Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Our client is requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to manage the Physical Data Centre Infrastructure (Vmware and SAN).

The purpose of this role is to help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data centre operations.

The successful candidate must have experience creating/devising strategies, mentoring people at all levels, sponsoring projects, and proposing technical solutions. This position involves leading teams in Server Support, VMware support, SAN/Array Support, Backup support, and Linux, support

Location: Johannesburg

Job type: On-site ? Permanent

Duties and Responsibilities

• Management of the servers
• Ensure that servers have the appropriate Firmware and Drivers installed and up to date
• Ensure that servers are monitored for performance and uptime
• Set up and configure storage devices
• Do routine maintenance on storage devices
• Upgrade Storage device firmware
• Management of all disks
• Ensure that a process for obtaining and installing replacement parts is created and implemented
• Ensure that disks are monitored for performance and integrity
• Ensure SAN replication takes place
• Create and/or regularly update a backup and restore procedure and policy
• Maintain a record of system backup frequencies and backup times
• Perform regular tests of the ability to restore backed-up data
• Ensure backups conform to best practice retention cycles
• Ensure All critical Business systems are replicated at DR
• Manage Infrastructure DR Plan
• Manage DR Datacentre availability and stability
• Manage DR connectivity
• Manage DR capacity
• Define and regularly review SLA with affected business users
• All aspects within VMware
• Ensure all infrastructure facilities are secure
• Manage environmental monitoring
• Create and / or regularly update a capacity management process and procedure
• Regular review of capacity management monitoring results
• Implementation of appropriate actions to address findings of capacity management monitoring
• Hardware diagnostics followed by physical repair and participation in an on-call rotation
• Leading teams in Server Support, VMware support, SAN/Array Support, Backup support, and Linux support.
• Participate in site-level project work and fix complex problems
• Create documentation, innovate solutions, participate in site-level project work, and fix complex problems within the Data Center Space.

Minimum Requirements

• A bachelor?s degree or Equivalent IT Qualification or Diploma
• SAN Certified
• Vmware Certified
• Server Support
• Storage Support
• Minimum 7+ Years Working Experience
• 5+ years of experience in a technical environment.
• 5+ years' experience in participating in on-call rotations, and providing after-hours support in an environment that operates 24/7
• 5+ years of experience with Computer hardware and Data Centres.
• 5+ Years working on Vmware or storage environments
• Experience in people management, a strong technical understanding
• Strong knowledge of Data Centres and hardware repair
• Willing to work extended hours
• Willing to travel

Skills

• Work prioritization,
• Organizational skills,
• Effective communication,
• Ability to react quickly

If you meet the above criteria, we invite you to apply directly to the advertisement. Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks of application, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful