Department:

 

Sappi's Information Technology (IT) team is driving operational excellence, security resilience and digital innovation at scale across all diverse businesses. Covering all aspects from IT strategy, people, process, solution and governance, the team enables Sappi to streamline operations, enhance customer experience and maximize the productivity and engagement of employees through state of the art technologies to ensure all divisions are fit for a long term sustainable and thriving future.

 

Position:

 

Global Linux Systems Engineer

 

 

Location

 

Global IT, Sappi South Africa

 

 

Role and responsibilities:

 

Installation, configuration, maintenance and support of infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud, including virtualization.

Offering expertise to resolve technical incidents and systems.

Creating robust business case proposals for the improvement of systems from a reliability, stability and efficiency point of view.

 

 

Required qualifications:

 

A good problem solver who thrives on continuous improvement

5 years + experience in Linux technologies in enterprise IT environments

A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Red Hat Certified Systems Engineer (or adequate)

Adept in scripting and automation

Ability to support Linux operating systems

 

Good to have

 

Experience with Containers, Databases and Google Cloud Platform or other Cloud Hyper Scalers will be advantageous.

Experience with server and network technologies including Clustering, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and load balancing

 

 

Location:

 

This job can be located in all Sappi South Africa Locations

 

 

Traveling:  

 

Occasionally, it is sometimes necessary to travel to the group's locations (Belgium, Germany, Netherland, Austria, South Africa, North America)

 

 

Working hours:

 

Hybrid