It Systems Administrator Centurion

Datacentrix; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Managed Talent Solutions, part of Datacentrix, seeks X10 IT Infrastructure Systems Administrators for a month contract in Centurion. Ideal candidates will have robust qualifications, including certifications like MCSA and extensive experience in data center operations. Responsibilities include system maintenance, uptime management, and effective support of data center infrastructures.

Qualifications

• Relevant IT qualifications, including MCSA, MCSE, MCITP.
• Extensive experience in data-center support and management.
• Knowledge of security firewalls and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage data-center processes as part of the systems administration team.
• Support and maintain systems and components within the data-center.
• Manage uptime and resolve third-level support problems.

Skills

Virtualization technologies

Networking skills

Backup solutions

Software Patch management

Education

Matric plus Diploma in Information Technology

Tools

VMWare

Hyper-V

Cisco routers

Windows Server

Job description

Managed Talent Solutions, a division within Datacentrix, is looking for X10 IT Infrastructure Systems Administrators for one of their clients based in Centurion.

This is a month contract.

The Systems Administrators will be required to do maintenance, management, and support of the company's data centre infrastructure.

Qualifications and Skills Required :

• Matric plus Diploma in Information Technology or related field
• Certifications: MCSA, MCSE or MCSD
• Certification: MCITP Enterprise Administrator (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) on Windows Server
• Certification: VMWare Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV)
• Certification: MCDBA
• Software Patch management, uptime monitoring, and top-tier support
• Extensive knowledge and experience on virtualization technologies (VMWare and Hyper-V)
• Networking skills, configuration of switches, IP ranges, and VLANs (VPN, Cisco routers, Satellite networks, Switches, VLANs, VOIP, etc.)
• Skills and experience in data-center hardware and software support and installation
• Good knowledge of backup solutions

Responsibilities :

• Administer and manage processes as part of a systems administration team and be responsible for selected processes in the data-center
• Support systems and components in the data-center including SCCM, SCOM, VMWare, Active Directory, DNS, Back-ups, archiving, Veritas, Storage (SAN), Symantec antivirus, Ivanti patch management, Microsoft Windows Server, and hardware support
• Provide support to provincial and municipal offices
• Manage and monitor anti-virus and patch management across the organization
• Resolve third-level support problems
• Maintain 99% uptime of data-centre operations
• Server maintenance and monitoring, including knowledge of SCOM
• Monitor and maintain load-balanced internet information servers (IIS)
• Ensure infrastructure architecture compliance with enterprise standards
• Knowledge of security firewalls and Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)
• Manage and monitor SAN storage technologies
• Manage VMWare environment and schedule system maintenance
• Provision datacenter infrastructure and evaluate new technologies