Jobs at Nexio

ROLE REQUIREMENT

• Provide solution and product specific consultation and support 
• Configuration and setup of Networking devices to be deployed on the Vodacom Network 
• Direct impact on Support and contract deliverable.
• Assume responsibility for the following:
• Ensure devices are configured correctly for deployment
• Ensure devices are ready for shipment in time for scheduled deployment
• Manage regional support stock levels
• Attend and advise solution scoping meetings
• Design and deploy cisco switch configurations

Additional Information:

• Individuals at this level have fully developed knowledge of the business, marketplace and clients. Is recognized as an expert in own area within the organization
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. Provides technical guidance to more junior levels of staff
• Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with peers, brand leaders, and other senior management throughout the company
• Able to be a “big picture” thinker
• Excellent leadership, team building, and management skills
• Encouraging to team and staff; able to mentor and lead
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to align multiple strategies and ideas
• Confident in producing and presenting work
• In-depth understanding of the industry

JOB SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT

• Strong telephony device experience
• Good technical knowledge of LAN and WAN infrastructure
• Excellent in-depth network knowledge
• Understanding of Sdwan solutions
• Good understanding of Wireless solutions

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• N+ A+
• CCNA or equivalent
• HCNA
• HCNP preferably
• CCNP preferably

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT

• Exceptional team management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to delegate efficiently.
• Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future.
• Diplomacy And Patience
• People Skills
• Strategic Thinking
• Listening
• The Ability To Set And Execute the Vision of the Company

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ROLE PURPOSE

• Senior Engineer in the Linux managed services space, responsible for the 3rd line Linux system administration support. You will be involved with technical decision making and team mentoring. An excellent communicator with a deep technical understanding & solid technical background. Ability to solve complex issues, drive automation, drive pro-active initiatives and to optimize where possible in the managed services.

ROLE REQUIREMENT

• Proactively provide technical guidance and mentoring to staff.
• Provide technical leadership.
• Contribute to projects & architectural planning.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and the adoption of best practices.
• Drive Initiatives / Projects to completion with relevant team members
• Drive OS Security Hardening with relevant team members.
• Resolve Service Affecting Incidents & RCA’s to completion.
• Monitoring, managing and improving the efficiency of support services.

TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Experience as a Senior Linux Engineer. (Essential)
• ITIL Foundation Level. (Essential)
• High level of IT knowledge and experience. (Essential)
• Comprehensive experience in Excel and other related Microsoft Office products.
• Comprehensive experience in an incident/problem/change environment. (Essential)

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Grade 12 with Maths & Science (Required)
• Tertiary Education in the ICT industry (Required)
• Tertiary qualification in IT technical field (Essential)
• ITIL Foundation certified (Advantageous)
• RHCSA / RHCE or similar qualification in Unix/Linux environment (Required)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related study.( Advantageous)
• Candidate should have a minimum of 15+ years of experience in ICT, with at least 10 years in Unix/Linux System administration (Required).
• Experience in administering enterprise-scale Unix/Linux environments (Required).
• Experience on multi-vendor net management port configurations, i.e. HP ILO, SUN ILOM, Dell iDrac (Advantageous).
• Candidate should have in depth experience in hardware, system software, storage and networking (Required).
• Advanced shell scripting (Required).
• Ansible Automation (Required).
• Red Hat Satellite (Required).
• Red Hat OpenShift enterprise (Advantageous).
• Cluster environments, i.e. Veritas and Pacemaker (Advantageous).
• Vulnerability and Patch Management (Essential)
• AWS Cloud experience (Advantageous)
• Backup and recovery (Required)
• Working knowledge of BMC Remedy (Advantageous)

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Apply Analytical Thought Processes
• Equip the team by way of knowledge sharing.
• Encourage collaboration.
• Big Picture Solution Realisation
• Holistic Organisational Understanding