Infrastructure Engineer

Datafin; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud Contact Center and CRM solutions provider in Southern Africa is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer. The role involves maintaining and expanding cloud infrastructure, ensuring security and system performance, with responsibilities spanning project management and second-line support. Candidates should have a National Diploma in Information Technology and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Dell SAN/Server Administration and backup/recovery processes.
• Strong skills in networking and diagnostic tools like Wireshark.
• Experience in providing 24/7 support and IT management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and expand cloud infrastructure, ensuring system performance and backups.
• Manage infrastructure projects, including planning and execution of changes.
• Provide second-line support and troubleshoot incidents for escalated tickets.

Skills

Networking

Technical Problem Solving

Infrastructure

Education

National Diploma in Information Technology

Microsoft Server Certification

Linux Certification

Tools

Dell SAN/Server Administration

VMware vSphere

Nagios

Job description

ENVIRONMENT:

A leading cloud Contact Center and CRM solutions provider in Southern Africa is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and expand its cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include architecture design, system testing, security management, and second-line support. Requirements include a National Diploma in Information Technology, Microsoft Server Certification, and Linux Certification.

DUTIES:

• Infrastructure Maintenance including system performance monitoring, system backups, and proactive PROBLEM management.
• Infrastructure Projects including planning, testing, and execution of new builds/upgrades/updates/moves and changes.
• Infrastructure Support including troubleshooting and incident resolution for tickets escalated by 1st Line Engineers. This includes escalation to Upstream Vendors.
• Infrastructure Change Control, including planning, submission, and execution of all changes agreed to as per published Change Control Processes.
• Infrastructure Administration including creation and maintenance of documentation as and when required including but not limited to Architecture diagrams, maintenance schedules, support documentation and version control registers.
• IT Management including asset registration, equipment version control, equipment configuration to agreed standards, and general IT support for users.
• PROBLEM Management to proactively identify solutions to recurring or known issues to minimize the impact on services.
• 24 x 7 x 365 support of their Infrastructure.

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications Required:

• National Diploma in Information Technology or equivalent Degree/Diploma
• Microsoft Server Certification (2012 R2, 2016 and 2019 Administrator)
• Linux Certification (Linux Certified Professional or similar)

Qualifications Advantageous:

• Security+ Certification
• Microsoft SQL Certification

Experience and Skills required

• Dell SAN/Server Administration
• VOIP / SIP
• Networking / Diagnostic / Wireshark
• Windows Clustering and Windows Servers (2012, 2016 and 2019)
• Backup and Recovery
• Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Nagios and Monitoring
• Linux (Ubuntu)
• Helpdesk and Support Experience
• Technical Problem Solving
• VMware vSphere / ESXi
• Disaster Recovery/Risk Management
• Firewall / Security Experience
• Knowledge of Contact Centre Technologies e.g. IP PBX, Genesys, Asterisk – Advantageous, not required
• Asterix - Advantageous, not required
• Nginx - Advantageous, not required

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Desired Skills:

• Infrastructure
• Manager
• CPT