Remote Linux Systems Administrator

Summary

Join Xneelo, a leading web hosting company in South Africa, as a Linux Systems Administrator to troubleshoot and repair large-scale Linux-based hosting systems, identify trends based on system alerts, and provide technical support.

Requirements

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving
• Methodical and accurate
• Customer-centric (although not customer-facing)
• Good communicator
• Linux system administration skills - preferably Debian
• Shell scripting
• Puppet an advantage
• Zabbix an advantage
• Grade 12 or equivalent
• A minimum of 2-3 years Linux Systems Administration experience, including LAMP stack

Responsibilities

• Maintain reliable, fast, secure and highly available hosting infrastructure
• Maintain existing LAMP hosting infrastructure
• Work with and contribute to configuration management systems
• Form part of a highly skilled and autonomous team
• Collaborate with diverse tech teams
• Be an after-hours point of escalation for support on a rotational basis
• Actively participate in continuous improvement within the team