Senior Project Engineer Isando

Cutting Edge Recruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Incentive plan

Job summary

Medtronic seeks a Senior IT Technologist to deliver advanced on-site infrastructure support and deployments across office, manufacturing, and lab environments. You will ensure stability, performance, and uptime of critical IT systems and collaborate with global IT teams.

The role requires strong networking, compute, storage, and end-user tech skills, plus after-hours support and occasional travel. Apply through official channels.

Qualifications

• Matric plus a 3-year IT diploma/degree or equivalent with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• CCNA or equivalent certification is preferred; strong networking and security knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and document on-site infrastructure solutions across office, manufacturing, and lab environments.
• Troubleshoot complex issues; monitor and optimize LAN/WAN/MAN networks and multi-site connectivity.
• Lead or support multi-site infrastructure projects with milestones and timelines.
• Coordinate vendors and onsite service activities; maintain technical docs and SOPs.

Education

Matric + IT diploma/degree

Tools

SCCM

Intune

PowerShell

VMware vSphere

Job description

Sr IT Technologist Site Infrastructure & Operations

Onsite
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Full time
R70046
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

**A Day in the Life**
Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology, united by our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. With a presence in more than 150 countries, we combine innovation and expertise to solve some of the world's toughest healthcare challenges, empowering our people to do meaningful work that improves lives every day.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior IT Technologist to deliver advanced, hands‑on infrastructure support and deployments across office, manufacturing, distribution, administrative, and lab environments. In this role, you will act as a key on‑site infrastructure expert, ensuring the stability, performance, and uptime of critical IT systems.

The Senior IT Technologist role involves working closely with local and global IT teams to support and optimize infrastructure operations. Responsibilities include troubleshooting complex issues, coordinating site activities, managing vendor relationships, and executing projects across various locations. The position requires strong technical skills in networking, computing, storage, and end‑user technologies, as well as maintaining compliance with hardware, software, and security standards. After‑hours support, on‑call duties, and occasional travel are also part of the role.

**Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:**

• Design, deploy, and document infrastructure solutions that meet business, architecture, and compliance requirements.
• Manage system configuration, capacity, compatibility, reliability, and overall infrastructure performance.
• Monitor environments, troubleshoot issues, analyze logs, and implement changes to improve performance and efficiency.
• Provide advanced support for network infrastructure, including routers, switches, wireless, firewalls, and multi‑site connectivity.
• Maintain secure and reliable LAN, WAN, and MAN networks, including patching, segmentation, and upgrades.
• Deliver onsite infrastructure support, including diagnostics, hardware installation, cabling, configuration, and asset lifecycle management.
• Lead or support local and multi‑site infrastructure projects, ensuring milestones, resources, and delivery timelines are met.
• Coordinate vendors, procurement, and onsite service activities while aligning business, site, and regional infrastructure needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, global IT teams, and service providers to provide technical guidance, status updates, and recommendations.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, SOPs, and support for networking, compute, storage, backup, cloud, and hybrid environments.

**Required Knowledge and Experience:**

• Matric plus 3‑year diploma/degree in IT field (or equivalent) with 4+ years of relevant experience
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience across networks, servers, storage, and backup solutions
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic capability in infrastructure environments
• Advanced knowledge of networking, device security, and enterprise systems
• Proficiency in monitoring and troubleshooting tools
• Ability to independently perform infrastructure tasks (rack, stack, cabling)
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper, or Dell Technologies
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Reliable transportation
• Ability to lift up to 23 kg
• Preferred qualifications include a CCNA certification or equivalent, previous Medtronic experience, and knowledge of both cloud and on‑premises data center environments. It is also helpful to have experience with UPS systems, power supply, structured cabling, and leading or coordinating IT projects. Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as VMware vSphere, a solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, and experience with audio‑visual and unified communications technologies are also valued. In addition, proficiency in SCCM, Intune, and PowerShell, along with strong skills in log analysis, debugging, and infrastructure optimization, would be beneficial.

**Physical Job Requirements**
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

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**Benefits & Compensation**
**Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package**
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
**We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
**We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
**This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will.

• **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
**Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need.
**Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
**Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it's about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
**Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other criteria protected by governing law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.
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