Full Time Senior System Engineer (Linux) Jobs, Salary up to MYR 15,000 in Agensi Pekerjaan Ideal Reliance Selangor - Maukerja

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• Technical Breadth: Strong working knowledge of RHEL and Amazon Linux administration, with exposure to AWS, private cloud, Windows, virtualization, identity, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity practices.

• Governance Awareness: Awareness of BNM RMiT, MoF, ISO 27001, or other governance requirements in a regulated environment is advantageous.

• Core Experience: Approximately 3–6 years of hands-on experience in Linux systems administration, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations.

• Platform Experience: Practical experience supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Amazon Linux in enterprise environments; exposure to other Linux distributions is advantageous.

• Hybrid Infrastructure: Experience administering Linux in hybrid infrastructure covering data center, VMware, AWS, and private cloud environments.

• Operational Processes: Experience with incident, problem, change, patch, backup, monitoring, and technical documentation processes.

• Linux Expertise: Strong hands-on RHEL and Amazon Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.

• Networking & Services: Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, SMTP, certificates, storage, backup, clustering, high availability, disaster recovery, and infrastructure monitoring.

• Automation Tooling: Practical ability to use Bash, Python, Ansible, AWS Systems Manager, or similar automation and configuration-management tools to improve operational efficiency.

• Security Awareness: Good understanding of Linux access control, authentication, OS hardening, vulnerability remediation, secure configuration, and operational risk.

Employment Details:

• Salary: Negotiable depending on experience and skillset

• Job Type: Permanent

• Location: Persiaran Barat, Seksyen 52 Petaling Jaya, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

• Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

The Senior Engineer, Linux is responsible for the administration, security, automation, performance, and operational resilience of enterprise Linux platforms across on-premises, AWS, and private cloud environments.

The role serves as the subject matter expert for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Amazon Linux, ensuring systems remain secure, available, recoverable, and compliant with organizational and regulatory requirements. The incumbent will lead Linux infrastructure initiatives, drive automation and standardization, support business-critical applications, and provide technical guidance for Linux-related projects, operational improvements, and resilience programs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Linux, AWS & Private Cloud Engineering

• System Administration: Administer, maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize RHEL and Amazon Linux servers across physical, VMware, AWS, and private cloud environments.

• Lifecycle Management: Manage operating system installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, repositories, services, filesystems, LVM, storage, and server lifecycle management.

• Core Linux Services: Support enterprise Linux services including DNS, NTP, SMTP relay, certificates, authentication, SSH, and directory service integrations.

• Capacity & Performance: Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, health monitoring, and availability management for Linux platforms.

• Application Platforms: Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, upgrade, and migrate application platforms running on Linux servers, including Apache Tomcat and other middleware components.

• Observability Integration: Support integration between Grafana and enterprise monitoring platforms such as Prometheus, CloudWatch, or other observability solutions.

2. Linux Security, Automation & Compliance

• Maintenance & Hardening: Execute Linux patching, vulnerability remediation, OS hardening, access reviews, certificate renewals, and configuration changes in accordance with change-management procedures.

• Access & Security Controls: Apply secure Linux configuration standards, investigate operating system and authentication logs, and support endpoint, vulnerability, and privileged-access controls.

• Operational Automation: Develop and maintain Bash or AWS Systems Manager automation for provisioning, configuration, health checks, patching, reporting, and repetitive operational tasks.

• Audit Preparedness: Maintain accurate asset, configuration, access, patch, and operational records to support internal audits and regulatory requirements.

• Regulatory Compliance: Follow applicable IT policies, ITIL practices, BNM RMiT, MoF, and ISO 27001 controls relevant to assigned systems and activities.

3. Backup, Recovery & Resilience

• Storage & Backup Operations: Operate and monitor Linux storage, filesystems, mounts, multipathing, EBS volumes, backup agents, and recovery processes across SAN/NAS, AWS, and private cloud environments.

• DR & Restoration Testing: Perform scheduled backup verification, Linux file and system restoration tests, and disaster recovery exercises; document results and address identified gaps.

• High Availability: Support Linux high availability, service recovery, and business continuity arrangements for mission-critical services, including after-hours activities when required.

4. Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Standards & SOPs: Create and maintain RHEL and Amazon Linux build standards, SOPs, runbooks, architecture records, configuration documents, troubleshooting guides, and operational checklists.

• Process Optimization: Identify recurring Linux issues and opportunities for automation, standardization, performance tuning, capacity optimization, and service improvement.

• Management Reporting: Prepare clear operational reports, incident updates, root-cause inputs, and technical recommendations for review by the Asst. Manager.

• EPF
• SOCSO
• EIS
• Medical Insurance
• Annual Leave
• Training Provided
• Medical and Hospitalisation Leave
• 5 Working Days