Lead Linux & AWS DevOps Engineer for GemStone/S

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Linux/Windows Systems Administrator to own the GemStone/S environment and Linux server fleet across development, test, pre-live and production. You will install, configure, monitor, and optimise systems with a DevOps mindset while collaborating with multiple teams.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and secure operations, with involvement in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code practices, and performance tuning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Linux systems administration experience.
• 2+ years supporting enterprise application platforms.
• Experience administering mission-critical production environments is advantageous.
• Shell scripting (Bash, Python, or similar) and automation tooling.
• Monitoring/observability tools (DataDog; Prometheus knowledge beneficial) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins advantageous).
• GemStone/S experience and backup/recovery, capacity planning, MFA/client token integration are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Linux OSes across environments (RHEL/Ubuntu or similar).
• Coordinate OS upgrades, patches, and security updates with teams.
• Manage user accounts, permissions, groups, and access controls.
• Monitor storage, file systems, network services, and system services.
• Support GemStone/S administration, deployment pipelines, and automation scripts.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation

Scripting

CI/CD knowledge

Security awareness

Education

Diploma/Degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terragrunt

Bash

Python

Git

Jenkins

DataDog

Prometheus

AWS

Job description

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Linux/Windows Systems Administrator to own the GemStone/S environment and Linux server fleet across development, test, pre-live and production. You will install, configure, monitor, and optimise systems with a DevOps mindset while collaborating with multiple teams.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and secure operations, with involvement in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code practices, and performance tuning.