PBT Group has requirement for a Infrastructure Technical Support Specialist in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

DUTIES:
- Be involved in the planning and the configuration of various development, test and production infrastructure environments and ensure that it complies with all non-functional requirements. The current environment is basically the WebSphere Product set (WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ) and Oracle databases running on Unix Infrastructure:
o Ensure that HA is provided for all components
o Ensure that proper monitoring is in place
o Ensure that the necessary capacity exist
o Ensure that the applications running in the environment are running optimally from a performance point of view
o Ensure that the environments are configured securely
o Maintain accurate documentation
- Ensure that the correct patch levels of all the software is maintained and that version upgrades are co-ordinated where necessary
- Fault finding any issues that may be experienced – especially in the development environments

SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Experience with the design and support of enterprise infrastructure environments. This includes high availability configurations, the provision of DR environments and the effective monitoring of these environments.
- Good network skills
- Good operating system skills - Unix/Linux is the primary platform
- Ability to troubleshoot and solving problems
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Self-driven, independent and problem solving skills.

BENEFICIAL SKILLS:
- Previous experience with WebSphere Application server and WebSphere MQ including the configuration of clusters
- Previous experience with configuration of load balancing environments (F5 experience would be additional advantage)
- Previous experience with the performance optimisation of environments – especially WebSphere Application Server configurations
- Previous work with Source Code Repository products
- Previous work with monitoring products – especially the dynaTrace Product.
- Previous work with Oracle databases including Oracle RAC.
- Knowledge of financial systems will be an advantage.