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Senior Linux Engineer Nexio Gauteng Jobs in Midrand, South Africa at Info Desk
Senior Linux Engineer
Nexio
Midrand, Gauteng
Permanent
Closing Date 07 February 2025
Job Details
Division:Solutions
Minimum experience:Mid-Senior
Company primary industry:Information Technology and Services
Job functional area:Information Technology
Job Description
ROLE PURPOSE
Senior Engineer in the Linux managed services space, responsible for the 3rd line Linux system administration support. You will be involved with technical decision making and team mentoring. An excellent communicator with a deep technical understanding & solid technical background. Ability to solve complex issues, drive automation, drive pro-active initiatives and to optimize where possible in the managed services.
ROLE REQUIREMENT
Proactively provide technical guidance and mentoring to staff.
Provide technicalleadership.
Contribute to projects & architectural planning.
Contribute tocontinuous improvementand the adoption of best practices.
Drive Initiatives / Projects to completion with relevant team members.
Drive OS Security Hardening with relevant team members.
Resolve Service Affecting Incidents & RCA’s to completion.
Monitoring, managing and improving the efficiency of support services.
TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
Experience as a Senior Linux Engineer. (Essential)
ITIL Foundation Level. (Essential)
High level of IT knowledge and experience. (Essential)
Comprehensive experience in Excel and other related Microsoft Office products.
Comprehensive experience in an incident/problem/change environment. (Essential)
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Grade 12 with Maths & Science (Required)
TertiaryEducationin the ICT industry (Required)
Tertiary qualification in IT technical field (Essential)
ITIL Foundation certified (Advantageous)
RHCSA / RHCE or similar qualification in Unix/Linux environment (Required)
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or a related study. (Advantageous)
Candidate should have a minimum of 15+ years of experience in ICT, with at least 10 years in Unix/Linux System administration (Required).
Experience in administering enterprise-scale Unix/Linux environments (Required).
Experience on multi-vendor net management port configurations, i.e. HP ILO, SUN ILOM, Dell iDrac (Advantageous).
Candidate should have in depth experience in hardware, system software, storage and networking (Required).
Advanced shell scripting (Required).
Ansible Automation (Required).
Red Hat Satellite (Required).
Red Hat Open Shift enterprise (Advantageous).
Cluster environments, i.e. Veritas and Pacemaker (Advantageous).
Vulnerability and Patch Management (Essential)
AWS Cloud experience (Advantageous)
Backup and recovery (Required)
Working knowledge of BMC Remedy (Advantageous)
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS
Apply Analytical Thought Processes
Equip the team by way of knowledge sharing.
Encouragecollaboration.
Big Picture Solution Realisation
Holistic Organisational Understanding
Application Submission Details
Submit application to:
Please include the below documentation in your application:
Updated CV
Short motivation Letter
Supporting qualifications/certifications if any
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Title: Senior Linux Engineer Nexio Gauteng
Company: Info Desk
Location: Midrand, South Africa
Category: IT/Tech, Engineering
