Senior Unix & Solaris Architecture Lead

SIL Botswana; Västra Götalands län; On-site; SEK 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

SIL Mauritius is seeking a senior infrastructure specialist to lead design, implementation, and operation of complex enterprise Unix, Linux and Solaris environments across client sites. You will act as technical authority, define standards for clustering, virtualization, and backup, and own cloud and hybrid deployments with emphasis on high availability, security and continuous improvement.

This role requires mentoring junior staff and building strong client relationships to drive service

Qualifications

• Master's degree in IT would be an advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• A minimum of 8 years’ post-qualification experience, including demonstrated experience in a senior or lead technical role.
• Strong, demonstrable expertise in Solaris and Linux administration
• Solaris Certified System Administrator and Red Hat Certified System Administrator (or equivalent) required; an advanced/architect-level certification (e.g. RHCA, VMware VCAP) would be an advantage.
• Proven track record of leading complex infrastructure projects and mentoring junior and senior technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for UNIX and Solaris environments across client sites.
• Define and review architecture and design standards for clustering, virtualization, and backup solutions.
• Lead design, planning and implementation of cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
• Provide senior leadership to maintenance and project teams and ensure customer service outcomes.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex issues to minimise downtime and improve availability.
• Own the installation audit programme and present recommendations to management.
• Set and maintain technical documentation standards across all sites.
• Design and deliver advanced training and knowledge-transfer programmes and mentor Senior Technology Consultants.
• Lead tender proposal preparation and maintenance agreements with primary technical ownership.
• Build strong senior-level client relationships to identify opportunities for service delivery improvements.
• Evaluate emerging UNIX, Solaris, virtualization, cloud and backup technologies and advise on adoption.

Skills

Solaris administration

Linux administration

RHCSA

Project leadership

Mentoring staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/SE or related field

Master's degree in IT (advantage)

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

VMware

LDoms

ZFS

LVM

Job description

SIL Mauritius is seeking a senior infrastructure specialist to lead design, implementation, and operation of complex enterprise Unix, Linux and Solaris environments across client sites. You will act as technical authority, define standards for clustering, virtualization, and backup, and own cloud and hybrid deployments with emphasis on high availability, security and continuous improvement.

This role requires mentoring junior staff and building strong client relationships to drive service