Liferay Administrator at Smartera 3S in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

We are looking for an experienced Liferay Administrator with 5+ years of experience to install, configure, maintain, and support Liferay Portal/DXP environments across development, staging, and production. The ideal candidate will ensure platform availability, performance, security, and smooth deployment operations, working closely with development and infrastructure teams.This role is based in Egypt, working remotely to support the organization's operations and systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Liferay Portal/DXP across all environments (Dev, QA, Staging, Production)
• Manage Liferay clustering, load balancing, and high-availability configurations
• Perform Liferay version upgrades, patching, and hotfix deployments
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize portal uptime and response times
• Manage deployment of portlets, themes, and modules to production environments
• Administer user accounts, roles, permissions, organizations, and sites within Liferay
• Configure and maintain integrations with LDAP/Active Directory, SSO (SAML/OAuth), and other enterprise systems
• Manage backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity procedures for the portal environment
• Configure and maintain search infrastructure (Elasticsearch/Solr) and caching layers (Ehcache/Hazelcast)
• Manage database administration tasks related to Liferay (MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle)
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build and deployment of Liferay artifacts
• Perform security hardening, vulnerability assessments, and apply security patches
• Collaborate with development teams to support environment needs and troubleshoot deployment issues
• Maintain documentation of server configurations, deployment procedures, and runbooks
• Provide on-call/production support and resolve incidents within SLAs

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 5+ years of overall IT infrastructure/administration experience, with at least 3+ years administering Liferay Portal/DXP
• Strong experience with Liferay installation, configuration, clustering, and deployment (7.x/DXP preferred)
• Hands-on experience with application servers (Tomcat, JBoss/WildFly, WebLogic, or WebSphere)
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix server administration and shell scripting
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) — installation, tuning, and backup/restore
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch/Solr configuration and maintenance
• Experience with LDAP/Active Directory and SSO integration (SAML/OAuth)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and build tools (Maven/Gradle)
• Understanding of networking, load balancers, and reverse proxies (Apache/Nginx)
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Nagios, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Knowledge of security best practices, SSL/TLS configuration, and patch management
• Strong troubleshooting and incident resolution skills
• Liferay Certified Administrator certification
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) for Liferay deployments
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) for hosting Liferay environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)
• Familiarity with Liferay Cloud/DXP Cloud offerings