Core Engineer

Core Skills:

• The ability to maintain, build and upgrade Zimbra
• The ability to maintain, manage, design, and troubleshoot security policies, networks, firewalls, applications, and server deployments in both dedicated and virtualized environments
• To be able to liaise with 3rd Party software vendors in troubleshooting and ongoing maintenance
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals
• Solid understanding of Linux server administration
• Solid understanding of VMware
• Understanding of AWS
• Understanding of Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies
• Working understanding of Apache
• Working understanding of Nginx
• Working understanding of DNS
• Working understanding of MySQL
• Must be able to troubleshoot performance issues using tools like iostat, sar and vmstat
• Knowledge of Iptables
• Solid Scripting Experience (Perl, BASH)
• Understanding of source code control (Git, SVN)
• Working understanding of Open-source NMS (Nagios)
• Working understanding of Ansible

Experience:

• Proven engineering skills when researching and implementing new technologies
• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in managing complex Linux based IT environments

General:

• Ability to share knowledge and contribute to a team
• Good communication (written and verbal)
• Ability to clearly articulate in a professional manner
• Capacity to work under pressure
• Excellent troubleshooting, root cause analysis and permanent problem resolution skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to pay attention to detail and be organized
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment (same team and cross-functional teams)
• Ability to work after hours and on weekends (when required)
• Willingness to do rotational standby shifts
• Own Transport and valid driver’s license required