Senior System Engineer (Telecommunications)
Location: Pretoria
Our client in the Telecommunications Industry is looking to hire a Senior System Engineer.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the installation, upgrade, maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, network servers, and virtualization.
- SAN zoning and provisioning.
- Storage volume creation and allocation.
- Applying all appropriate security and firmware patches in a timely manner, and assisting in creating, maintaining, and adhering to the organization’s patch management plans.
- Maintain and optimize all infrastructure components such as server hardware, storage systems, virtualization platforms, and software automation.
- Scripting and automation of tasks.
- Provide documentation and technical specifications to IT staff for planning and implementing new or upgrades of IT infrastructure.
- Investigate, advise, and test BCP/DRP procedures and actions.
- Test all measures to ensure a stable and secure environment.
- Monitor system logs for preventative maintenance.
- Operate Backup software to ensure yearly, monthly, and daily backups complete for data protection.
- Utilize change and incident management systems to achieve available enterprise systems.
- Will be required to work outside normal hours and be part of an out of hours on-call rotation.
Requirements
- Sound knowledge on SOLARIS 10/11 in a SPARC / INTEL environment.
- Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Centre work experience.
- Linux systems internals and kernel tuning.
- 3rd party SAN principles and configuration e.g. PURE, IBM V7000.
- Knowledge on Kubernetes and puppet/chef/ansible will be an advantage.
- Knowledge of LDAP and AD integration.
- Experience in Shell scripting, Perl, bash, etc.
- Knowledge of High Availability concepts, Disaster Recovery, and Replication.
- Performance monitoring via utilities and commands.
- Knowledge of networking protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, SOAP, HTTPS, HTTP, RADIUS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP).
- A qualification like an LPIC, Linux+, RHCSA or the equivalent is not a requirement but would be beneficial.
- Ability to learn quickly and work independently.
Personal Attributes
- Ability to act independently, self-manage and apply initiative.
- Problem-solving and solution-focused attitude.
- A good understanding of the business approach.
- Must be a positive, team-oriented, and enthusiastic individual.
- Good writing skills (for documenting the process).
- Good communications and consultancy skills.
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Posted 2024-02-19
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