System Administrator (linux) - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 24-10-2016 4:00:34 PM
21-11-2016 4:00:34 PM

System Administrator – Linux

R 35 000

Required experience:

  • Virtualisation (KVM/ OpenStack/ XEN/ AWS/ Hetzner): 2 years
  • Monitoring Systems (Cacti/Nagios/ Zabbix): 2 years
  • Orchestration and Provisioning (Puppet/ Chef/ Foreman/ Spacewalk):2 years
  • Databases (MySQL/ MySQL cluster/ Replication/ Postgresql): 2 years
  • Storage Technologies (SAN/ NAS/ iSCSI / Fibre Channel): 1 year
  • Scripting (E.g. Perl, Bash, Python, etc.): 2 years
  • Linux Desktop & Server (CentOS/RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian) 3 Years

Duties

Duties will include but are not limited to:

  • The effective provisioning, installation, configuration, operation and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure.
  • Control and verify system backups and file archiving, ensuring all required file systems and data are successfully backed up to appropriate media, media is stored, and recycled.
  • Strong support knowledge (Create, change, and delete user accounts per request, Hardware & Network Troubleshooting).
  • Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
  • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
  • Train, guide and advise users in the appropriate and efficient use of the IT infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge on Internet solutions. e.g. I.P Ranges, DHCP, DNS fundamentals etc.
  • Experience within a helpdesk environment and helpdesk software. e.g. Redmine
  • Undertake other duties not specifically stated which from time to time are necessary without altering the nature or level of responsibility.

Personal characteristics

  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Self-starter
  • Attention to detail
  • Passion for technology
  • A strong need for personal growth
  • Applicant must be a team player, able to interact and work with a dynamic and ambitious team.
  • Positive and motivated attitude.
  • Ability to work in a high pressure agile environment and meet agreed deadlines.

Recruiter: CompuJobs