Senior Systems Engineer – Red Hat Linux

About the role

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will be placed in the Unix Administration Domain of the IT Infrastructure & Operation Division of Alpha Bank and will be responsible for the maintenance and support of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure. The role requires keeping the servers up to date with patches and assisting with configuration changes as the system evolves.

Key responsibilities

• Support a mixed environment of virtual and physical Red Hat installations.
• Resolve complex or critical infrastructure incidents and ensure proper documentation.
• Implement best practices across hardware, software, security and storage.
• Manage deployments and roll‑outs during working and non‑working hours, including on‑call support.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams, engineering groups and business users.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• At least six years of professional system administration experience.
• Proven people‑management and communication skills.

Required skills

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration.
• Scripting and automation (Perl, Bash).
• RHCSA/RHCE certification (or equivalent).
• Linux troubleshooting and performance monitoring.
• Application server administration (JBoss EAP, Tomcat).
• Web server administration (Apache httpd, Nginx).
• Elastic Stack infrastructure.
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Red Hat Satellite administration.
• Infrastructure automation with Ansible.
• NoSQL databases and messaging systems (Redis, Kafka).
• Virtualization (VMware ESX Server).
• LAN/WAN networking.
• SecDevOps and CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Git, Nexus Repository Manager).

What we offer

• A friendly, collaborative environment that encourages initiative.
• Culture focused on learning, continuous development and personal growth.
• Opportunities to work on complex transformation projects.
• Flexible working options.
• Competitive salary and benefits.