The company is a UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company that integrates Satellite Communications, Geospatial Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence capabilities to enlightened Earth from space. Established in 2024, the company was formed from the merger of Bayanat and Yahsat, and focuses on meeting the evolving needs of customers in governments, enterprises, and communities. With a vision to pioneer beyond today and create a better tomorrow, the company leverages AI and advanced satellite technology to make space more accessible and redefine how space data is utilized on Earth.
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Responsibilities:
- Manage, maintain, and optimize Unix-based systems and infrastructure.
- Perform system administration, performance tuning, and automation, ensuring high availability of mission-critical environments.
- Install, configure, and maintain Unix servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE, Oracle Linux, Sun Solaris) in both physical and virtual environments.
- Conduct system monitoring, log analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for system and application issues.
- Manage user accounts, permissions, file systems, and security policies to uphold system integrity and compliance.
- Implement patch management, upgrades, and system backups in line with organizational policies.
- Manage network services such as DNS, NTP, SSH, and FTP.
- Develop and maintain automation solutions for optimizing infrastructure performance and ensuring Disaster Recovery (DR) site readiness.
- Collaborate with application, network, and security teams to ensure optimal performance, stability, and compliance.
- Maintain system documentation, configuration details, and operational procedures.
- Support virtualization environments including VMware, KVM, and Proxmox.
- Work with containerization platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes, and support Java-based applications.
- Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems and scheduled maintenance activities.
- Contribute to the design, planning, and implementation of system enhancement and infrastructure upgrade projects.
- Provide end-to-end support for mission-critical satellite applications and coordinate with vendors and various NOCs for issue resolution.
- Support operational applications on backend servers and clients, performing preventive maintenance and analyzing system alarms for root cause resolutions.
- Collaborate with team members to enhance and implement maintenance plans, and update test plans and operational procedures.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, or a related field.
- RedHat Linux/Unix Administration Certification.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Unix system administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu/SUSE/Solaris).
- Strong experience in troubleshooting, performance tuning, and system recovery.
- Hands-on knowledge of shell scripting (Bash, Python) for automation and monitoring tasks.
- Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, KVM, Proxmox).
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes environments.
- Good understanding of TCP/IP networking, firewalls, and secure remote connectivity.
- Working knowledge of Windows AD, DNS, HTTP/S, SSH, LDAP, etc.
- Experience with backup and recovery solutions.
- Exposure to Satellite Ground Systems or mission-critical applications is an advantage.
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a 24/7 operational support environment and under pressure.
