100 Linux Engineer jobs in South Africa
DevOps Linux Engineer
Posted 22 days ago
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We are searching for a Senior DevOps Engineer who lives and breathes Linux, eats infrastructure for breakfast, and thrives in high-performance, high-reliability environments.
We're building systems that move money at the speed of thought, and we need someone bold enough to automate everything.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps/SRE or similar role
- Demonstrable excellent Linux skills, including system administration, troubleshooting, and automation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Programming/Systems or a related technical field
- Build a culture of collaboration between Analysts, Architects, Development, QA and Infrastructure ensuring optimal delivery
- Establish mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders that support thought leadership, innovative and integrated practice solutions
Responsibilities:
- Assess and communicate business requirements and functional specifications for the design and implementation of solutions
- Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring as well as technical guidance or system process expertise
- Lead the development of contingency plans and identify continuity or disaster recovery risks and mitigation plans
- Lead project teams in developing IT solutions to meet business requirements and create, develop, execute, and document test plans
- Create technical design specifications and assist in sizing technical requirements
Reference Number for this position is GZ60720 which is a contract position based in Johannesburg offering a cost to company salary of R1m per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on or call him on to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Engineer, Cyber Security (Linux Engineer)
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Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group and an innovative player on the global stage. We offer a variety of career opportunities and the chance to work alongside talented professionals. Our clients range from individuals to large multinational corporations. We are passionate about creating growth in Africa and delivering meaningful value to our clients and communities.
Job Description
To provide expertise, professional knowledge, and technical skills to automate building, testing, and operating data ingestion systems. To operate and monitor the group's cyber security operational centre (CSOC) systems that collect and manage logs daily. To assist the cyber security incident response team and threat hunters by ingesting and providing access to log data. Experience or interest in cyber security and data science is a plus but not essential.
Qualifications
- A degree in Information Technology
Experience Required:
- 3+ years in system administration, programming, and data collection/manipulation
- 1+ years in scripting/automation engineering and CI/CD
- 1+ years operating services in cloud environments
- 1+ years in data ingestion, engineering, or analytics roles
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and operate syslog collection servers
- Write automated Ansible playbooks
- Build and run integration with Azure Logic Apps
- Collect and ingest data using APIs
Behavioral Competencies:
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information
- Developing Strategies
- Embracing Change
- Exploring Possibilities
- Generating Ideas
- Interpreting Data
- Making Decisions
- Meeting Timescales
- Producing Output
- Providing Insights
- Team Working
Technical Competencies:
- Data Analysis
- Debugging and Software Fixing
- SDLC methodologies & tools
- Technical Analysis
- Build and Test Automation
- Linux System Administration, Availability, and Monitoring
- Code Writing
- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Information Technology
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#J-18808-LjbffrEngineer, Cyber Security (Linux Engineer)
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Engineer, Cyber Security (Linux Engineer)
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Business Segment: Group Functions
Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street
We are seeking a Linux Engineer with expertise in cyber security to automate data ingestion systems, operate and monitor the group's Cyber Security Operational Centre (CSOC), and support incident response and threat hunting activities. Experience or interest in cyber security and data science is advantageous but not mandatory.
Qualifications
Experience Required:
- 3+ years in system administration, programming, and data manipulation
- 1+ years in scripting, automation engineering, and CI/CD
- 1+ years in cloud service operations
- 1+ years in data ingestion, engineering, or analytics roles
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and operate syslog collection servers
- Build and manage Azure Logic Apps integrations
- Collect and ingest data via APIs
- Develop practical approaches and strategies for cyber security tasks
- Articulate information clearly and explore new possibilities
- Generate ideas, interpret data, and make informed decisions
- Provide insights and perform data analysis
- Collaborate effectively within a team
- Debug and fix software issues
- Follow Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and use relevant tools
- Perform technical analysis, build and test automation, and ensure system availability and monitoring on Linux systems
Senior Linux Engineer ( Compute & Virtualisation)
Posted 19 days ago
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Listing reference: jse_000545
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 3 September 2024
Position summaryJob category: Banking, Finance, Insurance. Stockbroking
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
About our companyThe JSE recognises that its success and strength depend on the quality of its employees. We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards of performance. Our employee wellness programme is designed to encourage work-life balance for employees. We naturally seek to empower staff and encourage diversity and opportunities for all.
