Role & Responsibilities 

• Monitor and maintain the performance, availability and security of cloud-based applications and services.
• Develop and maintain automation scrips and tools to streamline deployment and management of IT infrastructure across a variety of virtualisation and cloud platforms.
• Engineer and administer IT infrastructure platforms.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and procedures.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies.
• Provide IT infrastructure technical support and assistance to internal teams.

Key Technical Skills/Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with Linux server environments.
• Experience with automation, application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Creating and maintaining “Infrastructure As Code” using tools such as Puppet, Ansible, Salt or Terraform.
• Experience with log aggregation tools such as ELK, Graylog or Splunk.
• Strong understanding of virtualisation & cloud computing concepts, including virtualization, networking, security, and storage.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with a programming/scripting language such as Python or PowerShell.

Key Non-Technical Skills/Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise with both technical and non-technical staff.
• Ability to complete complex tasks methodically, with an eye for detail.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about IT.
• Excellent organisation, task prioritisation and time management skills, with the ability to operate independently in a remote role.

Desirable

• Experience with VMWare ESXi & vCenter environments.
• Experience with OpenStack or public cloud technologies.
• Experience with RedHat or binary compatible OS environments.
• Experience with Atlassian JIRA, Bamboo and Confluence.

Working Conditions

• Participate in an on-call roster.
• Occasional travel to company locations if/when required.
• Ability to work outside of regular business hours when required to support critical systems & infrastructure.

How to apply

To apply, send your CV and cover letter to careers@gibtele.com