Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer (Durban) (2-year contract) HLR7968

Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Research company focusing on medical research for Global projects has an urgent requirement for a Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer. 2 year renewable contract.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Take responsibility and management of the infrastructure, support and maintenance.
• Management of systems and network environment.
• Leverage cloud-based technologies.
• Communicate with stakeholders to identify what they want to accomplish with a system.
• Use expert-level administration and optimization of hosts and servers to ensure high degree of availability and appropriate resource management.
• Patch management of all servers and end user devices.
• Management of Helpdesk service requests.
• Monitor and respond to system alerts and system/server backups.
• Conduct high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and establish preventive measures.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science.
• 5 years’ experience in IT with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in technology strategy development, system design and development.
• Extensive expertise in leading cross-functional teams on projects.
• Proven track record in IT Vendor Management.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, Office 365 (Exchange online, SharePoint, PowerApps), VMware, Veeam and related hyper-converged infrastructure.
• Server Installation and Configuration, LAN/WAN configuration and support.
• ITIL.
• Knowledge of Linux Systems advantageous.
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude.
• Leadership skills.

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