Senior System Engineer (Telecommunications)

Pretoria
Senior System Engineer
5000 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. Maintaining and optimise all infrastructure components such as server hardware, storage
• systems, virtualisation platforms, 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
• SUN SPARC, INTEL platforms experience
• 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, 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 orientated and enthusiastic individual.
• Good writing skills (for documenting the process)
• Good communications and consultancy skills Send your CV and latest pay slip to *****@*****.co.za ATripleA Recruitment and Temps #ATripleA #recruitment #vacancy # Senior# Systems #Engineer