Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Johannesburg area,South Africa,IT/Tech

About the job Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Engineering or related discipline
Must be VMware vSphere Certified
Must be Veeam Certified
HPE or Dell Certified
Microsoft Certified - MCSE

Experience

5+ years of related experience
Minimum of 2 years in a system administrative position
Minimum of 2 years working experience with Linux/Unix or derivative
Minimum of 2 years working experience with troubleshooting hardware and/or software stack
Strong Experience with Linux-based operating systems required Red Her Enterprise Linux certified (RHCE or better) or other appropriate Linux/Unix certification
RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu
Experience in cloud environments (Amazon Web Services / Azure)
Backups Experience Commvault, or Veeam required
Basic Mimecast administration
Microsoft Windows Server Deployments - Active Directory, Exchange, Group Policies, and Office
365 experience is required
Proven experience in and with a large, Enterprise environment and infrastructure HPE Blade Server Technology
SAN storage solutions Experience in FC, and FCOE storage technologies is required
Ability to troubleshoot network issues - LAN Routing and Switching troubleshooting (VLANs, IP Subnetting, DHCP, DNS)
Load Balancer technology experience F5 and HA Proxy etc
Monitoring and alerting experience with Open-Source technologies such as Nagios, Zabbix, and/or Logstash
SAN storage solutions i.e., HPE or Dell Experience in FC, and FCOE storage technologies are required
Own transport and drivers license beneficial in the rare circumstance where emergency onsite support is required at the data centre
Professional diagramming and completing of relevant documentation Network monitoring, troubleshooting, and systems management experience Data centre disaster recovery planning and testing
Knowledge of infrastructure and software environments, programs, methodologies, procedures, and policies
Advanced troubleshooting skills, with deep experience in systems, network, and server infrastructure, with a proactive problem prevention-oriented problem- solving mindset

Proven experience in production environments of the below is advantageous:

Bash, python, ruby, and/or PHP scripting experience advantageous
Network/OS clustering knowledge advantageous
Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) knowledge advantageous
Use of CD/CI tools (Ansible/Puppet/Terraform) advantageous
Public Cloud vendor experience (Amazon Web Services/Azure)
Basic networking, from Ethernet to IP HPE Comware, Aruba, Pro Curve
Virtualization technologies such as KVM, RHV-H or VMWare are advantageous
Experience using client, console web-based management tools
Experience in working with Application and Infrastructure monitoring solutions Data Centre experience

Responsibilities:

Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems
Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to development teams
Perform server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the company's disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
Integrate servers, including database, e-mail, print, and backup servers and their associated software into enterprise systems
Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software, groupware, and other applications
Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records
Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems
Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems
Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports
Provide orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems
Maintain a service-orientated IT operations function that supports ongoing operations to drive efficiency, quality and customer service
Ensure adherence to service level agreements and manage to deliver on agreed performance levels for application availability, response time, and network performance
Ensure the protection of IT assets and the integrity, security, and privacy of information as per defined policies
Drive the implementation of strategies and plans for the technical infrastructure, operational enhancements, and application architecture and execute the plan
Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal operations…