Job Description

Our client is looking for a candidate to join their team as a Linux Administrator with the below attributes in a remote first environment.

Purpose

• Responsible for all phases of systems administration and support within a LINUX environment

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The candidate will be responsible for maintaining, monitoring and operation of the Linux based systems consisting of +/- 150 LXD Containers and Servers running

Open Source Software that are key to daily business operations.

• Rolling out new Linux systems, upgrading, replacing, and improving the long-term performance of the systems.
• Provide 2nd line support within the Systems & Infrastructure Team
• Maintaining service configurations as and when they change or are deployed
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes made to the infrastructure
• Ensure System Availability, Performance and Monitoring
• Ensure the overall health and performance of production environment
• To assist with Disaster recovery management, procedures & documentation
• Keep DR environment in sync with production environment
• Assist with creation of DR plan and recovery procedures for Linux systems and applications

Key Requirements

• Resourceful, attention to detail and good at fault finding.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and time-management skills
• A stable and fast Internet connection from home that can support VoIP
• 2 xe2x80x93 5 Years experience in Information Technology
• 2+ Years significant experience as a technical specialist in Linux and Public Cloud with a proven track record
• 2+ Years significant experience with Virtual environments including LXD/LXC and KVM
• 2+ Years experience in Radius/AAA protocols, specifically FreeRadius
• 2+ Years experience in deploying and maintaining of MySQL
• First Qualification: LPIC / Linux+ or the equivalent is a requirement
• Second Qualification: B.Sc Computer Science or equivalent is a requirement / AWS Cloud
• Practitioner or Associate level SysOps Administrator
• Proven ability to have worked with teams in delivering and supporting Linux infrastructure and solutions
• Demonstrate a track record writing scripts and code to resolve issues and to increase levels of automation. Experience with Automation tools such as Ansible.
• Experience with DevOps tools xe2x80x93 GitLab
• In-depth knowledge of common LAMP stack components (Linux OS, Apache Web Server, MySQL, PHP)
• Knowledge of networking protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, HTTPS, HTTP, RADIUS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, DNS).

Remuneration

• R240k xe2x80x93 R360k

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