IntroductionTo design and implement detailed solutions of Linux compute & storage platform infrastructure and solutions within JSE, ensuring performance, availability, and resiliency requirements are met as well as providing up to 3rd level BAU escalation support ensuring the JSE’s current-state and future-state Linux based infrastructure technology solutions and innovations meet the standards of a world-class tier 1 stock exchange in performance and supportability and can be delivered at price points that enable the JSE to offer competitive services in terms of cost, speed, reliability and related ease of market access for the clients.
Results Delivery- Provide specialist input into the departmental business plans and budgets to ensure resources/funding for delivery of projects for the year that support to business unit's and JSE's strategy.
- Collaborate with other engineers when designing solutions to ensure they are reusable, quick to market, and lower the total cost of ownership by saving JSE money.
- Ensure project objectives meet the "fit for purpose" criteria to manage and control financial expenditure whilst mitigating potential risks that could affect trading due to system outages.
- Take responsibility for managing capital expenditure on a project to project basis ensuring all project specifications have been priced correctly so as to not exceed budget allocations.
- Identify system optimisations and improvements in both technology and process needed in current Linux compute and storage infrastructure footprint, to ensure high performance and high availability of systems.
- Perform "trade off analysis" of alternative technologies when recommending solutions, ensuring they fit the enterprise architecture and business drivers (i.e. costs of supportability, resiliency and quality of solution).
- Manage and maintain strategic relationships with software and hardware vendors to ensure value delivery to internal stakeholders by staying informed on updates, upgrades, and discontinuations of various vendor products.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders i.e. enterprise architects, application solution architects, operational teams (design team), and business units who own the platforms to ensure design solutions meet their application needs.
- Grow and maintain strategic JSE / Industry/ Global networks of thought leaders utilising social media platforms, attending and presenting at conferences and training interventions.
- Leverage relationships with vendors for knowledge base purposes, join relevant work groups and attend courses where possible to build strong software and hardware networks.
- Manage own delivery against the strategic architectural roadmap delivery plan by planning and managing business projects as per set protocols and SLA's.
- Measure and monitor risks to the business by conducting reviews on the resiliency of the solution design, ensuring monitoring and system alerts measures are included as part of the solution design.
- Assume accountability for 3rd Level Escalation BAU support to resolve complex problems and provide 1 day a week routine BAU support.
- Write functional requirement/specification documents for technology solutions that meet the intended business requirements including relevant measurement criteria that determine success.
- Ensure that architecture principles and technology standards are consistently applied and updated appropriately and stored in the Technology Reference Model.
- Ensure that all solution designs across all Linux infrastructure platforms going into production have supporting documentation on necessary controls/alerts, contain implementation guidelines, show alignment to the intended operational processes and procedures that will ensure operational readiness at time of handover.
- Ensure all subsequent reported changes to the in-production Linux Infrastructure designs are captured and that documentation of present state designs are updated with a validation of adequacy of solution design controls and alerts.
- Take accountability for ensuring the documentation of the Technology Reference Models (TRM) of the present and future state Linux technology infrastructure architecture as well as design and implementation of the plans to transition to the future state architecture are updated and included in the TRM.
- Conduct market research prior to making recommendations on compute products, services, protocols and standards in support of the compute procurement and development efforts.
- Perform compute analysis to ensure the design solution meets business requirements by developing and deploying tests and providing statistics and reports measuring performance and effectiveness of solution.
- Troubleshoot problems with team members to identify root cause system inefficiencies to ascertain best route of action (i.e. system problem or change in environment due to increased trading).
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts on critical IT projects to ensure that compute issues are addressed throughout the whole project life cycle and measure the impact on business of solution by reviewing test results.
