System Administrator Mid Level - Johannesburg Verfied

R 50000 per month Johannesburg, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 15-08-2017 12:08:52 PM
22-08-2017 12:08:52 PM
Overview:
This development focused company has a need for an experienced System Administrator to join the Infrastructure team and assist the company in maintaining our environments.

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.
Relevant Experience and Background skills required

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
Strong Linux skills is a requirement
Other Considerations and Complexity

Personal competencies:
Exceptional communication skills
Problem-solver
Self-starter
Attention to detail
Team player and able to work in a group environment
Passion for technology
A strong need for personal growth