Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB005867/L

Date posted:

Monday, April 11, 2022

Location:

Durban, South Africa

JOB SUMMARY:
Our Client in KwaZulu Natal is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer who will question everything they see happening, not someone who is content with taking information at face value. You will need to continuously research new solutions for the company’s business units. Perform tasks of maintaining the reliability and security of the company’s IT infrastructure – this includes designing, implementing, monitoring, and managing the local and wide area networks of the organisation to ensure maximum uptime for users. As an experienced Engineer, you will assist in managing as well as developing cloud and networking infrastructures.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Qualifications, certifications, and experience

Certification of A+/N+, MCSE, and MCITP;
Relevant Diploma/Degree in Information Technology or equivalent;
Azure or GCP or AWS certification.
Red Hat Certified System Administrator Certification;
VMware certified – VCP;
Minimum 8 years of experience as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer/Senior Systems Engineer;
Windows servers 2012 – 2019 experience.
Must have exposure to Redhat Openshift environments;
Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards;
Knowledge of Kubernetes;
Disaster Recovery methodologies and practice.
Experience with Server Patching \ WSUS;
OS365, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Azure experience.
Experience with Microsoft desktop operating systems and desktop software.

Key Responsibilities

Administration of the Windows/Linux Environment;
Management of the Windows Servers, Group Policy, Active Directory, Exchange on-prem and cloud, and MSSQL SERVER (configuration/installation/maintenance of forests, trees, and DNS services), RDS, IIS;
Management and patching of VMware platform;
Creating servers and deploying as required within the business group;
Managing Openshift Clusters and ACM;
Perform routine maintenance activities required by PCI DSS;
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning/recommendation;
Timely installation of patches, updates, and service packs following patch audit assessments;
HP, Lenovo, and Dell servers on enterprise level;
SAN, NAS storage management on enterprise level;
Conduct research into networking issues and products as required;
Work closely with the IT Manager to make sure all systems are secure using tools;
Managing backup solutions / optimise current processes as the company grows;
Strong leadership and time management skills to train and support 1st and 2nd level Systems Engineers / 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level IT Support Engineers;
OpenShift Administrator;
Linux Administration;
Kubernetes;
IaC knowledge, preferable experience with Yaml and TerraForm.

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