Senior Linux & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (TTD)
Pretoria - South Africa
Job Summary
Were looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer who loves Linux enjoys solving complex technical challenges and gets excited about building secure resilient always-on infrastructure.
If Bash scripts make your life easier uptime keeps you awake (in a good way) and cloud platforms feel like home you might be exactly who were looking for.
Youll spend your time:
- Installing configuring and maintaining Linux servers and clients
- Deploying and managing workloads in AWS and Azure
- Automating repetitive tasks with Bash Python or PowerShell
- Monitoring infrastructure performance and keeping systems healthy
- Applying security patches and implementing best practices
- Creating documentation people will actually want to use
- Managing Incident Problem and Change processes
- Updating Jira stories and keeping delivery on track
- Working closely with engineers across global teams
- Continuously improving infrastructure reliability and performance
- Participating in standby support when required
You should have strong experience with:
Linux
- Ubuntu
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- CentOS
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Scripting
- Bash
- Python
- PowerShell
- Perl
Networking
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- VPN
- Firewalls
Linux Administration
- Package management (APT YUM RPM)
- User & Permission Management
- Performance tuning
- Backup & Recovery
- SSH
- VNC
- RDP
- SELinux
- Security hardening
Cloud
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
Version Control
- GitHub
Bonus Points If You Also Know:
- VMware
- Private Cloud technologies
- Windows Server
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Podman
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- Grafana
- ServiceNow
- Red Hat Satellite
- Agile methodologies
- ITIL
- Incident Problem & Change Management
Certifications are a big plus:
- RHCSA
- RHCE
- SUSE Certifications
- Veritas InfoScale
- Ansible Certification
What Youll Bring
- Degree in Information Systems (or equivalent experience)
- 5 years of IT Operations experience
- 5 years of Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management
- Strong Linux administration experience
- Strong Cloud experience (AWS & Azure)
- Excellent scripting and automation skills
- A passion for solving problems before anyone notices them
Why Youll Love It Here
- Hybrid working flexibility
- Excellent work-life balance
- Flexible annual working hours
- Working with international engineering teams
- Exposure to cutting-edge enterprise technologies
- Modern offices
- Agile delivery environment
- Employee vehicle purchasing and leasing benefits (Ts & Cs apply)
- Opportunities to work on large-scale business-critical platforms
Required Skills:
linux ubuntu bash perl python suse