Platform and Compute Engineer

Capital Edge Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital managed service provider is seeking an experienced Platform and Compute Engineer in Cape Town. The role involves managing enterprise cloud environments, ensuring high availability of critical systems, and providing technical mentorship. Ideal candidates will have expertise in virtualization, cloud services, and enterprise storage, along with relevant certifications. Join a dynamic team to work with cutting-edge technologies in a global technology services environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise cloud and managed service environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support enterprise cloud and managed service environments.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 support.

Skills

Virtualization

Cloud & Servers

Enterprise Storage

SAN Fabric Switches

Server Hardware

Scripting

Education

ITIL Foundation

Tools

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Azure

Dell

HPE

Cisco

Job description

Platform and Compute Engineer required in Cape Town.

We are looking for an experienced Platform and Compute Engineer to join digital managed service provider.

This role focuses on managing enterprise cloud environments, ensuring high availability of server, storage, network, and hypervisor systems. You’ll handle incidents, change requests, and maintenance while working closely with technical teams to support infrastructure projects and service improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and support enterprise cloud, private cloud, and managed service environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, escalating as needed.
• Perform routine maintenance, failover testing, and system monitoring.
• Implement best practices for server, storage, and virtualization technologies.
• Support change management and assist with new technology deployments.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 support when required.

Technical Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Virtualization: VMware vSphere 6.x – 7.x, Microsoft Hyper-V
• Cloud & Servers: Microsoft Azure IAAS, Windows Server administration, O365/M365
• Enterprise Storage: Dell, HPE, IBM, EMC, Huawei, Hitachi
• SAN Fabric Switches: Brocade, Cisco
• Server Hardware: Dell, HP, IBM

Desirable:

• Azure AVD, Synology Storage, Linux administration
• VMware SRM, vSphere Replication, vCloud Director
• Cisco Nexus Switches, Cisco UCS
• Kubernetes, VMware NSX
• Scripting (PowerShell, PowerCLI)
• Veeam Backup, Commvault

Certifications (Preferred):

• Microsoft Azure AZ-104, AZ-305
• VMware VCP (VCP-DCV 6.x, 7.x, 8.x)
• Huawei Storage (HCIA, HCIP)
• NetApp (NCTA, NCDA, NCSE)
• ITIL Foundation

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced infrastructure specialist to work with cutting-edge technologies in a global technology services environment.