About the position
Are you an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with a passion for designing, managing, and securing enterprise IT environments? Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead the delivery, support, and continuous improvement of both IT and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructure across multiple African operations
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and support enterprise infrastructure including VMware, Hyper-V, HCI (Dell/HP), physical servers, Active Directory, Azure, AWS, Storage, and Backup solutions (Veeam/CommVault)
- Provide technical leadership for IT and OT infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, resilience, and compliance
- Lead infrastructure projects, strategic initiatives, and technology upgrades across the region
- Manage complex infrastructure incidents, root cause analysis, and disaster recovery processes
- Oversee vendor relationships, service providers, and project delivery
- Implement infrastructure monitoring, cybersecurity controls, and governance frameworks
- Support Microsoft 365, end-user technologies, video conferencing, and enterprise infrastructure services
- Drive continuous improvement, risk management, and infrastructure standardisation across multiple sites
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- 7+ years' IT Infrastructure experience, with at least 5 years' hands-on experience supporting enterprise servers, HCI, Storage, Backup, Active Directory, Azure/AWS, and virtualisation technologies
- Strong knowledge of VMware, Hyper-V, Dell/HP infrastructure, SAN/NAS Storage, RAID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Veeam and/or CommVault
- Solid understanding of infrastructure security, governance, disaster recovery, and enterprise monitoring
- Experience within the mining industry will be advantageous
Preferred Certifications:
- A+ & N+
- MCSE (or equivalent Microsoft certification)
- VMware Administrator
- AWS or Azure Administrator
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- Veeam Administrator (advantageous)
This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading organisation where you'll play a key role in shaping and securing critical infrastructure across multiple African operations while working with cutting-edge technologies. If you're a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise and leadership skills, we'd love to hear from you
Desired Skills:
- Senior
- Infrastructure
- Engineer
