Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Staff Unlimited Recruitment Pty Ltd T / A MPC Recruitment Group EC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to oversee the Physical Data Centre Infrastructure in Johannesburg. This role focuses on ensuring the availability and reliability of data centre operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing infrastructure, leading technical teams, and executing innovative solutions in a 24/7 environment. Strong strategic oversight and people management skills are required for success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years working experience in a technical environment.
• 5+ years' experience with VMware or storage environments.
• Experience in people management with strong technical understanding.

Responsibilities

• Manage servers, monitor performance, and ensure uptime.
• Define and review SLAs; manage infrastructure DR plans.
• Lead teams in VMware support, SAN support, and provide backup support.

Skills

Work prioritization

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Ability to react quickly

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification or Diploma

SAN Certified

Vmware Certified

Job description

Our client is requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to manage the Physical Data Centre Infrastructure (Vmware and SAN).

The purpose of this role is to help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data centre operations.

The successful candidate must have experience creating / devising strategies, mentoring people at all levels, sponsoring projects, and proposing technical solutions. This position involves leading teams in Server Support, VMware support, SAN / Array Support, Backup support, and Linux, support

Location : Johannesburg

Job type : On-site – Permanent

Duties and Responsibilities

Management of the servers

Ensure that servers have the appropriate Firmware and Drivers installed and up to date

Ensure that servers are monitored for performance and uptime

Set up and configure storage devices

Do routine maintenance on storage devices

Upgrade Storage device firmware

Management of all disks

Ensure that a process for obtaining and installing replacement parts is created and implemented

Ensure that disks are monitored for performance and integrity

Ensure SAN replication takes place

Create and / or regularly update a backup and restore procedure and policy

Maintain a record of system backup frequencies and backup times

Perform regular tests of the ability to restore backed-up data

Ensure backups conform to best practice retention cycles

Ensure All critical Business systems are replicated at DR

Manage Infrastructure DR Plan

Manage DR Datacentre availability and stability

Manage DR connectivity

Manage DR capacity

Define and regularly review SLA with affected business users

All aspects within VMware

Ensure all infrastructure facilities are secure

Manage environmental monitoring

Create and / or regularly update a capacity management process and procedure

Regular review of capacity management monitoring results

Implementation of appropriate actions to address findings of capacity management monitoring

Hardware diagnostics followed by physical repair and participation in an on-call rotation

Leading teams in Server Support, VMware support, SAN / Array Support, Backup support, and Linux support.

Participate in site-level project work and fix complex problems

Create documentation, innovate solutions, participate in site-level project work, and fix complex problems within the Data Center Space.

Minimum Requirements

A bachelor’s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification or Diploma

SAN Certified

Vmware Certified

Server Support

Storage Support

Minimum 7+ Years Working Experience

5+ years of experience in a technical environment.

5+ years' experience in participating in on-call rotations, and providing after-hours support in an environment that operates 24 / 7

5+ years of experience with Computer hardware and Data Centres.

5+ Years working on Vmware or storage environments

Experience in people management, a strong technical understanding

Strong knowledge of Data Centres and hardware repair

Willing to work extended hours

Willing to travel

Skills

Work prioritization,

Organizational skills,

Effective communication,

Ability to react quickly

If you meet the above criteria, we invite you to apply directly to the advertisement. Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of application, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful