Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Gauteng, JHB - Central

negotiable - negotiable

Our client based in Centurion is looking for an Infrastructure Systems Engineer. 12-month contract renewable

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in corporate operations & information technology field.
• Microsoft certifications such as MCSE and any associate level network, virtualization, or storage certifications
• Expertise and extensive hands‑on experience with installation, configuration and troubleshooting in Windows server and infrastructure services (eg: installing monitoring or security agents) in virtualized (VMware) and non‑virtualized environments
• Detailed knowledge of, along with experience in, the implementation and maintenance of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Windows 2008 to Windows 2019 servers
• Managing server virtualization technologies (Microsoft Hyper‑V standalone and Failover Clustering and VMWARE)
• Microsoft Exchange (2013 to Exchange Online) setup, administration, and configuration
• Experience of enterprise level system monitoring, software deployment and compliance tools.
• A solid understanding of Cloud infrastructure and configuring VPN connections to on Prem.
• Infrastructure backups
• Office
  365 and Microsoft Azure
• Sound knowledge of IT Security principles
• Antivirus management skills
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with external providers and internal partners, including senior stakeholders
• Experience of operating within, or demonstrable knowledge of multi‑platform environments
• Excellent grasp of good problem‑solving principles, and logical judgement
• Able to create, maintain, and enhance supporting documentation for the Operations team
• Appreciation of the principles of prioritisation according to service impact, and the ability to work under pressure
• Good understanding of LAN/WAN, TCP/IP and common network protocols
• Scripting skills (eg: Power Shell) and experience working with provisioning/configuration automation and orchestration tooling for managing distributed server environments
• Deals well with ambiguity and can use data‑driven, analytical problem‑solving skills to find solutions
• Strong interpersonal, communication and collaborative skills with a strong customer focus
• Being an excellent team player
• Drive for self‑learning and improvement
• Good understanding of compliance and information security requirements in service operations