Senior Systems Operations Engineer - HA, Automation & Security

Recruit-It; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit-It is seeking an experienced IT operations professional in the Western Cape. The role focuses on maintaining and improving a secure, highly available Linux-based estate, including Proxmox/VMware/Xen virtualization, storage, backups, and network services.

You will manage identity platforms, secure connections, and HA database clusters while contributing to runbooks, recovery procedures, and documentation. A senior or lead capacity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s level or higher information systems qualification.
• 5+ years in IT operations or systems administration.
• 2+ years in a senior or lead capacity.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement of the estate and reduce complexity and risk.
• Maintain internal and external infrastructure for development and production.
• Patch and harden operating systems across the server estate.
• Manage virtualised environments (Proxmox/VMware/Xen) and HA setups.
• Own storage and data protection with backups and replication.
• Manage network and edge security including VPNs and firewalls.
• Operate identity platforms and wire services securely.
• Manage HA databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL/MariaDB) and clustering.
• Maintain DCIM/IPAM and ensure redundancy and monitoring.
• Produce design docs, runbooks, and recovery procedures.
• Participate in after-hours and weekend support rotation.

Skills

Linux administration

Patching discipline

Networking fundamentals

OSI model knowledge

Package management

Git

Education

Degree/Diploma in Information Systems

Tools

Proxmox

VMware

Xen

Zabbix

Prometheus

Grafana

Nagios

Bash

Python

Git

Ansible

Job description

Recruit-It is seeking an experienced IT operations professional in the Western Cape. The role focuses on maintaining and improving a secure, highly available Linux-based estate, including Proxmox/VMware/Xen virtualization, storage, backups, and network services.

You will manage identity platforms, secure connections, and HA database clusters while contributing to runbooks, recovery procedures, and documentation. A senior or lead capacity is preferred.