Infrastructure Administrator OVM at Department of Land Reform and Rural Development

REQUIREMENTS :

• Minimum requirement: Applicants must be in a possession of Grade 12 Certificate and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology / Computer Science (NQF Level 6) or related equivalent qualification. Minimum of 3 years in system administration, including Oracle and Linux environments. Experience in implementing and managing on-prem cloud infrastructure. Hybrid cloud management skills integrating on-prem and public cloud platforms.

DUTIES :

• System Administration and overall integration of technical activities in architecture. Administer Oracle VM environments and Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux). Monitor and maintain daily / monthly operating systems and virtual environments. Implement and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies. Manage system availability, performance tuning, and patching. Design and maintain IT processes aligned with operational policies. Oversee database configuration and integration with Oracle systems. Develop and manage complex SQL queries and data extraction protocols.
• Support application deployments and release management across environments. Ensure system security, auditability, and compliance with ICT standards. Conduct vulnerability assessments and apply remediation. Lead infrastructure-related projects and upgrades. Draft and implement policies, standards, and procedures for system operations. Perform system testing and upgrades. Provide technical training and support to internal teams. Prepare technical reports and documentation for management. Design and implement on-prem cloud infrastructure to support hybrid deployments. Manage hybrid cloud environments, integrating on-prem and public cloud platforms. Ensure coordination of build and test environments teams and release teams. Deal with storage and traceability or auditability of controlled software in both centralized and distributed systems. Ensure systems security and security documentation. Participate and manage all communication IS technical direction and initiatives.
• Monitor all communication for each customer to assess operations within time frame. Prepare designs and evaluate all balancing functions as required by IT departments and other functional areas. Consult with management to discuss project specifications or procedures. Consult or negotiate with management to prepare project specification. Assess project feasibility by analysing technology resources needs and demand. Manage the release package design, build and configuration. Manage release package acceptance including business sign-off. Manage service roll out planning include method of deployment. Manage release package testing to predefined acceptance criteria. Obtain sign-off for the release package for implantation.
• Audit hardware and software before and after the implementation of release package changes. Analyse all continuous up-gradation process through various proactive self-initiated project. Develop or implement policies, standards or procedures for DRS. Draft policies, standards and procedures. Consult with relevant stakeholders. Submit for approval. Ensure the implementation of approved policies, standards and procedures. Perform appropriate tests and provide training to upgrade production quality and standardize all artefacts. Administer and provide upgrade to systems and escalate issues.