Senior Healthcare Infrastructure Systems Engineer

AES Global; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking an experienced systems engineer to manage and harden our server and application environments. You will build, maintain, and secure our Linux/Unix and Windows platforms, and handle escalations that others cannot crack.

You’ll work with developers to improve performance, run backups and DR tests, create documentation, and ensure data security and compliance. This hands-on role requires strong troubleshooting, scripting, and a security-first mindset, with

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a technical support, infrastructure or sysadmin role.
• Experience with Linux/Unix (Red Hat/SLES) and Windows Server.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python or PowerShell.
• Experience with databases: MS SQL, MySQL or MongoDB.
• Strong networking fundamentals and virtualization experience.
• Security and data integrity mindset with backups and DR tests.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, deploy and maintain OSs, servers and applications across Linux/Unix and Windows.
• Monitor performance, capacity and uptime with high availability.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, software and network issues promptly.
• Perform backups, DR tests and data integrity checks.
• Provide escalated support remotely and on-site when needed.
• Collaborate with developers to optimize performance.
• Contribute to infrastructure design and documentation.
• Maintain security and compliance measures.

Skills

Linux/Unix administration

Windows Server administration

Networking fundamentals

Scripting Bash/PowerShell/Python

Troubleshooting/incident response

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or Diploma in IT/CS

Tools

MS SQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Hyper-V

VMware

KVM

ProxMox

Veeam

Job description

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking an experienced systems engineer to manage and harden our server and application environments. You will build, maintain, and secure our Linux/Unix and Windows platforms, and handle escalations that others cannot crack.

You’ll work with developers to improve performance, run backups and DR tests, create documentation, and ensure data security and compliance. This hands-on role requires strong troubleshooting, scripting, and a security-first mindset, with