Position Summary
We are seeking an elite Digital Applications Administrator with 6 to 8 years of professional experience to join Nair Systems for our premier operations in Qatar. In this high-impact technical role, you will take total ownership of supporting, monitoring, and troubleshooting mission-critical digital applications deployed on RedHat OpenShift and enterprise middleware platforms. You will leverage your deep expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I), IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D), IBM ACE, MQ, and API Connect to ensure high availability, optimal system performance, and unyielding SLA compliance. If you possess a robust background in enterprise application administration and immediate availability, we invite you to apply.
Detailed Job Description
As a Digital Applications Administrator at Nair Systems, you will direct the administration, configuration, and operational resilience of enterprise-grade containerized applications and integration middleware across Qatar operations. Your daily responsibilities will span managing RedHat OpenShift clusters, deploying applications via Helm charts, administrating IBM DataPower gateways and API Connect policies, and executing OS and application patching and hardening. Operating in a high-availability production environment, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to manage deployments, handle incidents, tune performance, and maintain a replicated disaster recovery system for business continuity. Furthermore, you will enforce robust SSL/TLS hardening, audit documentation, and security compliance standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Support, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise servers, containerized workloads, and digital application logs deployed on RedHat OpenShift.
- Manage container orchestration, deployments, and scaling utilizing Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm charts across DevOps pipelines.
- Administer IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) and Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) platforms on OpenShift, including operators and storage integration.
- Configure and maintain IBM API Connect, DataPower gateways, API security policies, and multi-protocol gateways.
- Administer enterprise messaging middleware including IBM ACE, ESQL message flows, and IBM MQ queue manager high availability.
- Perform routine operating system and application patching, SSL/TLS certificate management, and system hardening.
- Handle incident escalations, configuration changes, and performance tuning across digital channels and message brokers (Kafka/MQ).
- Ensure strict compliance with operational SLAs, security policies, audit findings, and Disaster Recovery (DR) replication for business continuity.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 6 to 8 years of professional experience in enterprise application administration, middleware support, or DevOps engineering.
- Deep operational expertise in RedHat OpenShift container platform administration, Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm charts.
- Extensive technical proficiency in IBM middleware stack including IBM ACE, IBM MQ, API Connect, and DataPower gateways.
- Proven experience administering IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) and Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) environments.
- Strong background in RedHat Linux administration, Apache web servers, and advanced shell scripting.
- Solid understanding of application security, SSL/TLS hardening, HSTS, AAA policies, and vulnerability scanning.
- Excellent analytical, incident management, and cross-functional communication skills.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Preferred hands-on experience with Redis cluster administration, persistence, failover, and performance tuning.
- Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability platforms including Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and ELK stack.
- ITIL Foundation certification or practical experience executing ITIL incident, change, and problem management processes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline automation tools such as Jenkins and GitLab CI.
- Prior professional experience supporting banking, telecommunications, or large-scale enterprise deployments in Qatar or the GCC region.
Application Information
- Recruiter: Nair Systems Talent Acquisition Team
- Contact Name: Nishanthini Suda
- Email:
- Phone: Unspecified
- Salary/Rate: Competitive regional compensation package commensurate with experience
- Deadline: Immediate / Urgent Hiring
- Notice Period: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month joining timeframe)
- Contract Duration: Permanent Full-Time (Qatar Operations)