Linux Systems Engineer

Job Description
An opportunity has arisen for interested candidates to join PTL Limited as a Linux System Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and support the UNIX/Linux infrastructures of our growing customer base. Based in Malta, the chosen candidate will be part of the Technical Solutions team that is responsible for designing and developing scalable, maintainable, highly available IT architectures that meet business objectives and SLAs.

Job Role: 
The role involves designing and implementing new solutions and improving the resilience of current environments, configuring and installing UNIX/Linux operating systems and services, and performing system maintenance and upgrades. The chosen candidate will monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability, monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning and provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain and monitor inhouse and customer's UNIX/Linux infrastructures
• Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems and management tools
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies, applying industry best practices
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on day-to-day tasks
• Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
• Provide 3rd level support
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem identification, diagnosis, and problem resolution
• Assist in the presale functions by furnishing the technical components for a potential opportunity
• Create and maintain system documentation

Education and Experience: 

• The preferred candidate will possess at least 2 years of hands-on experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting UNIX/Linux and/or Windows-based environments, experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks, and virtualization.
• A solid understanding of monitoring systems and competence in shell/bash scripting will be considered an asset.

Technical Skills:

• Ability to install, configure, and troubleshoot Linux and/or Windows-based environments
• LPIC, RHCSA, RHCE certification and/or equivalent
• Solid understanding of virtualisation
• Experience with VMware or Hyper-V virtualisation, administration, and troubleshooting
• Experience with SAN Storages
• Understanding of high availability and redundancy concepts
• Sound knowledge of security requirements and ability to keep up-to-date with vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.

 
In addition to an attractive remuneration package commensurate to the applicant's experience, PTL offers an exciting working environment with a collaborative culture. Additional benefits include Health Insurance, free on-site parking facilities, a mobile telephony plan & certification sponsorships.

PTL Limited: 
PTL specialises in IT and security for business and is heavily engaged in the banking, retail, and hospitality sectors and offers services for accounting purposes and infrastructure needs. With offices in Malta and in Dubai, besides partner offices in Tripoli and Benghazi, PTL has access to channel partners in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.