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Linux Openshift
Job Location:
Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
13 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
10 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Our client in the Telecommunications & Networking sector is looking for a Linux OpenShift contract for 6 to 12 months.
Requirement Specification
- Maintain stable secure and high-performing Linux platforms that support apps/services.
- Deliver automation and engineering improvements including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CI/CD and scripting to reduce manual effort and minimise incidents.
- Strengthen the compliance posture through effective patching hardening and logging aligned with standards.
- Provide development and operational support for Linux-based services platforms and supporting tools.
- Build configure and administer Linux servers across development test OpenShift and production environments.
- Manage the full operating system lifecycle including provisioning patching upgrades kernel tuning and repository management.
- Administer storage and file systems including LVM multipath RAID NFS/SMB mounts and quotas.
- Manage identity and access controls including LDAP/AD integration sudo policies PAM and SSH hardening.
- Configure and troubleshoot networking components such as bonding VLANs routing and firewall rules using iptables or nftables.
- Provide L3 Linux administration with OpenShift monitoring capability aligned operational and audit requirements.
- Linux Administration (RHEL): build patch upgrade troubleshoot
- OpenShiftMonitoring agent setup alert tuning incident integration
- Migrate environments from VMWare to OpenShift
Security and Compliance
- Apply CIS/STIG hardening baselines where appropriate.
- Manage vulnerability remediation EDR integration auditing and log forwarding through tools such as syslog journal or rsyslog.
- Support certificate management key rotation and the secure handling of secrets through Vault or equivalent key management solutions.
- Maintain monitoring and alerting capabilities using tools.
- Provide L2/L3 incident and problem support including triage root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Support DR and BCP readiness through backup integration restore testing and maintenance of operational runbooks.
About Company
With 15 years of experience in the Telecommunications and Financial Services industry in Africa and the Middle East, we are experts at supporting our clients through their digital transformation journeys. We believe in blending traditional methods with cutting-edge strategies to drive ... View more
