Job Description & Requirements:

· Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure

· Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools

· Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability

· Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes

· Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies

· Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks

· Participate in the design of information and operational support systems

· Provide 2nd and 3rd level support

· Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Requirements and skills

· Degree in Computer Science,Engineering or a related subject

· Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX /Linux based environments.

· Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks (e.g.,Tomcat, JBoss, Apache, Ruby, NGINX)

· Solid Cloud experience, preferably in AWS

· Experience with virtualisation and containerisation (e.g., VMware, Virtual Box)

· Experience with monitoring systems

· Experience with automation software (e.g., Puppet, cf-engine, Chef)

· Solid scripting skills (e.g.,shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)

· Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)

SYSTEMS ENGINEER