Senior Systems Engineer Mr Price Group

Mr Price Group Careers; Durban; On-site; ZAR 540,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Mr Price Group Careers is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Specialist in Durban to provide enterprise-class server, storage and cloud support. The role covers on-premises and cloud environments, upgrades, and ensuring high availability across the IT estate.

The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Intune and Microsoft 365 services, plus hands-on backup, DR design and security practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent required.
• MCSE/MCITP certifications preferred.
• 5+ years in a technical role handling servers and storage.
• Strong knowledge of Azure AD, Intune and Microsoft 365 services.
• Experience with backup, recovery design and DR implementations.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on management of enterprise-class server, storage and cloud infrastructure.
• Configure, upgrade, install and manage server and storage tools.
• Perform capacity planning to ensure scalability and availability.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software and configuration issues across the enterprise.
• Maintain servers and storage with structured maintenance plans.
• Lead and mentor junior team members in daily operations.
• Follow ITIL change control processes and governance.

Skills

Azure AD administration

Intune management

Microsoft 365 administration

Server & storage administration

Backup & DR design

ITIL change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent

MCSE/MCITP certifications

Tools

Azure

Hyper-V

VMware

Job description

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to provide enterprise-class, server and storage infrastructure technical support services.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on management of enterprise-class server, storage and cloud infrastructure
• Configure, upgrade, install and manage server and storage diagnostic, configuration and management tools
• Perform capacity management and planning to ensure scalability and availability of the server, storage and cloud environment
• Troubleshoot and resolve software, hardware, configuration and operational problems across the enterprise environment
• Maintain servers and storage area networks through practical and structured maintenance plans
• Manage and report on new implementations, lifecycle management, patch management, optimisation and service improvement initiatives
• Administer, manage and troubleshoot Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including identity governance, conditional access, RBAC and SSO configurations
• Manage, troubleshoot and optimise Microsoft Intune including device enrolment, compliance policies, configuration profiles and application deployments
• Administer and support the Microsoft 365 suite including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive and licensing management
• Investigate and resolve escalated issues related to Entra ID, Intune and Microsoft 365 services
• Work with vendor technical support to facilitate the analysis and resolution of complex technical issues
• Participate in the design and engineering of a secure server, storage and modern workplace environment and delivery of IT projects
• Lead and mentor junior team members and Systems Administrators in day-to-day technical operations
• Follow and enforce established change management processes in alignment with ITIL best practices
• Ensure systems administration tasks and documentation are kept up to date in compliance with operational standards and governance requirements
• Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery infrastructure planning, building and testing
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure, endpoint management and operational processes

Qualifications

• Relevant IT Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma or Complete Microsoft Certifications (MCSE/MCITP)
• Storage Certification (Advantage)
• A minimum of 5 years in a technical role (design, implementation and maintenance of servers and storage).
• Expect knowledge of hardware platforms, converged infrastructure, networking, SAN, NAS and subsystems.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise and mid-range storage, file system, cloud and virtualisation technologies.
• Experience in installation, upgrade, patching of server hardware and platform software.
• Experience in backup, recovery design, DR implementation, monitoring implementation, troubleshooting, performance tuning and optimization.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including identity governance, conditional access, RBAC and SSO