My client in the Finance and Technology space, operating in Africa and South Africa, is looking for a Systems Engineer to join their team in Stellenbosch (Office based). The successful candidate will be responsible for the planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of the group’s IT infrastructure.

Qualifications & Requirements:

  • A relevant Degree or Diploma.
  • 3+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience in the following would be considered a plus: Gradle, Jenkins, Ansible.
  • Strong Linux experience
  • Strong experience with DevOps

KPA’s:

  • Infrastructure Automation: Design, implement, and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible, to ensure scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure.
  • Configuration Management: Implement and manage configuration management to automate the provisioning and configuration of servers, services, and applications.
  • Continuous Integration and Deployment: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth and efficient software delivery. You should iterate on best practices to increase the quality & velocity of deployments.
  • Monitoring and Logging: Set up and configure monitoring and logging solutions to track system performance, detect issues, and ensure high availability.
  • Security and Compliance: Implement security best practices, perform regular audits, and ensure compliance with industry standards across the infrastructure and applications.
  • Disaster Recovery: Design and implement disaster recovery strategies, backup and restore processes.
  • Performance Optimization: Identify performance bottlenecks, optimize system configurations, and fine-tune application and infrastructure components to enhance overall system performance.
  • Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, operations, and stakeholders, to identify and resolve infrastructure-related issues and improve processes.
  • Productivity and Collaboration: Develop and maintain Google workspace implementation for the group.
  • Database routine maintenance and performance monitoring.

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Desired Skills:

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • CI/CD
  • Gradle
  • Systems Engineer
  • Linux

Desired Work Experience:

  • 2 to 5 years

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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