Senior Operations Consultant - Linux (1399)

 

Recruiter:

Rosstone Consulting

Job Ref:

ROS00363

Date posted:

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Location:

, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable


SUMMARY:
The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Operations Consultant for a 12 month contract.

  • Based in Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation
  • Must be available immediately
  • Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience
  • ITIL certification (advantageous)
  • Willing and able t...

    POSITION INFO:
    The Role:

    We are looking for a Senior Operations Consultant for a 12 month contract.

    • Based in Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation
    • Must be available immediately
    • Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience
    • ITIL certification (advantageous)
    • Willing and able to travel internationally
    Skills and Experience:
    • Minimum of 8 years IT working experience
    • ITIL process knowledge and work experience (Required)
    • Minimum 6 yearsâ?? experience in an operations
    • Professional experience in the administration of SUSE Linux Enterprise Systems, preferably in complex and productive environments
    • Problem solving capabilities
    • Ability to work as part of a team
    • Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality
    • Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users
    • Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation
    • Strong presentation skills
    • Above-board work ethics
    • Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project
    • Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required
    • SUSE administration certification
    • Cloud experience
    • SAP Basis
    • ITIL certification
    • Action and resolve IM (Incident Management) tickets
    • Action and resolve CIM (Critical Incident Management) tickets as required
    • Raise and lead tasks PM (Problem Management) tickets as identified Action and coordinate CM (Change Management) tasks and tickets as required
    • Assist user departments in drafting system requirement documentation based on business processes
    • Assist user departments in drafting system requirement documentation based on business processes
    • perform daily system handover and start-up tasks to ensure operational readiness of systems
    • ensure that all processes have been investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements
    • propose and review system design and evaluate alternatives
    • Good knowledge of Linux operating system concepts, including file system, kernel memory, networking, high availability and security concepts.
    • Good knowledge of scripting.
    • Deep ITSM knowledge
    • Experience in Operations and structure teams
    • Functional knowledge
    • Understand Processes, deep process knowledge in clients processes
    • ITIL process knowledge and work experience.
    • AGILE Project Management knowledge
    • JAVA and SAP BW know how beneficial
    • Quality Management
    • Mentoring
    • Understanding of IT Infrastructure and relations between components.
    • ITPM process knowledge and work experience (advantageous).Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements

     



     

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