Operations System Administrator

Nambiti Technologies (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Johannesburg is seeking a Systems Administrator to oversee data center operations. The ideal candidate has deep skills in Microsoft Operating Systems and VMware, with relevant certifications like MCSE and VCP6-DCV. Responsibilities include managing processes, maintaining uptime, and ensuring compliance with the enterprise architecture. This role requires expertise in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and implementing IT solutions.

Qualifications

• Deep skills and experience in Microsoft Operating Systems and Applications.
• Experience in troubleshooting and problem-solving technical issues.
• Deep skills and experience in designing and implementing IT solutions.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage processes in the data center.
• Maintain uptime of data-center operations.
• Manage and monitor data storage using SAN technologies.
• Review and evaluate the change process.
• Responsible for overall infrastructure architecture compliance.

Skills

Microsoft Operating Systems

System administration

VMware

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Education

MCSE

MCSD

MCSA

MCITP

VCP6-DCV

Job description

Reference : JHB

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage processes as part of a systems administration team and be responsible for selected processes in the data center. System administration skills required will create a balanced team combination with cross‑functional skills and experience to support the following systems and components in the data center: SCCM, COM/VMware, Active Directory and DNS, Back‑ups and archiving, Veritas, Storage including a storage area network (SAN), Symantec antivirus, Patch management (Ivanti), Server management (Microsoft Windows), Server hardware and software support.
• Maintain % uptime of data‑center operations. Server maintenance and monitoring including knowledge of SCOM. Monitor and maintain the load‑balanced Internet Information Servers (IIS).

Provide support to provincial and municipal offices. Manage and monitor anti‑virus products across the organization. Manage and monitor patch management across the organization. Resolve third‑level support problems. Coordinate and support team members of systems administrators.

Review change requests for completeness and analyze, prioritize, categorize, approve, and schedule change requests. Monitor the successful completion of all change requests, including change planning, building, testing, and implementation, to ensure these processes follow the change schedule. Review and evaluate the change process.

Manage and monitor data storage using storage area network (SAN) technologies. Knowledge of Microsoft Clustering services. Manage the VMware environment. Schedule and perform maintenance of systems. Provisioning of data center infrastructure. Evaluate new technologies and prepare documentation.

Responsible for the overall infrastructure architecture, including compliance with the company's enterprise information architecture. Knowledge of security firewalls. Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server).

Knowledge and experience in virtualization technologies, with special focus on VMware.

Qualifications

Deep skills and experience in Microsoft Operating Systems and Applications with the following certifications: MCSE, MCSD, MCSA, etc. MCITP Enterprise Administrator (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) on Windows Server. VMWare Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV). MCDBA will be an advantage.

It is further recommended that the candidate should have experience in troubleshooting and problem‑solving technical issues, as well as deep skills and experience in designing and implementing IT solutions.