- Gauteng
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Engineering IT Technical
- Reference: 2251189
Vacancy Details
Employer: OfferZen (Pty) Ltd
UNIX/LINUX Specialist - ITS at Investec
UNIX/ LINUX Specialist to play a key operational role in the Global Linux Team. Candidates can expect to be exposed to a wide range of banking and operational applications, from automation, middleware and integration, online banking and trading systems, very large-scale database systems, critical 24x7 and Batch systems, security and monitoring and patching landscape; includes participation in design engineering for new initiatives and consolidation projects. One particular note is that candidates will also be highly involved in operational business support, business continuity testing and after-hours support on a regular basis.
Candidates are expected to be deeply enriched with a full house of computing skills in the Unix/Linux arena including integration of Webservices, SQL, Shell, Python, Ruby systems programming and kernel tuning and troubleshooting. Containerization (Kubernetes etc), Cloud Technology and DevOps (AZURE/AWS/Ansible/Puppet/Terraform etc), knowledge is advantageous. Solaris 11 knowledge is highly essential as candidate is expected to support a legacy system running on Solaris.
Owing to the strategically core systems nature of the role, candidates must present a deep appreciation for banking systems’ governance, uptime, change control and confidentiality of client information and systems administration privileges that accompany the core banking and operational systems housed on a range of Unix/Linux platforms. The candidate’s passion for Linux/Unix administration, as well as troubleshooting capabilities are core motivators for the role.
Successful candidate will find the deep expanse of Investec systems to challenge and motivate the mind and are expected to contribute fundamentally to thought leadership and ways to forge new, dynamic and cost-effective solutions to complex and integrated systems. Note that candidates are not expected to have any financial applications knowledge.
The Investec Culture
At Investec we look for intelligent, energetic people filled with passion, integrity and curiosity. We value individuals who in turn value our culture that is, a flexible attitude comfortable to live with ambiguity and willing to challenge the status quo. Diversity, talent and leadership are respected in pursuit of the growth of our business. People who can manage themselves and build strong relationships in order to get things done, will perform in out of the ordinary ways in our environment.
Candidate Requirements
Experience, skill and capability
Core competencies
- Linux Administration Certification on RedHat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Solaris Administration, Ubuntu Enterprise Linux
- Solid understanding of storage, multipathing with LVM (ZFS knowledge is essential)
- Automation experience with ControlM suite is advantageous.
- Configuration Management and Orchestration Tools
- Good working knowledge of LDAP and AD essentials including Group Policy
- SAMBA and Kerberos KRB5 configuration experience
- Good Bash shell scripting particularly focused on regular expressions and text manipulation.
- Working knowledge of Postfix and Sendmail
- Advanced IP bonding & trunking (802.1q) and load balancing essential
- Working knowledge of RHEL Satellite platforms
- Microsoft Azure proficient
- Advanced knowledge of Apache configuration, security, authentication and certificates and setup for both web and proxy services. This includes KRB5 and SPNEGO protocols.
- Working knowledge of authorisation tool s such as SUDO/ BeyondTrust Privilege Access Management
Personality Attributes
- Analytical
- Deep passion for administration and design
- Deep technical cognition
- 3D Problem visualisation and solving
- Long Concentration span
- Tolerant of non-technical users
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