Senior Systems Engineer

Recruiter:

Tower Group

Job Ref:

DBN002947/MA

Date posted:

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Location:

eThekwini, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related

SUMMARY:
An exciting opportunity has become available for a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Systems Engineer in Durban.

POSITION INFO:

Key responsibilities

Maintenance of ISP network and hosting environment, including mail, DNS, firewall, web and all virtual server environments.
Effective involvement in projects and the rollout of solutions to clients.
Support and maintenance of custom in-house applications.
Managing the integrity of the network, server deployment, and security.
Be accountable for effecting remote and onsite IT support to all internal and external stakeholders in the recording and resolution of all IT support tickets logged and/or calls taken
Provide technical support in terms of hardware, software, systems and administration
Provide after-hours support on rotation with the team
Create, oversee and test security measures (e.g. access authentication and disaster recovery)
Build and document network management and telemetry road maps for infrastructure and services.
Integrate network management platforms into the Microsoft cloud for new and existing technologies.
Experience in workload deployments to public clouds: Amazon, Azure, etc
Architecture and design of fault tolerant systems

Essential competencies

Advanced server systems administration (Linux/Unix)
Advanced networking – routing, switching, firewalling and general IP networking experience
Advanced DNS administration
VMware, HyperV, ESXi and related
A minimum of 5 years’ experience installing, maintaining and supporting a corporate/ISP infrastructure environment.
A minimum of 5 years’ working experience as an IT support technician and directly supporting end-users, both face-to-face and remotely
A minimum of 5 years’ experience installing, maintaining and supporting corporate network environments (LAN & WAN)
VPN and WAN setup/support
Indepth understanding of BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VOIP, VPN
CCNA/CCNP (or equivalent)
SAN/NAS technologies

Advantageous skills

Mail server experience (Postfix, Sendmail, Exim, Antispam/Antivirus, DNSBL, SMTP protocol & general mail routing)
Wireless networking
LAMP stack
Mikrotik
BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VOIP, VPN
PHP & WordPress admin
Veeam
Fortinet
Microsoft Office 365 and Azure experience
Experience with helpdesk ticketing systems such as OTRS, Zendesk & osTicket, Heat, Remedy, etc.
Microsoft certifications, including MCSA-O365 and MS900/MD101/MS101/MS500
Microsoft Azure certifications in AZ103/AZ300/AZ500

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