Senior Infrastructure Engineer

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client, is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join their team.

The purpose of this position is to help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data centre operations.

Location: Randburg

Job type: Permanent

Duties and Responsibilities

• Management of the servers ensuring the appropriate Firmware and Drivers are installed
• Ensure that user access is managed and that server data is backed up and monitored for performance and uptime
• Set up and configure storage devices and do routine maintenance
• Liaise with 3rd party vendors regarding storage device support
• Upgrade Storage device firmware
• Management of all disks ensuring that disks are monitored for performance and integrity
• Ensure that a process for obtaining and installing replacement parts is created and implemented and standby staff are trained to procure and install replacement parts
• Ensure SAN replication takes place
• Create and/or regularly update a backup and restore procedure and policy
• Maintain a record of system backup frequencies and backup times
• Perform regular tests of the ability to restore backed-up data
• Monitor the backup hardware and software for correct operation
• Manage the procurement of media and ensure backups conform to best practice retention cycles
• Ensure All critical Business systems and recovery systems are replicated at DR
• Manage Infrastructure DR Plan & DR Datacentre availability and stability
• Manage DR connectivity and DR capacity
• Management of all application servers and ensure servers are available
• Define and regularly review a SLA with affected business users
• All aspects within VMware
• Ensure all infrastructure facilities are secure
• Manage environmental monitoring
• Create and / or regularly update a capacity management process and procedure
• Regular review of capacity management monitoring results
• Implementation of appropriate actions to address findings of capacity management monitoring
• Lead teams in Server Support, VMware support, SAN/Array Support, Backup support, and Linux, support.

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or Equivalent IT Qualification or Diploma
• Experience and product-specific training
• SAN Certified
• Vmware Certified
• Server Support
• Storage Support
• Minimum 7 Years Working Experience
• 5 years of experience in a technical environment.
• 5 years' experience in participating in on-call rotations, and providing after-hours support in an environment that operates 24/7
• 5 years of experience with Computer hardware and Data Centres.
• 5 Years working on Vmware or storage environments
• Strong knowledge of Data Centres and hardware repair

Skills

• People management
• Strong technical understanding
• Work prioritization
• Organizational skills
• Effective communication

Should you meet the above criteria, we invite you to apply directly to the advertisement. Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of application, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful