Linux Systems Engineer

Summary

Join xneelo, a business enabler offering hosting services, and contribute to enhancing customer value and internal efficiency through innovative systems and software solutions. As a Linux Systems Engineer, you will develop, integrate, and maintain in-house and third-party solutions to ensure a safe and spam-free hosting experience. Collaborate with the Product Owner and stakeholders to understand customer needs and deliver robust website security and anti-spam solutions. Build and design tooling to support the Trust & Safety team, monitor trends, and develop mitigation strategies for spam and website vulnerabilities. Maintain anti-spam and anti-malware technologies, website malware detection systems, and a monitoring strategy for website security issues. The role requires proficiency in scripting languages, open-source databases, Linux system administration, and software design and coding. The position is based at the company’s head office in Tygervalley, Western Cape.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Linux system administration experience, including a successful track record in a mission-critical environment
• Linux system engineering and administration focusing on Linux performance, scalability, and security
• Displays an understanding of the importance, virtualisation, and administration of high-availability systems
• High level of Proficiency in the following: Scripting languages
• High level of Proficiency in the following: Open-source databases like MySQL, SQLite
• High level of Proficiency in the following: Linux system administration
• High level of Proficiency in the following: Software design and coding
• High level of Proficiency in the following: Finding and dealing with malware attacks and abuse-related incidents
• High level of Proficiency in the following: Trend monitoring and threat modeling

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders, understand the needs of the customer to deliver innovative, robust website security and anti-spam solutions
• Build and design tooling to support and evolve our Trust & Safety team, e.g. dashboards, scripts, and automation of customer service processes
• Trend monitoring, analysis, and development of mitigation strategies for Spam and Website vulnerabilities
• Develop and maintain: anti-spam and anti-malware technologies and strategies
• Develop and maintain: website malware detection systems and signatures
• Develop and maintain: monitoring strategy for website security issues and its supporting infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• Deployment and Maintenance of Web Application Security and Malware Mitigation systems
• Debian Linux administration experience
• A degree or diploma in computer science and cyber security
• Experience with virtualization and cloud infrastructure
• Software development experience
• Experienced working within large-scale operations
• Following security trends and keeping up to date with emerging threats
• Management/maintenance of common web CMS systems like WordPress