Linux System Administrator

Axis Pay

Axis Pay

IT

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Posted on May 12, 2026

About Axis

We believe financial services should be more accessible, that’s why we started Axis. A fully interoperable mobile wallet which enables users to send and receive money from any mobile wallet in Egypt, pay their bills, buy anything online with a virtual Visa card, or scan any QR code to pay for anything in-person. Axis empowers small businesses with simplified digital payments to compete & grow. Our digital banking platform enables small businesses to seamlessly manage payments to employees and suppliers. Small businesses can now send salaries, reimbursements and instantly pay their suppliers on any mobile wallet in Egypt.

About the Role

We're looking for a System Admin to monitor and ensure full functionality of our organization infrastructure systems in terms of software & hardware.

You will ...

  • Monitoring and alerting system configuration and administration to ensure 24/7 system health reporting to assigned engineers.
  • Configuration and administration of servers and physical hosts.
  • Installation, Configuration and administration of required OSs.
  • Configuration and administration of virtual environments.
  • Periodically update and check health of all security systems, appliances and applications.
  • Monitoring and alerting system configuration and administration to ensure 24/7 system health reporting to assigned engineers.
  • Configuration, administration and maintenance of network time (NTP) to provide exact time for both Trust center appliances and TSP service.
  • Logging system configuration, administration and analysis.
  • Maintaining the updates and patches of the running software & applications.
  • Technical support renewal with vendors.
  • Implementation, configuration and administration of System Information and Event management appliance.
  • Event and security analysis.

You have ...

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or IT relevant is a plus
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience in Information Technology Infrastructure and Systems Administration.
  • Working Experience on Linux Systems; with its different distributions; an administration that includes but not limited to: installation, configuration, management .
  • Working Experience on Virtualization using VMWare ESXi, Nutanix .
  • Preferred Experience on DevOps tools: Git, Ansible, docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform.
  • Experienced with the orchestration of Docker containers running on Kubernetes.
  • Good knowledge of cloud service providers (AWS, Google, Azure).
  • Experience with performance tuning and diagnosing system bottlenecks through root cause analysis.
  • Experience with software management - installations, patching of OS/apps, etc.
  • Experience with Monitoring software and solutions such as (Prometheus, Grafana …etc.).
  • Basic understanding of storage systems such as SANs and NASs
  • Solid knowledge about Backup and Disaster Recovery policies and best practices.
  • Knowledge of configuring and managing switches/firewalls will be an added advantage.
  • Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and logical reasoning skills.
  • Excellent English skills, both written and spoken.
  • Excellent attention to detail and critical observation skills.
  • RHCSA , RHCE Certified is a Plus.

Perks of working @ Axis

  • Hybrid working conditions.
  • Medical Insurance for You and your family.
  • Life Insurance.
  • Gym subscription.
  • Very competitive leave policy including extended Maternity and Paternity leaves.