System Engineer

We are looking for a Junior System Engineer to provide hands-on support for servers, virtualization, storage, backup/DR, and SQL Server database environments. The engineer will support day-to-day operations, ongoing projects, and post-go-live stabilization activities.

Work Conditions: Full-time
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (On-site)

Responsibilities:

• Operate and support servers, virtualization platforms, storage systems, backup, DR, and database platforms
• Execute infrastructure and database project activities including builds, upgrades, migrations, and refreshes
• Perform database monitoring, backup, restore, and recovery
• Support testing, validation, and post-go-live stabilization
• Monitor system health, capacity, and performance
• Handle infrastructure and database incidents and escalations
• Maintain infrastructure, database, and DR documentation
• Support application teams with infrastructure dependencies

Example Deliverables:

• Server and platform build and migration documentation
• Database backup, restore, and recovery reports
• Infrastructure and database health and capacity reports
• Database related tasks
• Project handover and stabilization documentation
• Weekly and monthly activity reports

Qualifications:

• 4–5 years of experience in infrastructure and platform operations
• Experience with Windows Server and/or Linux
• Experience with VMware ESXi and/or Nutanix AHV
• Experience with backup and DR solutions (On-prem / BaaS)
• Basic to intermediate database experience (SQL Server)
• Infrastructure certifications are preferred
• Good English; Arabic speaker preferred