Linux Administrator
Green Marble Recruitment Consultants
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Intermediate position
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Sandton
- Posted 30 Jun 2026 by Green Marble Recruitment Consultants
- Expires in 28 days
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Job 2641600 - Ref JHB002553
About the position
LINUX ADMINISTRATOR
Location: Sandton
NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 2 years' Linux (Ubuntu) administration experience.
- Manage and maintain Linux servers.
- Manage and support Laravel applications.
- Linux certification advantageous.
ROLE OVERVIEW:
We are seeking a Linux Administrator to manage and support production infrastructure hosting Laravel applications using Laravel Forge and Envoyer.
The role focuses on ensuring server reliability, performance, security, and uptime, while working closely with development and IT teams to maintain stable and scalable systems.
This is a hands-on position suited to someone who takes ownership of production environments and enjoys maintaining high-performing, secure Linux infrastructure.
Please note that only candidates who meet all the requirements will be contacted for the opportunity.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Minimum requirements:
- 3-year National Diploma or Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology.
- Linux certification (advantageous).
- Minimum of 2 years’ practical experience in a similar role.
- Strong Linux command-line experience.
- Solid understanding of NGINX configuration and troubleshooting.
- Experience with PHP-FPM and Laravel environments.
- Basic database management experience (MySQL/MariaDB, including backups and restores).
- Experience with Laravel Forge or similar deployment tools.
- Experience with Redis and queue management (advantageous).
- Familiarity with Supervisor for background workers (advantageous).
- Cloud hosting experience (e.g. AWS, DigitalOcean) (advantageous).
Personality Traits:
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot live production issues.
- Ability to work effectively with development teams.
- High level of ownership and attention to detail.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain Linux servers (Ubuntu).
- Configure and support NGINX and PHP-FPM environments.
- Monitor system performance, uptime, and security.
- Troubleshoot production issues and system outages.
- Perform database backups and recovery (MySQL/MariaDB).
- Support Laravel deployments using Forge and Envoyer.
- Collaborate with developers to resolve environment-related issues.
- Provision and configure new Linux servers using Laravel Forge
Desired Skills:
- Linux
- Laravel
- Systems Administrator
Green Marble Recruitment Consultants
About the agency
We are a pro-active, solution-driven organisation with a personalised strategy to suit individual requirements.
We are committed to entering into a partnership with you, to provide you with a stable staff complement, through quality placements and specialised services.
We pride ourselves in the fact that we can offer you the most innovative staffing solution possible, through the time we spend to gain an in-depth understanding of your recruitment needs.
We also believe in staying actively involved throughout the entire selection process and by doing that, emphasis is placed on providing a limited number of quality candidates appropriately matched to each position.
Our ultimate aim, purpose and drive remain the pairing of the perfect team across all industries in permanent positions.
Our Approach
• We spend quality time gaining in-depth understanding of your needs to deliver optimum results.
• We pro-actively implement a personalised strategy suiting your custom requirements.
• We enter into a committed partnership with you, providing staff compliment through
quality placements and extraordinary service.
• We stay actively involved throughout the entire selection process.
• We work according to project timelines and deliver results.
Our Values and Pride
• Trust
• Results driven
• Open and transparent communication
• Solution driven
• Reliability and honesty
• Ethical
• Professionalism
• Commitment
• Passion
• Pride
Our Services include:
• Recruitment of permanent staff across all areas and industries. We have specialist consultants amongst other: Finance, IT and Engineering.
• Spending quality time understanding the detail behind every vacancy received.
• Sourcing, advertising, and networking to provide the right skills.
• Screening Ad-response.
• Interviewing.
• Shortlisting.
• Coordination of the full process.
• Background checks.
• All negotiations, including salaries.
• Extending of offers.
• Declining of unsuccessful candidates.
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