Linux Systems Administrator - Stellenbosch

[Navybluesuits]

Where is this position based?
Stellenbosch

What will they pay?
R300 000 p.a. (medical & pension included)

What do I need to know to be able to do this job?

• At least an Honours degree in Computer Science or an equivalent qualification;
• at least 3 years’ relevant experience in Linux system administration and setting up Linux client computers;
• extreme competence in the administration of Linux servers, including LDAP, NFS, DNS, DHCP, Exim, CUPS, Tomcat, Samba and Apache;
• knowledge about virtualisation in Linux systems;
• experience with the installation and maintenance of open source software;
• experience with the setup and maintenance of code repositories;
• experience with C, C++, Java, MySQL, PHP and Python programming (these skills will be tested);
• the ability to solve technical problems completely independently;
• excellent language and communication skills in Afrikaans as well as English;
• excellent interpersonal skills;
• good organisational skills;
• the ability to work neatly and with accuracy is of utmost importance.

Recommendations:
• A relevant Linux qualification;
• experience in a university or research environment;
• experience in the setup and management of scientific software experiments and cluster servers;
• experience with building physical electronic systems from components.

What will I do every day?
Supporting research-driven computer activities for research staff and postgraduate students in the Faculty of Science;
hardware and software maintenance (Linux);
development of systems software (Linux);
network and capacity planning;
development and maintenance of security strategy;
development and maintenance of backup strategy;
development and maintenance of support facilities.

Please send your CV to [email protected] if you want to apply for this role.

 

[herbertk]

300k and they want - "At least an Honours degree in Computer Science or an equivalent qualification" sounds interesting but wow...

 

[requiem]

If they double the salary the qualifications look about right.

 

[Peon]

If they double the salary the qualifications look about right.

Its tight all over As Leonidas said, "Give them nothing, take from them everything"

 

[Johnatan56]

At least an Honours degree in Computer Science or an equivalent qualification;
• at least 3 years’ relevant experience in Linux system administration and setting up Linux client computers;

That seems a bit extreme for 25k p/m.

 

[Peon]

That seems a bit extreme for 25k p/m.

Dont talk truth here, its an unwanted commodity.

 

[CamiKaze]

I hope that the range starts with 300k... otherwise anyone applying for this job will have made a huge mistake.

3 Years exp. + and Hons in computer science???