System Administrator (Moodle, Linux, Offline Education)

About the role

Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) is a Lebanese non-profit delivering free K-12 education through Moodle platforms and offline Beekee boxes. The System Administrator keeps its infrastructure reliable, secure and available for teachers, facilitators and learners, including in crisis-affected and low-connectivity settings. You report to the Head of EdTech and work alongside the IT Support and Automation Officer and the Innovation and AI Specialist.

Key responsibilities

• Run and maintain self-managed Linode servers (Linux with Moodle, WordPress and internal tools).
• Maintain Moodle: LTS-only upgrades, plugin updates, cron, caching and performance tuning, and day-to-day issue fixing.
• Keep backups running (Linode snapshots, database dumps), document the schedule and test restores regularly.
• Secure the platforms: server hardening, UFW firewall rules, Wazuh monitoring, patches and kernel updates, SSL certificates, Cloudflare DNS, and close open security findings.
• Monitor health, respond to incidents and report issues to the CTO; maintain outgoing platform email via the Google Workspace SMTP relay.
• Maintain Beekee offline boxes (Raspberry Pi / MoodleBox): setup, updates and troubleshooting.
• Protect student data: control database access, never expose personal data, and escalate suspected breaches to the CTO.
• Keep the server inventory, runbooks and credentials handover up to date, and train the team on them.

Required profile

• 2+ years as a Linux system administrator (Ubuntu), with Apache, MariaDB/MySQL and PHP hosting.
• Hands-on Moodle hosting experience, or a strong ability to learn it quickly.
• Solid networking and security basics: DNS, SSL, firewalls, SSH hardening, patching, least-privilege access.
• Bash scripting, cron and systemd.
• Fluent Arabic and English.
• Nice to have: Wazuh or similar monitoring tools, Docker, Google Workspace administration, IOMAD multi-tenant Moodle, Raspberry Pi or offline-first deployments, and NGO or EdTech experience.

The role is full-time, with occasional on-call for incidents, and 3 to 4 days per week in the office in Lebanon plus remote work. To apply, send your CV and a short cover note by email.