- Take a leadership role in infrastructure projects to design and engineer large scale implementations.
- Analyse existing compute structures in order to define, design and achieve simplified, modern, application-focused compute architecture's that meet long and short term goals of JSE.
- Take accountability to ensure disaster recovery, BCP (Business Continuity Planning) and security measures are taken into consideration in all solution design processes and that support documentation is provided.
- Maintain all existing and "to be" compute artefacts in the Enterprise Architecture Tool.
- Improve personal capability and professional growth relating to field of expertise, in line with JSE objectives by discussing development needs and proposed solutions with management.
- Remain current on emerging technologies via professional groups, trade magazines, internal and external training, independent research and study, and other avenues available.
- Up skill team and other professionals by sharing knowledge and research results to minimise "key man" dependencies.
- Apply thought leadership in use of Linux compute platforms by increasing technical knowledge base by networking, self study, to ensure industry best practices are adhered to and/or introduced into the JSE.
- Epitomise living the JSE values, displaying professional conduct and adherence to required technical standards.
- Analyse, research, develop and implement improvement/innovative ideas and value adding solutions contributing to divisional and JSE results.
Engineer, Cyber Security (Linux Engineer)
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Engineer, Cyber Security (Linux Engineer)
Job Overview
Business Segment: Group Functions
Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street
We are seeking a Linux Engineer with expertise in cyber security to automate data ingestion systems, operate and monitor the group's Cyber Security Operational Centre (CSOC), and support incident response and threat hunting activities. Experience or interest in cyber security and data science is advantageous but not mandatory.
Qualifications
Experience Required:
- 3+ years in system administration, programming, and data manipulation
- 1+ years in scripting, automation engineering, and CI/CD
- 1+ years in cloud service operations
- 1+ years in data ingestion, engineering, or analytics roles
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and operate syslog collection servers
- Build and manage Azure Logic Apps integrations
- Collect and ingest data via APIs
- Develop practical approaches and strategies for cyber security tasks
- Articulate information clearly and explore new possibilities
- Generate ideas, interpret data, and make informed decisions
- Provide insights and perform data analysis
- Collaborate effectively within a team
- Debug and fix software issues
- Follow Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and use relevant tools
- Perform technical analysis, build and test automation, and ensure system availability and monitoring on Linux systems
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Linux & System Administration Specialist
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The server & network infrastructure team is seeking a strong Linux & Systems Administration Specialist to join its team. You will require a proven track record with at least 5+ years’ experience in a similar role having supported Linux Systems in an enterprise environment. You will also preferably be certified on CentOS, RedHat or Oracle Linux. Network and Firewall related knowledge and skill is an advantage.
In this position you will be required to:
- Install, configure, support and maintain Linux servers in development, test and production environments.
- Investigate and troubleshoot performance and other issues.
- Maintain design and support documentation.
- Possess strong general knowledge of Infrastructure services relevant to Linux like DNS, NTP, network, security hardening and other common Linux services.
- Administer Enterprise storage systems like NetApp, EMC, etc.
- Create and maintain Bash scripts for automation and other tasks.
- Install, configure and maintain a wide variety of open source and enterprise applications on Linux.
- Ensure systems are backed up and can be restored in the event of a disaster.
- Maintain a disaster recovery site.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good analytical skills.
- Manage time and workflow to meet service levels.
- Handle stressful situations effectively.
- Ability to anticipate and address problems.
- Respect for a high degree of confidentiality.
- Able to work well in a team and/or individually.
- A hard worker.
- Desire to add value.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Service orientated.
- Takes initiative and is driven.
- Preferably be CCNA or CCNP qualified.
- 5+ Years’ experience in a similar role.
- Setting up and managing Cisco networking equipment.
- Setting up and managing Fortinet firewalls.
- Managing and troubleshooting complex networks including enterprise Wi-Fi and a proven track record.
- Performance optimization skills.
R 5000 - R 65000 - Monthly
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