Company: IT division within a large authorised financial service and insurance provider with international platform.

About the team:
• Attracting top technology specialists
• Vibrant corporate culture providing career development and growth opportunities and exposure to best practices and technologies

The Senior Linux Administrator will be responsible for:
• Administering Linux Servers
• Administering Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Administering middleware application Servers
• Automating tasks on Linux servers
• Administering Apache Web Servers

Important skills, experience and technology knowledge:
• Matric/Grade 12 with Maths and Science on higher grade
• RHCE qualification
• 5+ years solid Linux experience
• 2+ years firewall experience and firewall Knowledge
• 1+ years Perl/Python/PHP/BASH Development experience
• Networking Knowledge
• Understanding of LDAP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP technologies
• Wide technology knowledge on different products
• Exposure to enterprise tools
• Knowledge of 2 factor authentication systems
• Experience with remote access/VPN solutions

Personal characteristics:
• Troubleshooting skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Work against project deadlines