Specialist Platform and Compute Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Specialist Platform and Compute Engineer to maintain and optimize enterprise infrastructure across VMware, Windows Server, Linux, SAN storage, and cloud integration. You will lead incident response, perform changes, and provide technical consultancy to customers, with a 24x7 on-call rotation and close collaboration with services teams.

The role requires strong hands-on experience with VMware, O365, container tech, and enterprise storage, plus a proactive

Qualifications

• Graduate or qualified by experience with ideal certifications such as AZ-305.
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware, Windows Server, and enterprise storage.
• Exposure to PCI-DSS environments and cloud integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain service availability by routine maintenance, failover testing, and proactive monitoring.
• Lead or participate in infrastructure deployment projects and changes.
• Provide technical consultancy across the business for platform and compute opportunities.
• Assist with on-call incidents and 24x7 support requirements to meet SLAs.
• Attend CAB meetings and coordinate customer communications during incidents.

Skills

VMware expertise

Windows Server administration

Linux administration

O365/M365 deployment

PowerShell scripting

Kubernetes/container tech awareness

SharePoint administration

VMware NSX/vCloud Director

PCI-DSS awareness

On-call incident handling

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

VMware VCP/ VCP-DCV (6.x/7.x/8.x)

ITIL Foundation

Dell EMC / HPE / NetApp storage certifications

Cisco Nexus knowledge

Tools

Dell EMC storage

HPE server hardware

NetApp NCTA/NCDA/NAHSE/NCSE/NCIE

SAN Fabric Switches (Brocade/Cisco)

Veeam/Commvault backups

ServiceNow/Autotask experience

Job description

Specialist Platform and Compute Engineer

About the job Specialist Platform and Compute Engineer

Specialist Platform and Computer Engineer

Qualifications

Graduate or qualified by experience with ideal certifications such as:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• VMware VCP VCP-DCV 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
• Dell EMC
• Dell Server certifications an advantage
• HPE Server certifications an advantage
• NetApp NCTA, NCDA, NAHSE, NCSE, NCIE SAN an advantage
• ITIL Foundation

Experience

• VMware vSphere 6.x 7.x
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Enterprise storage such as Dell, HPE, IBM, EMC, Huawei, Hitachi
• Experience working on SAN Fabric Switches (Brocade and Cisco)
• Server hardware support such as Dell, HP, IBM
• Experience of administering/troubleshooting Windows Server
• O365/M365 deployment, migration, and administration
• Experience of administering/troubleshooting Linux
• Exposure to managing PCI-DSS compliant environments
• VMware SRM, vSphere Replication
• Experience of deploying/administering/troubleshooting MS SharePoint
• Experience working on Cisco Nexus Switches
• Experience working on VMware NSX and vCloud Director
• Scripting knowledge: PowerShell, Power CLI
• Knowledge of container technologies such as Kubernetes
• Veeam Backup
• Commvault (Metallic in particular)

Role Responsibilities

• Maintain service availability for customers by performing routine maintenance, failover testing, implementing best practices, pro-active monitoring of alerts and status changes, etc.
• Perform project-related duties with regards to new and changing infrastructure deployments as required.
• Regularly update customers on progress of incidents, problems, and changes by telephone and email.
• Regularly update The Company ticketing system (Service Now / Autotask) with quality notes detailing progress and actions completed on open incidents, problems, and change requests.
• Complete customer Change Requests, including impact and risk analysis, implementing out of hours where required.
• Provide technical consultancy to all other areas of the business to ensure the integrity, performance, and support of new opportunities that involve Platform and Compute Support.
• Provide prompt senior technical assistance on customer incidents when Tier 1 skills have exhausted resolution attempts.
• Find technical solutions to problems where necessary and practical, without compromising the commercial viability of current and future platform solutions.
• Stay up to date and accredited within the current technologies.
• Capture repeat faults and undertake root cause analysis.
• Proactively identify fault trends.
• Where required, perform the Lead Engineer role for some of The Companys key customers on a support, service transition, and project basis.
• Work as part of the on-call rota and ensure resources are always available 24X7 and respond within SLA time frames to any calls from out of hours.
• Attend the Change Advisory Board for customer change requests.
• Attend meetings and working parties to represent Platform and Compute Support where necessary.
• Attend customer meetings to provide technical consultancy, usually by VC but occasionally on-site.
• Attend customer sites for onsite project and support-related activities.
• Undertake technical audits for key customers where issues have been identified and as part of the Service Improvement Process.
• Work closely with the solutions area of the business regarding developing new services and proposals.
• Ensure all Customer documentation is kept up to date.
• Provide input to customer-facing Technical Incident Reports.
• Help identify gaps in existing technical documentation, knowledge, and skills.
• Create and maintain technical customer documentation.