Solaris System Engineer

Pty; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Johannesburg is urgently seeking a Solaris System Engineer. The role involves installing and maintaining Solaris operating systems, monitoring performance, and managing system security. Candidates should have proven experience in Unix environments and strong scripting skills. It's a full-time position with a 12-month renewable contract.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as a Solaris System Engineer preferred.
• Experience with Veritas Infoscale.
• Experience with backup and recovery tools.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Solaris operating systems.
• Monitor system performance and identify bottlenecks.
• Manage system security including patching and compliance.

Skills

Proven experience as a Solaris System Engineer

Proficiency in Unix operating systems

Strong command-line and shell scripting skills

Experience with system performance tuning

Knowledge of file systems

Familiarity with configuration management tools

Basic RDBMS skill

Education

ITIL Foundation

Oracle Solaris System Administrator certification

Tools

Veritas Infoscale

Ansible

Docker

Nagios

Job description

Reference : GTG008234-CVE-1

Our client based in Randburg is urgently looking for a Solaris System Engineer to join their team

12 months renewable contract

Onsite

Duties & Responsibilities

Qualifications

• Highly recommended :
• Proven experience as a Solaris System Engineer (5 years preferred).
• Proven experience with Veritas Infoscale.
• Enterprise class hardware certifications / courses
• Additional beneficial certifications :
• ITIL Foundation (for understanding IT service management)

Technical Competencies :

Proficiency in Unix operating systems (Solaris AIX HP-UX and Linux variants).

Strong command-line and shell scripting skills (Bash Korn Perl Python).

Strong Web Development Skills using modern Web Technologies (HTML CSS JS etc)

Experience with system performance tuning patching and troubleshooting.

Knowledge of file systems (ZFS VXFS ASM) and volume management.

Familiarity with configuration management tools ( Ansible Puppet Chef etc).

Understanding of networking protocols (TCP / IP DNS NFS SSH Rsync).

Experience with backup and recovery tools (Netbackup HUR ZFS Veritas etc)

Basic RDBMS skill (Oracle MySQL)

Knowledge of virtualization and containerization (Zones LDOMs VMware Docker).

Familiarity with monitoring tools (Nagios AppDynamics Prometheus).

Good understanding of Web Servers IIS and Web Site setup and configuration (advantageous)

Experience in Cross Platform integration with other Operating Systems and Technologies (Windows Linux)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Oracle hardware (SPARC servers etc.).

Exposure to other Unix / Linux systems (AIX RHEL etc.).

Knowledge of ITIL practices and change management processes.

Certifications such as Oracle Solaris System Administrator or equivalent

Key Responsibilities

Install configure and maintain Solaris operating systems (Solaris 11) and associated hardware.

Gather and address technical and design requirements.

Design and maintain technical system requirements based on business needs.

Monitor system performance identify bottlenecks and implement performance tuning.

Manage system security including patching hardening and compliance with security policies.

Perform system backups disaster recovery planning and regular testing of recovery procedures.

Automate routine tasks using shell scripts and configuration management tools.

Maintain and troubleshoot Solaris service domains Zones ZFS file systems Veritas InfoScale and SMF services.

Provide 24 / 7 support for production systems

Collaborate with application network and database teams to support deployments and resolve issues.

Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations procedures incident and root cause analysis reports.

Plan and execute system upgrades migrations and hardware refreshes.

Understand storage devices and SAN / NAS environments integrated with Solaris systems.

Monitor and respond to alerts from system monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios AppDynamics or similar).

Analyze system trends and usage metrics to support capacity planning and strategic decision-making.

Generate regular system health and performance reports for IT leadership and stakeholders.

Create dashboards and visualizations to present system uptime resource utilization and SLA compliance.

Participate in audits and ensure compliance with internal and external IT standard

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1