Senior Platform Engineer (Microsoft Azure)

Tyron Consultancy; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting company in Cape Town is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in Microsoft Azure. The role involves ensuring uptime across cloud environments, managing incidents, and mentoring junior staff. The position calls for strong experience in cloud platforms and organizational skills, offering a dynamic environment to grow your career.

Benefits

Work with cutting-edge tech

Opportunity to lead and innovate

Dynamic, fast-paced environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in supporting cloud platforms.
• Strong background in server hardware and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with SAN Fabric Switches and O365/M365 deployment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure server, storage, network, and hypervisor uptime.
• Tackle incidents and serve as an escalation point.
• Drive process improvements and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Cloud support

Communication

Troubleshooting

Organisational skills

Client-focused mindset

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator, VMware VCP, ITIL Foundation)

Tools

Azure

VMware

Hyper-V

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer (Microsoft Azure) – Cape Town.

Are you ready to take the lead in cloud and infrastructure support? Join our team as a Senior Platform & Compute Engineer and help us deliver seamless, high-availability services across enterprise and private cloud environments.

What You’ll Do:

• Ensure server, storage, network, and hypervisor uptime through proactive maintenance and best practices.
• Tackle incidents, problems, and change requests, serving as an escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Collaborate with project and service delivery teams to onboard new customers and technologies.
• Support 24/7 operations, including on-call rotation for critical incidents.
• Drive process improvements and mentor junior engineers.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and provide clear updates to customers.

What You Bring:

• 3+ years’ experience supporting cloud platforms (Azure, VMware, Hyper-V) and enterprise storage (Dell, HPE, IBM, EMC, Huawei, Hitachi).
• Strong background in server hardware, backup, DR technologies, and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with SAN Fabric Switches and O365/M365 deployment.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator, VMware VCP, ITIL Foundation) are a plus.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and organisational skills.
• A proactive, client-focused mindset and ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Why Join Us?

• Work with cutting-edge tech in a supportive, high-performing team.
• Opportunity to lead, innovate, and shape best practices in cloud and platform engineering.
• Grow your skills and career in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.