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  • Posted: Jul 12, 2017
    Deadline: Not specified
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    In every aspect of our business, we see the opportunity to innovate and develop amazing products and services. The core and heart of our existence is to inspire our clients to see what is possible when the world is more open. We do this by developing products based on open source, coupled with incredible customer service. Our differentiator is in our flexibl...
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    Core Engineer

    Job description

    SYNAQ is a successful and rapidly growing South African Cloud e-mail Service Provider that provides feature-rich Messaging, Security, Archiving, Branding and Continuity services. Our robust infrastructure has enabled the management of over a million users and processes about a billion e-mails a month across the platforms. We leverage existing Linux and Open Source Software to design and develop enterprise-level and simple to use applications that deliver real business value and world-class services that are unique to the South African marketplace.

    In order to continually provide the greatest possible experience to our clients through technology and incredible software, we attract and invest in the best technical, innovative and creative team members who are encouraged to express their ideas and use their skills to bring these ideas to fruition. As such, we have a commitment to developing and growing our team of passionate people so that we make our mark on the ICT landscape of South Africa.

    What we are looking for

    A highly skilled Linux System Engineer to join our fast-growing SaaS business.

    So, if you are:

    An experienced Linux Engineer who loves solving cool and challenging technical problems and working in a fast-paced highly technical environment, and cares a great deal about security and quality of your work, with a strong ability to troubleshoot and elegantly fix complex problems in a cool and calm manner, SYNAQ wants to hire you!

    Role Expectations and Competency Requirements

    Technical Requirements

    • Involvement in new and ongoing projects focusing on the maintenance and design of our security policies, networks, firewalls, applications and server deployments in both dedicated and virtualised environments
    • Proven engineering skills when researching and implementing new technologies
    • Deploying and configuring new dedicated and virtualized servers, with a focus on automation and security best practices
    • Maintaining server availability to ensure SYNAQ’s uptime SLA’s are met
    • The design, management and troubleshooting of live and staging environments for SYNAQ’s cloud software
    • Liaising with 3rd Party software vendors in troubleshooting and ongoing maintenance of SYNAQ’s cloud software
    • Providing escalation support to SYNAQ’s Support Desk and be involved in mentoring junior staff and sharing your extensive knowledge
    • Required to have a working knowledge of networking fundamentals
    • Install, configure and maintain CentOS 5/6/7 and RHEL 5/6/7
    • Solid understanding of Linux server administration
    • Solid understanding of VMware
    • Understanding of other virtualization technologies
    • Understanding of Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies
    • Working understanding of Apache
    • Working understanding of Nginx
    • Working understanding of Squid
    • Working understanding of DNS
    • Working understanding of MySQL
    • Must be able to troubleshoot performance issues using tools like iostat, sar and vmstat
    • Solid understanding on TCP/IP networking in Linux environments
    • Knowledge of IPTables
    • Solid Scripting Experience (Perl, BASH)
    • Understanding of source code control (Git, SVN)
    • Working understanding of Open source NMS (Nagios)
    • Working understanding of Puppet

    General Requirements

    • Ability to share knowledge and contribute to a team
    • Good communication (written and verbal)
    • Ability to clearly articulate in a professional manner
    • Capacity to work under pressure
    • Excellent troubleshooting, root cause analysis and permanent problem resolution skills
    • Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
    • Ability to pay attention to detail and be organized
    • Ability to work independently and in a team environment (same team and cross-functional teams)
    • Ability to work after hours and on weekends (when required)
    • Willingness to do rotational standby shifts
    • Own Transport and valid driver’s license required

    Minimum Educational Requirements

    • Matric
    • Tertiary IT qualification or equivalent (preferred)
    • 5 years of experience in managing complex Linux based IT environments

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to SYNAQ on www.linkedin.com to apply

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