Senior ICT Infrastructure Engineer: VMware, Networking & Security

Manpowergroup; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup in Durban seeks an experienced ICT infrastructure professional to administer and support enterprise infrastructure across VMware vSphere, MikroTik networking and Palo Alto firewalls. You will monitor performance, assist with backups and DR, and serve as escalation point for complex issues.

The role requires strong documentation, communication, and ability to work across multi-site environments with stakeholders and vendors.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or a related field.
• 5–7 years' experience in enterprise ICT infrastructure, networking or systems administration.
• Hands-on experience supporting VMware vSphere, MikroTik networking and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience supporting multi-site infrastructure environments and security controls.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and support enterprise infrastructure, including VMware vSphere and compute platforms.
• Support compute, storage and networking environments, including upgrades and optimisation.
• Administer MikroTik networking environments, including routing, switching, VPN and VLANs.
• Administer Palo Alto firewalls, security policies and related controls.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimise network performance, connectivity, availability and security across multi-site environments.
• Support backup, replication, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
• Participate in disaster recovery testing and incident resolution.
• Act as Level 2/3 escalation point for infrastructure issues.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks; support projects and changes.

Skills

VMware vSphere

MikroTik networking

Palo Alto firewalls

Networking

Storage

Security

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Change management

Communication

Education

Tertiary IT qualification

Tools

Backup software

Job description

ManpowerGroup in Durban seeks an experienced ICT infrastructure professional to administer and support enterprise infrastructure across VMware vSphere, MikroTik networking and Palo Alto firewalls. You will monitor performance, assist with backups and DR, and serve as escalation point for complex issues.

The role requires strong documentation, communication, and ability to work across multi-site environments with stakeholders and vendors.