Pattern Matched Technologies (Pty) Ltd as an award winning WASP (Wireless Application Service Provider) , telecommunications and Fintech development house, based in the Midrand area, is seeking to appoint a senior IT Engineer responsible for the day-to-day management of the IT operations and infrastructure.
Primary Duties:
• Provide strategic direction to the team and lead and manage the IT function
• Proactively provide technological innovation by researching new/current technologies and considering the application within the function
• Keep abreast with strategic IM developments and advise accordingly
• Formulate policies, procedures and directives to govern the IT environment
• Develop and evolve IT Target Operating Model (Channels, Services, Enterprise Architecture, Information architecture, processes, structure) in line with business plans
• Ensure robust application, infrastructure and network security with tight control over access management and effective tracking of change logs
• Establish and implement a disaster recovery
• Ensure IT environment has sufficient capacity in line with business forecasted requirements
• Oversee the management of all IT projects
Skill-sets:
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organisation
• Ability to distill advanced security, networking, and investigative concepts down to principles that can be understood and applied by all audiences
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing
• Basic understanding of computer languages• Ability to work both independently as well as on teams
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related area of study; or four or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required• Significant experience managing a professional level team
• 6+ years in Information technology
• Ability to convey complex technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with common programming languages, (BASH, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.) preferred• Basic knowledge of computer programming techniques and languages
• Expertise in High-Availability, Enterprise Systems (Dependability, Performance, Security, Endurability)
• Expertise in Linux/GNU Operations, Administration, Security/Integrity, Troubleshooting, Optimisation
• Expertise in Linux/UNIX Security: Intrusion Detection/Prevention, Filtering, Auditing, Recovery
• Proficiency in System Health Management (e.g. Puppet, Salt, Nagios, Icinga)
• Proficiency in LAMP-Based Systems
• Proficiency in Database Administration: MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL
• Proficiency in Virtualization using VMware, OpenStack products
• Experience with Policy/Procedure-Driven System Administration
• Introductory Knowledge of commercial and open source security tools preferred. (e.g. Nessus, Nexpose, SAINT, Qualys, Burp, Nmap, Kali, Metasploit, Meterpreter, Wireshark, Kismet, Aircrack-ng etc.
• Familiarity with many different network architectures, network services, system types, network devices, development platforms and software suites required (e.g. Linux, Windows, Cisco, Oracle, Active Directory, LDAP etc.) required
If you are strong in Linux and very competent in Bash/ perl scripting please send your cv to: [email protected]
Primary Duties:
• Provide strategic direction to the team and lead and manage the IT function
• Proactively provide technological innovation by researching new/current technologies and considering the application within the function
• Keep abreast with strategic IM developments and advise accordingly
• Formulate policies, procedures and directives to govern the IT environment
• Develop and evolve IT Target Operating Model (Channels, Services, Enterprise Architecture, Information architecture, processes, structure) in line with business plans
• Ensure robust application, infrastructure and network security with tight control over access management and effective tracking of change logs
• Establish and implement a disaster recovery
• Ensure IT environment has sufficient capacity in line with business forecasted requirements
• Oversee the management of all IT projects
Skill-sets:
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organisation
• Ability to distill advanced security, networking, and investigative concepts down to principles that can be understood and applied by all audiences
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing
• Basic understanding of computer languages• Ability to work both independently as well as on teams
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related area of study; or four or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required• Significant experience managing a professional level team
• 6+ years in Information technology
• Ability to convey complex technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with common programming languages, (BASH, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.) preferred• Basic knowledge of computer programming techniques and languages
• Expertise in High-Availability, Enterprise Systems (Dependability, Performance, Security, Endurability)
• Expertise in Linux/GNU Operations, Administration, Security/Integrity, Troubleshooting, Optimisation
• Expertise in Linux/UNIX Security: Intrusion Detection/Prevention, Filtering, Auditing, Recovery
• Proficiency in System Health Management (e.g. Puppet, Salt, Nagios, Icinga)
• Proficiency in LAMP-Based Systems
• Proficiency in Database Administration: MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL
• Proficiency in Virtualization using VMware, OpenStack products
• Experience with Policy/Procedure-Driven System Administration
• Introductory Knowledge of commercial and open source security tools preferred. (e.g. Nessus, Nexpose, SAINT, Qualys, Burp, Nmap, Kali, Metasploit, Meterpreter, Wireshark, Kismet, Aircrack-ng etc.
• Familiarity with many different network architectures, network services, system types, network devices, development platforms and software suites required (e.g. Linux, Windows, Cisco, Oracle, Active Directory, LDAP etc.) required
If you are strong in Linux and very competent in Bash/ perl scripting please send your cv to: [email protected]
