Linux Engineer L2 - Systems Administrator

SUMMARY:
Linux Engineer L2

POSITION INFO:

Our Client a leading Tech firm is seeking a Linux L2 Systems Administrator to join their AIX team in Centurion on a contract basis – 3 to 12 months

Introduction

Our Client Infrastructure and Operations division is looking for a Unix engineer in the Linux team. The focus of this position will be on System Administration, automation, introduction of dev-ops principles and transforming the environment to Infrastructure as code.

Our Clients Infrastructure and Operations is responsible for all Infrastructure and operations of and it’s operating divisions, spanning multiple data.

Responsibilities

• Monitor & systems performance management.
• Ensure availability and performance of the IBM infrastructure systems
• Maintain and service components for Linux servers and storage according to best practices and in a cost-effective manner.
• Implementation of Infrastructure changes
• Incident, Problem, Change, Patch Management
• Standby & Daily Health Checks
• Use shell scripting and Ansible/CF Engine to automate all operational processes and changes
• Engage with our Clients Infrastructure and Operations as well as business consumers of compute infrastructure to plan changes and maintenance tasks.
• Capacity planning & workload balancing
• Automation & Config management (Puppet, Salt, CF Engine, Ansible)
• Comprehension of Benchmark standards. (CIS)

Required Skills

• Extensive Knowledge of Linux (Red-Hat/CentOS
• VMWARE & AIX knowledge will be a benefit
• Server clustering
• Virtualization
• Backup and Recovery
• Networking (TCP/IP)
• Authentication - PAM/AD Integration
• Scripting – PHP, Bash, Pearl & Python
• Unix Security
• Database and Application knowledge will be a benefit
• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas of engagement with business
• Strong leadership Skills
• Excellent verbal and writing skills, both technical and non-technical.
• Knowledge of information principles and processes agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps)
• Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Required Experience

• 6+ Years IT infrastructure and operating system experience
• 4+ Years LINUX experience
• Virtualisation using, KVM, VMware, PowerVM,
• Storage management experience
• 1+ Years Scripting and automation
• Tertiary IT qualification (3 years degree/NQF Level 5)

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