• 18 years hands-on experience administering 24/7 IT infrastructures
• Professionals who understands that best results are achieved through collaborating with others, and not just in working alone
• Natural-born teachers who will do what it takes to up-skill the people around myself, and has an opinion on what constitutes great work<
• Broadly-skilled with the ability to adapt to different tools or work-flows according to the deadline or output required
• Passionate about keeping abreast of changes in my chosen area of technology
• The ability to ingest constructive criticism and work with team input while staying true to the product
• The maturity to work purposefully and steadily under pressure with all kinds of clients
• The culture of imparting knowledge to co-workers, regardless of years of experience, and to constantly acquire and adopt knowledge from others
• A strong online presence (We share my interests on social platforms) and innate drive to share our knowledge with the Linux community
• Career-focused with the motivation to forge my own path to success within a high-performing team
• The drive to be the best in the industry in every task we undertake
• The diligence and discipline to get things done, no matter the level or perceived cachet of the task
• Experience administering, deploying, and troubleshooting Linux environments
• Data Centre Management, including HP, Dell, Cisco, Netapp, Brocade, Enterasys appliances
• Extensive VMware, KVM, HyperV experience
• Many different storage solutions (SAN/NAS/EMC) mostly Netapp
• Advanced Fibre / Ethernet Routing and Switching
• Proficiency in base scripting languages, Bash, Batch or similar languages
• Proficiency in MySQL and PostgreSQL administration
• Strong understanding around environment/server performance and how to identify and troubleshoot issues
• Solid understanding of DNS, DHCP and fundamental network protocols such as TCP/UDP
• Experience with virtualization platforms, server consolidation, and administering virtual environments
• Great English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to quickly identify problems under pressure, determine root cause, and drive issues to completion
• Identifying areas of concern and scope of work to improve the overall process of deployments, development and administration