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NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICES (NHLS) - MANAGER: LINUX/ UNIX SYSTEMS
NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICES (NHLS)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - IT OPERATIONS
MANAGER: LINUX/ UNIX SYSTEMS
SANDRINGHAM
Pay Grade: D2
Reference Number: CORPIT0322/001/01 (07923.001.1441)
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITY
• To manage the LINUX/UNIX team in order to ensure the smooth operation, installation, support and maintenance of LINUX/UNIX systems including related hardware.
• To train and manage staff to ensure that they have the skills required by the organization/department and are able to achieve their performance objectives.
• To manage the storage are network administration, management of back-up and data recovery environments.
• To liaise with customers and related departments to resolve service related queries and provide advice in order to ensure effective service delivery.
• To manage third party suppliers and service level agreements in order to ensure cost effective delivery of services.
• To contribute to the IT strategy and budget development to ensure that it is line with the business need.
• To contribute to the development of IT policies and develops and implements SOP’s accordingly in order to ensure compliance with policy and regulations.
• To manages the LINUX/UNIX environment and patches in order to ensure security, reliability, capacity and availability of systems for end users.
• To produce system usage statistics and highlight areas of concern To maintain the system documentation in order to ensure business continuity and continuous operations.
• To manage internal IT projects in accordance with business needs in order to ensure effective service delivery.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• National Diploma in IT (NQF Level 6)
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• 8 years relevant experience with 3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity
• Storage Area Network Certification (desirable)
• VMware certified professional (desirable)
• Valid drivers license
KEY COMPETENCIES:
• Experience with fibre channel based storage (HP3par or similar
• Solaris LDOM’s/ Solaris Zones Experience provisioning and configuring Solaris cirtual servers using logical domains and zones
• Hands on cluster experience, preferable with Veritas Cluster Suite or Veritas Infoscale, Linux based cluster
• Project management
• Scripting skills, the most important being KORN, BASH and PERL
• Knowledge of VMWare based systems and related virtualization tools
• Knowledge HPBlade server environment
• Knowledge with software and hardware RAID, logical Volume Manager
• Knowledge of networks and routing, including security tools such as firewalls and intrusion detection
• Trouble shoot skills of performance based problems quickly and effectively on all Unix platforms and have working knowledge of “nix based performance tools
• Server hardening techniques including IPtables, Firewalls, SElinux and SSH
• Knowledge of databases (Oracle/ MySQL/ DB2 or similar) (desirable)
• Oracle Secure Back-up experience (desirable)
• Understanding DR processes
• Scripting skills, the most important being KORN, BASH and PERL
• Knowledge of VMWare based systems and related virtualization tools
• Knowledge HPBlade server environment, Itanium based systems and ProLiant server range
• Knowledge with software and hardware RAID, logical Volume Manager
• Knowledge of networks and routing, including security tools such as firewalls and intrusion detection
• Trouble shoot skills of performance based problems quickly and effectively on all *nix platforms and have working knowledge of “nix based performance tools
• Server hardening techniques including IPtables, Firewall, SElinux and SSH
• Knowledge of databases (Oracle/ MySQL/ DB2 or similar) (desirable)
• Understanding DR processes
• Analytical and problem solving
• Time management skills
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITY
• To manage the LINUX/UNIX team in order to ensure the smooth operation, installation, support and maintenance of LINUX/UNIX systems including related hardware.
• To train and manage staff to ensure that they have the skills required by the organization/department and are able to achieve their performance objectives.
• To manage the storage are network administration, management of back-up and data recovery environments.
• To liaise with customers and related departments to resolve service related queries and provide advice in order to ensure effective service delivery.
• To manage third party suppliers and service level agreements in order to ensure cost effective delivery of services.
• To contribute to the IT strategy and budget development to ensure that it is line with the business need.
• To contribute to the development of IT policies and develops and implements SOP’s accordingly in order to ensure compliance with policy and regulations.
• To manages the LINUX/UNIX environment and patches in order to ensure security, reliability, capacity and availability of systems for end users.
• To produce system usage statistics and highlight areas of concern To maintain the system documentation in order to ensure business continuity and continuous operations.
• To manage internal IT projects in accordance with business needs in order to ensure effective service delivery.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• National Diploma in IT (NQF Level 6)
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• 8 years relevant experience with 3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity
• Storage Area Network Certification (desirable)
• VMware certified professional (desirable)
• Valid drivers license
KEY COMPETENCIES:
• Experience with fibre channel based storage (HP3par or similar
• Solaris LDOM’s/ Solaris Zones Experience provisioning and configuring Solaris cirtual servers using logical domains and zones
• Hands on cluster experience, preferable with Veritas Cluster Suite or Veritas Infoscale, Linux based cluster
• Project management
• Scripting skills, the most important being KORN, BASH and PERL
• Knowledge of VMWare based systems and related virtualization tools
• Knowledge HPBlade server environment
• Knowledge with software and hardware RAID, logical Volume Manager
• Knowledge of networks and routing, including security tools such as firewalls and intrusion detection
• Trouble shoot skills of performance based problems quickly and effectively on all Unix platforms and have working knowledge of “nix based performance tools
• Server hardening techniques including IPtables, Firewalls, SElinux and SSH
• Knowledge of databases (Oracle/ MySQL/ DB2 or similar) (desirable)
• Oracle Secure Back-up experience (desirable)
• Understanding DR processes
• Scripting skills, the most important being KORN, BASH and PERL
• Knowledge of VMWare based systems and related virtualization tools
• Knowledge HPBlade server environment, Itanium based systems and ProLiant server range
• Knowledge with software and hardware RAID, logical Volume Manager
• Knowledge of networks and routing, including security tools such as firewalls and intrusion detection
• Trouble shoot skills of performance based problems quickly and effectively on all *nix platforms and have working knowledge of “nix based performance tools
• Server hardening techniques including IPtables, Firewall, SElinux and SSH
• Knowledge of databases (Oracle/ MySQL/ DB2 or similar) (desirable)
• Understanding DR processes
• Analytical and problem solving
• Time management skills
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
Interested persons who meet the requirements are invited to send a concise CV to Human Resources via e-mail to corporate1@nhls.ac.za.
Enquiries may be directed to Maria Ntlailane on (011) 386 6187
Closing Date: 07 April 2022