Linux System Admin

Qualifications
Essential
● Relevant tertiary IT qualifications and certification or related discipline
● Any Cloud certification
Desired
● AWS Solutions Architect
● AWS Sys Ops
● LPIC-1 or 2
Experience
Essential
● Previous experience in a 24×7 high-availability production environment
● Previous expertise in architecting an AWS environment
● Previous experience in automating the management of an AWS environment
● Experience with software based firewalls, load balancers and proxy servers
● Detection systems and network and server security hardening
● Experience in monitoring, metrics collection, and reporting using open source tools.
● Experience with automation platforms. E.g Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc
● Prior experience in developing CloudFormation Scripts
● Hands on experience in AWS provisioning
● Experience in designing high availability applications on AWS across availability zones and availability regions
● Experience in designing applications on AWS taking advantage of disaster recovery design guidelines
● Experience in AWS Networking – Direct Connect/VPC, NACL’s, security groups
Desirable
● Experience in a fast paced, retail or hospitality environment is desirable.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
● Must have a solid understanding of application programming, database and system design.
● In depth knowledge of AWS services
● In depth knowledge of TCP/IP LAN/WAN networking technologies and troubleshooting techniques
● Ability to lead and negotiate business solutions that balance technical capability, cost, and time, against business need is required.
● Must possess strong leadership skills and generate enthusiasm among team members.
● Must possess strong analytical, organizational and product management skills.
● Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts is required.
● Good understanding of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in SCRUM methodology, in particular software development processes, requirements engineering, configuration management, and software quality management.
● Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
● Ability to establish strong relationships internally.
● Good understanding of the organisation’s technology direction.
● Track record in applying the principles of a software development lifecycle.
● Strong technical documentation/interpretation skills.
● Problem analysis skills.
● Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
● Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
● Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, GROWS etc
● Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
● Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
● Knowledge of application deployment and data migration on AWS
● Good working knowledge of scripting languages such as PowerShell and Python etc.
● Ability to work with minimal supervision, making decisions based upon priorities, schedules and an understanding of business initiatives.
● Knowledge of monitoring, logging and cost management tools that integrate with AWS
Personal Requirements
● Belief that outstanding customer service is the key to success
● Interest in health and fitness
● Self-motivation
● Confidence to approach customers/corporates
● Conflict resolution
● Sales drive
● Goal orientation
● Honesty and integrity
● Positive attitude and outlook
● Takes responsibility for their own actions
● Willingness to undertake personal and professional development
● Willingness to attend corporate events outside of normal working hours
● Willingness to take on board Fitness and Lifestyle Group’s Core Values.