Systems Builder And It Administrator

4 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants. Cool Ideas is an award-winning South African fibre ISP and hosting company.

The IT and Sys-Admin team are tech nerds at heart that love building cool stuff.

Key Responsibilities:

1. SQL Proxy and Load balancing: Maxscale, HAProxy, ProxySQL.
2. Apache / Nginx: load balancing, reverse proxies, etc.
3. Monitoring and Alerting: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, InfluxDB, CheckMK, LibreNMS, SNMP.
4. Mail servers and MTA's: Postfix, Proxmox Mail Gateway, Microsoft Exchange.
5. HyperVisors and Containerisation: Proxmox, QEMU, KVM, LXC, Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher, Portainer, Ansible.
6. Microsoft Administration: Create users, groups, and set up access to various Microsoft tools and software. Troubleshoot any issues with Microsoft and resolve accordingly or log with Microsoft support directly. Utilize Microsoft software and tools to solve applicable organizational challenges. Develop various apps and automations using Microsoft's Power Platform to ensure efficient organizational operations.
7. Keep the company's various workflow apps up to date and optimized.
8. Networking: TCP/IP, IPv4 subnets, IPv6, Routing, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, Managed vs Unmanaged switches, etc.
9. Hardware Experience: Building and troubleshooting servers, Supermicro, Intel, Gigabyte, HP, etc.
10. Network switches: Cisco, Arista, Mikrotik, etc.
11. Physical Requirements: Ability to lift and move IT equipment. Working outside of regular business hours for maintenance and upgrades.

Qualifications:

1. High school diploma or equivalent required; a bachelor's degree in a related field is a plus.
2. Proven experience as an IT Admin or Sys Admin or in a similar role.
3. Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Server+, Linux+, Network+, etc.) are advantageous.

Job Details:

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet