Cloud Engineer

Syspro Proprietary Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Johannesburg is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, install, and maintain cloud infrastructure. The role involves customer support, performance monitoring, and ensuring compliance with cyber security regulations. Ideal candidates will have strong technical skills and experience in Microsoft environments, along with relevant Azure certifications.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in large Microsoft Enterprise environments.
• Relevant and current Azure Certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure.
• Provide customer support and performance monitoring.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Communication

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Senior Certificate or NQF 4 equivalent

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Active Directory

Hyper-V

Azure

PowerShell

Job description

Cloud Engineer

Department: Technical Services

Employment Type: Full Time

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

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure Design / Architecture definition.
2. Estimation of Architecture Costs.
3. Customer Environment Deployment.
4. Customer Support on Environments.
5. Cyber Security Regulations.
6. Customer Cloud Infrastructure maintenance.
7. Performance Monitoring, proactive management, and Reporting.
8. Server Administration.
9. Actively participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives.
10. Work with business users, analysts, and peers to provide solutions following a defined Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process.
11. Be a Mid to Senior Level Microsoft Engineer with the capability and understanding of Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Server environments.
12. The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as apparent or assigned.
13. The job requires standby duties to be performed after hours on a rotation basis.

Skills, Knowledge 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, Wireshark, etc.).
• Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS.

Additional Experience

• 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.

Certifications

• Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification.
• Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Certification.
• Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification.

Understanding

• Security and segregation of duty requirements for an enterprise system.