GemStone/S Platform DevOps Engineer

Concord EFS; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Khonology, a digital services and technology engineering company, seeks a Linux/Windows Systems Administrator to install, configure, and optimize Linux servers hosting GemStone/S environments. You will ensure stability, security, and performance across production, test, and development systems while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams.

This primary DevOps role for GemStone/S involves monitoring, automation, and proactive maintenance, including deployments via Jenkins,

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant Linux certifications will be advantageous.
• 5+ years of Linux systems administration experience.
• 2+ years supporting enterprise application platforms.
• Experience administering mission-critical production environments.
• Experience supporting GemStone/S environments is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Configure, and maintain Linux operating systems across development, test, prelive, and production environments.
• Coordinate OS upgrades, patching, and security updates with I/O and stakeholders.
• Manage user accounts, permissions, groups, and access controls.
• Monitor and maintain storage, file systems, network services, and system services.
• Troubleshoot server, OS, and infrastructure issues.
• Monitor and maintain GemStone/S environments.
• Configure and upgrade GemStone/S environments with senior devs.
• Monitor GemStone processes and backups/recovery procedures.
• Support deployment pipelines and environment configuration changes (Jenkins, Git, Ansible).
• Assist development teams with performance analysis and troubleshooting.
• Monitor server health, application availability, disk usage, memory, performance.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting via DataDog/Prometheus.

Skills

Linux admin

GemStone/S

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Monitoring

CI/CD

Automation

Documentation

Education

Diploma/ Degree in IT or CS

Linux certifications (advantage)

Tools

DataDog

Git

Ansible

Terragrunt

Job description

Khonology, a digital services and technology engineering company, seeks a Linux/Windows Systems Administrator to install, configure, and optimize Linux servers hosting GemStone/S environments. You will ensure stability, security, and performance across production, test, and development systems while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams.

This primary DevOps role for GemStone/S involves monitoring, automation, and proactive maintenance, including deployments via Jenkins,