System Administrator

We are looking for a friendly, attentive and service-driven System Administrator to support the team in Bellville, Western Cape. The role demands accuracy, initiative, and a commitment to high standards.

Honesty, reliability, and common sense go a long way in this team. Training is practical and ongoing rather than a once-off exercise. The working environment is collaborative, well-resourced, and focused on results. Qualified candidates are encouraged to get their applications in early.

System Maintenance & Support

• Manage and monitor network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, and VPN gateways, ensuring secure, stable, and high-performance connectivity across all office locations and for remote workers accessing corporate resources.
• Implement and maintain comprehensive data backup and disaster recovery solutions by scheduling regular full and incremental backups, testing restore procedures quarterly, and documenting recovery runbooks with step-by-step instructions for all mission-critical systems.

Software Development & Architecture

• Design and implement robust database schemas, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and query optimisation techniques to ensure efficient data retrieval and referential integrity across high-volume transactional and analytical reporting workloads.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable software applications using modern programming languages and frameworks, writing clean, well-documented, and testable code that adheres to established coding standards, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
• Participate actively in code reviews by examining peers' pull requests for logic errors, security vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, and adherence to coding standards, providing constructive feedback and suggesting alternative approaches where appropriate.
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to translate functional requirements into detailed technical specifications, system architecture designs, logical data models, and comprehensive API contracts before commencing each development sprint.

• A minimum of three to five years of hands-on experience in the relevant IT discipline with proven successful project delivery.
• Proficiency in relevant programming languages and technologies such as C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, or similar.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose complex technical issues and identify root causes systematically.
• Strong understanding of IT service management frameworks such as ITIL and experience with helpdesk and ticketing systems.
• For cloud and DevOps roles, hands-on experience with AWS or Azure and proficiency in infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.