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System Engineer Day 2

Ascendion

System Engineer Day 2

Skills

SQL QueriesDockerPythonGitLabJenkinsGrafanaCybersecurityPrometheusLinuxKubernetesSystem & Network AdministrationZabbix

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Contract type:

Freelance / Contract

Location:

Central Region, Malawi

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

14 September 2026

What they need


About the role

Software System Engineer to support Day 2 operations, maintenance, and enhancement activities for IT Project. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring the stability, reliability, security, and operational readiness of mission-critical systems in a 24/7 operational environment.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide Day 2 operational support for mission-critical applications and platform services
  • Perform incident investigation, troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and issue resolution
  • Support production deployment activities, rollback activities, and post-deployment verification
  • Monitor system health, application performance, logs, and operational alerts
  • Work closely with Day 1 support teams, infrastructure teams, software developers, cybersecurity teams, and project stakeholders
  • Support system recovery, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity activities
  • Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines
  • Deploy, configure, and manage containerized applications using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes
  • Maintain middleware and application platform configurations and support Linux and Windows server environments
  • Configure and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerts, and health checks

About you

  • Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related disciplines
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant working experience in software system engineering, DevOps engineering, application support, production support, or platform/system administration
  • Strong knowledge of Linux administration, application deployment and troubleshooting, CI/CD pipeline implementation, and container technologies and orchestration
  • Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and Git
  • Experience in scripting and automation using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or Shell scripting
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as eG Enterprise, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, or Zabbix
  • Understanding of database technologies including SQL databases and NoSQL databases
  • Understanding of secure system hardening, cybersecurity best practices, vulnerability management, secure CI/CD practices, and certificate and secret management
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, good communication and stakeholder management abilities
  • Ability to work independently and under pressure with strong teamwork and collaboration mindset

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