Cloud Engineer

SYSPRO Proprietary Limited; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design and maintain cloud infrastructure and provide customer support. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Azure certifications, and 3-5 years of experience in large Microsoft environments. Strong technical and problem-solving skills are essential. This role includes a rotation for after-hours standby duties.

Qualifications

• 3 – 5 years’ experience in Large Microsoft Enterprise environments.
• Relevant and Current Azure Certifications are required.

Responsibilities

• Design and provision of cloud infrastructure.
• Provide customer support on environments.
• Monitor performance and manage customer cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Strong Industry knowledge

Strong business process knowledge

Strong Technical Skills

Excellent problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Azure Management Tools

Hyper-V

Job description

Cloud Engineer

Department: Technical Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: SA | Central | Johannesburg

Description

This role is responsible for the design, provision, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Azure:
• Cloud Infrastructure Design/Architecture definition.
• Estimation of Architecture Costs.
• Customer Environment Deployment.
• Customer Support on Environments.
• Cyber Security Regulations.
• Customer Cloud Infrastructure maintenance.
• Performance Monitoring, proactive management, and Reporting.
• Server Administration.
• Actively participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• This person is expected to work with business users, analysts, and peers to provide solutions following a defined Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process. The person is expected to be a Mid to Senior Level Microsoft Engineer and has the capability and understanding of other applications such as Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft Server environments in order to recommend and utilize appropriate toolsets based on business requirements.
• The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as apparent or assigned.
• The job requires standby duties to be performed after hours on a rotation basis.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Qualifications and Experience

• Senior Certificate or NQF 4 equivalent.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent is an advantage.
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in Large Microsoft Enterprise environments
• Relevant and Current Azure Certifications

Skills required

• Strong Industry knowledge
• Strong business process knowledge
• Strong Technical Skills
• Strong hardware and software knowledge
• Strong networking infrastructure knowledge
• Excellent writing skills (English)
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent Analytical Skills
• Excellent time management
• Excellent training skills
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to visualize the big picture and manage minute details.
• Motivated and strong work ethic.
• Collaborative personality with excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels in the organization.

Knowledge

• Familiarity with Active Directory, Security, OS Internal concepts, IIS Administration experience.
• Experience with Hyper-V configuration and administration networking.
• Experience with Microsoft Management tools (SCOM, SCCM, SCSM, MS Orchestrator (Opalis)).
• Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, NetMon, wire shark, etc.).
• Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS.
• Advanced experience with scripting tools such as XML and PowerShell.
• Experience working with and maintaining MS SQL Server, including performance tuning.
• Experience configuring and maintaining MS Azure PaaS & IaaS & SaaS offerings.
• Server clustering experience.
• Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification.
• Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Certifications.
• Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification
• Understanding of security and segregation of duty requirements for an enterprise system.