Engineer, Linux Reliability at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

To create a bridge between development and operations by applying a software engineering mindset to system administration. Focusing on operations/on-call duties and developing systems and software that help increase site reliability and performance, while building self-service tools for users that rely on such services. To collaborate with product developers to ensure that the designed solution responds to non-functional requirements such as availability, performance, security, and maintainability; and support and contribute to a small number of products or work streams relating to the design and implementation of Cloud solutions, operating across a number of Service Teams within SBSA. Provide routine maintenance of the current Linux and Solaris infrastructure including OS system patching, OS upgrades, user management, file management etc.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
First Degree: Information Technology

Certification:

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) RHEL 8 or RHEL 9

• Red Hat Certified Engineer – Ansible Automation

• AWS Practitioner or Associate

• SRE (Site Reliability Engineering)

Experience Required

10 years + Linux System Administration.  

• Experience in use, administration and routine maintenance of Linux and Solaris operating systems
• Working knowledge of Host Virtualization, preferably on VMware and AWS
• Experience with VxCFS (Veritas Cluster File System)

5-7 years Software Engineering.  

• Be familiar with systems and configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible and Terraform)
• Continuous Integration or Continuous Delivery processes in engineering teams, integrating test automation into various points in a deployment pipeline
• Prior programming background in at least one or more languages: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Go, or scripting experience in Shell and Perl.

3-4 years    

• Using production systems and technologies, for example load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, microservices, configuration management.
• Designing and executing small scale systems automation projects with strong autonomy.
• Be familiar with software engineering best practices such as testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience in monitoring and metrics collection tools such as AppDynamics, Prometheus, Nagios and Graphite.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Details
• Developing Expertise
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Taking Action
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Development
• Application Support
• Design Patterns
• DEVOPS
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Software Containers
• Testing (unit, regression, integration)
• Write Code