TJ 14958 - SENIOR LINUX SYSTEMS ENGINEER (Hybrid)

Recruiter:

Professional Career Services

Job Ref:

TJ 14958 - SENIOR LI..

Date posted:

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

R60 000 CTC

SUMMARY:
SENIOR LINUX SYSTEMS ENGINEER (Hybrid)

POSITION INFO:

Specialists in Cyber Security, Cloud Solutions and Managed Services

This role requires a strong technical background and experience, with a minimum of 5 years track record in a similar role.
The successful candidate will play an important role in delivering managed services to our clients and, also implementing and supporting new technology projects.
This role will work closely with our Engineering lead, who is ultimately responsible for all aspects of the IT services infrastructure that supports customers and the business.
Although this role forms part of a team, the role requires a dynamic individual who has the experience and maturity to self-manage and to set their own work tasks based on the business requirements and priorities.
The successful candidate will ideally become a long-term member of the team and participate in the fortunes of the business in the long term.
This role is based in Cape Town but will require occasional travel to our offices and clients in Johannesburg.

Microsoft networking Active Directory (expert level)
Microsoft Windows Server/Workstation (expert level)
Expert knowledge of Windows Server Infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, DHCP, ADFS
Firewall configuration and support (NAT, VPNs, DMZs, packet filtering etc.)
Strong IT Security knowledge (network, system and endpoint)
Expert knowledge of networking protocols including VLAN’s, NAT, TCP/IP, Routing
Cloud Services – certification and experience required – AWS and/or Azure
Expert level Virtualisation skills, Hyper-V, Citrix, VMWare
Messaging and Collaboration
Hardware (Server OS and Storage)
Excellent Linux skills
Knowledge and experience with Infrastructure monitoring Tools
Knowledge and experience with Data Protection and Backup Tools
Knowledge and experience with IT Operations Management frameworks
Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
DevOps

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