Systems Architect – Linux & Backup Services

Black & Grey HR

Job Location:

Doha - Qatar

Monthly Salary: QAR 22500 - 22500

Experience Required: 10years

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Black & Grey HR is recruiting for a leading technology solutions provider in Doha Qatar. Our client is seeking an experienced Systems Architect Linux & Backup Services to lead the design implementation and operation of enterprise Linux and backup platforms across on-premises hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This role focuses on ensuring high availability security compliance and long-term data protection through robust backup and archive strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Backup & Archive Architecture

- Design implement and manage enterprise backup and archive platforms (Commvault)

- Define long-term data retention tiering and retrieval strategies

- Ensure alignment with business RPO/RTO compliance and regulatory requirements

- Design secure resilient and cost-optimized archive solutions across on-prem and cloud

Disaster Recovery & Resilience

- Develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies for business continuity

- Execute and document disaster recovery and restore testing scenarios

- Support integration with multi-site and active-active data center environments

Operations & Optimization

- Integrate Linux and backup environments with hybrid/cloud platforms

- Perform performance tuning capacity planning and lifecycle management

- Optimize storage utilization and costs across tiers

- Drive automation standardization and continuous improvement initiatives

Security & Compliance

- Enforce Linux OS security standards (access control auditing hardening)

- Ensure backup data security through encryption and immutability

- Support compliance audit and regulatory requirements

Monitoring & Reporting

- Implement centralized monitoring alerting and reporting

- Define KPIs dashboards and system health metrics

- Maintain visibility across hybrid and cloud environments

Project Delivery & Leadership

- Lead end-to-end delivery of Linux and backup-related projects

- Provide technical guidance to engineers and administrators

- Maintain architecture documentation standards and runbooks

Stakeholder Collaboration

- Work closely with infrastructure security and application teams

- Act as a technical interface with vendors and business stakeholders

- Communicate technical risks and designs effectively

Requirements

Experience & Education

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field

- 810 years of experience in enterprise Linux systems and backup architecture

- Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

- Extensive experience with Commvault Backup Recovery and Archive solutions

Certifications

- Mandatory: Commvault Certification (Backup & Recovery / Archive)

- Preferred: Red Hat certifications (RHCSA RHCE or higher)

Technical Skills

- Expert in Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration hardening and performance tuning

- Advanced expertise in enterprise backup and archive platforms (Commvault)

- Experience integrating backup/archive solutions with Azure and Google Cloud

- Strong understanding of DR retention policies encryption and compliance controls

- Experience with monitoring automation and scripting

- Strong documentation communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

- Competitive Salary Benefits Package

Required Skills:

Expert in Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration hardening and performance tuning Advanced expertise in enterprise backup and archive platforms (Commvault) Experience integrating backup/archive solutions with Azure and Google Cloud Strong understanding of DR retention policies encryption and compliance controls Experience with monitoring automation and scripting Strong documentation communication and stakeholder management skills

Required Education:

Experience & Education Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field 810 years of experience in enterprise Linux systems and backup architecture Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensive experience with Commvault Backup Recovery and Archive solutions Certifications Mandatory: Commvault Certification (Backup & Recovery / Archive) Preferred: Red Hat certifications (RHCSA RHCE or higher)