineer.

Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Years of experience: 3 years in the same role.
Education: B.S. in System/Computer Engineering.
Competitive Salary.
Notice period: Immediate joiners or a maximum of one month notice period.

Responsibilities:

1. Maintain essential IT operations, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, cloud infrastructure, SaaS solutions, software, and hardware.
2. Perform server administration tasks, including user/group administration, security permissions, group policies, print services, research event log warnings and errors, and resource monitoring, ensuring system architecture components work together seamlessly.
3. Monitor data center health using pre-existing management tools and respond to hardware/software issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers as needed.
4. Perform routine/scheduled audits/health checks of the systems, including MS AD, Azure, Office 365, VMware, and backups.
5. Demonstrate problem-solving skills and the ability to think algorithmically.
6. Maintain internal infrastructure requirements including servers, storage, virtualization, disaster recovery, and security updates.
7. Install and upgrade computer components and software, manage virtual servers, and integrate automation processes.
8. Provide documentation and technical specifications to IT staff for planning and implementing new or upgrades to IT infrastructure.
9. Perform or delegate regular backup operations and implement appropriate processes for data protection, disaster recovery, and failover procedures.
10. Responsible for capacity, storage planning, and database performance.