Data Center Engineer L3

Boardroom Appointments; East London; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Data Center Engineer to manage and maintain our data center, including VMware vSphere and hybrid cloud workloads. You will provide day-to-day IT support across VMware, vRealize Automation, Tanzu, Morpheus, and storage platforms.

The role requires hands-on administration of Linux and Windows servers, configuration of hardware for performance, and incident response for complex system issues with after-hours escalation. Strong scripting helps.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in IT-related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing VMware vSphere, Linux/Windows servers, and storage.
• Strong scripting abilities and familiarity with hybrid cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain data center operations and virtualization platforms.
• Deploy and support VMware vSphere, vRealize Automation, Tanzu, and Morpheus suites.
• Administer Linux and Windows servers and storage platforms.
• Configure and tune network and hardware for reliability and performance.
• Assist with incident response and after-hours escalations.
• Support disaster recovery, backups, and documentation.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Azure

AWS

Linux

Windows Server

Networking (LAN/WAN)

PowerShell/Bash/Python

Automation/Orchestration

Education

Degree/Diploma in Computer Science or System Administration

Tools

HP 3Par

EMC

NetApp Storage

VMware vRealize Automation

Morpheus Hybrid Cloud

Tanzu

Job description

As a Data Center Engineer, you'll be responsible for managing and maintaining our data center. You will also help with the day-to-day operations of our data center by providing support to all areas of IT including VMware vSphere Virtualization, NSX, ESXi Hypervisor and Platform (vCPE), Storage Management, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Administration and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Duties and responsibilities:

• Expert in deploying and managing services on VMware (vSphere) , Azure, AWS and other virtual platforms as needed
• Familiarity with managing workloads across multiple hybrid cloud environments
• Administration and Deployment of VMware vRealize Automation Platform
• Support and Management of VMwares Tanzu full-stack modernization suite (advantageous)
• Implementation and support of Morpheus Hybrid Cloud Application Orchestration
• Deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Linux and Windows servers
• Strong experience configuring, troubleshooting and tuning system hardware and software configurations for performance and reliability
• Diagnose complex systems issues with multiple influencing factors
• Incident response to system alerts, serve as point of escalation for after-hours issues
• Assist the support team with escalated customer issues
• Disaster/Recovery/Restore
• Experience with HP 3Par, EMC, Netapp Storage Platforms (advantageous)
• Monitoring tool and deployment automation development
• Server Administration

Qualifications and experience:

• Degree/Diploma in Computer Science or System Administration or related field preferred, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience with Intel platforms including a combination of the following: Windows Server Administration, Linux Server Administration, Storage Administration
• Experience with Local Area Networks (LAN)
• Experience with Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• Experience with Storage Area Networks
• Experience with Scripting/development in tools such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python (Highly advantageous)