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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

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  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • South Africa
  • Posted 23 Apr 2025 by Recru-it
  • Expires in 18 days
  • Job 2607513 - Ref PE011181

About the position

Duties:
System Administration

  • Manage and maintain servers and storage systems.
  • Develop and implement monitoring and maintenance strategies to ensure the health and performance of IT systems.
  • Ensure infrastructure security by implementing best practices and compliance with industry standards.
  • Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery Plans and perform regular testing.
  • Ensure backup, recovery, and replicating infrastructure is performing optimally.
  • Automate routine tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error.
  • Work closely with Development, Operations, and other teams to support their infrastructure and database needs and ensure seamless integration.
  • Ensure infrastructure scalability and flexibility to adapt to growing business needs
  • Create and maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure configurations, procedures, and processes.


SQL Database Support

  • Install, configure, and maintain SQL database servers and processes.
  • Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability, and security.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server performance issues.
  • Optimize SQL queries and database performance.
  • Perform regular database maintenance tasks such as backups, indexing, and updating statistics.
  • Implement and maintain database security measures.
  • Develop and implement disaster recovery plans for SQL databases.


Cloud Services

  • Deploy, manage, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure, including cloud-based SQL databases.
  • Develop migration strategies and plans, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
  • Execute and oversee the migration process, including data migration, application rehosting, and infrastructure reconfiguration.
  • Optimize Azure resources and services for performance, cost, and security.
  • Evaluate and recommend new cloud services and technologies to improve business operations.
  • Provide guidance and best practices for using Azure services, including virtual machines, databases, storage, and networking.
  • Understand ETL and the use of Azure Data factory or Synapsis
  • Basic Network understanding of the transport layer

 
Local Work

  • Create and maintain of Mailboxes for the company with EntraID and Exchange server.
  • Maintain and assist with 4me support tickets
  • Knowledge of the entire Azure infrastructure and all its components
  • Act as a IT consultant to the Wintel IT team on Hard Technical issues
  • Educate and train IT staff to be IT staff and Team leaders

 
Requirements:
Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Systems Analysis, or a related study or Equivalent experience.
  • Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, or similar.
  • SQL database certifications such as Azure Database Administrator Associate.
  • Certification in Microsoft Technologies (MCSE \ MCDBA).

 


Duties:
System Administration

  • Manage and maintain servers and storage systems.
  • Develop and implement monitoring and maintenance strategies to ensure the health and performance of IT systems.
  • Ensure infrastructure security by implementing best practices and compliance with industry standards.
  • Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery Plans and perform regular testing.
  • Ensure backup, recovery, and replicating infrastructure is performing optimally.
  • Automate routine tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error.
  • Work closely with Development, Operations, and other teams to support their infrastructure and database needs and ensure seamless integration.
  • Ensure infrastructure scalability and flexibility to adapt to growing business needs
  • Create and maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure configurations, procedures, and processes.


SQL Database Support

  • Install, configure, and maintain SQL database servers and processes.
  • Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability, and security.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server performance issues.
  • Optimize SQL queries and database performance.
  • Perform regular database maintenance tasks such as backups, indexing, and updating statistics.
  • Implement and maintain database security measures.
  • Develop and implement disaster recovery plans for SQL databases.


Cloud Services

  • Deploy, manage, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure, including cloud-based SQL databases.
  • Develop migration strategies and plans, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
  • Execute and oversee the migration process, including data migration, application rehosting, and infrastructure reconfiguration.
  • Optimize Azure resources and services for performance, cost, and security.
  • Evaluate and recommend new cloud services and technologies to improve business operations.
  • Provide guidance and best practices for using Azure services, including virtual machines, databases, storage, and networking.
  • Understand ETL and the use of Azure Data factory or Synapsis
  • Basic Network understanding of the transport layer

 
Local Work

  • Create and maintain of Mailboxes for the company with EntraID and Exchange server.
  • Maintain and assist with 4me support tickets
  • Knowledge of the entire Azure infrastructure and all its components
  • Act as a IT consultant to the Wintel IT team on Hard Technical issues
  • Educate and train IT staff to be IT staff and Team leaders

 
Requirements:
Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Systems Analysis, or a related study or Equivalent experience.
  • Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, or similar.
  • SQL database certifications such as Azure Database Administrator Associate.
  • Certification in Microsoft Technologies (MCSE \ MCDBA).

 

Desired Skills:

  • SQL Database Support
  • Cloud Services
  • Azure infrastructure
  • Wintel IT team
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering
  • SQL database certifications

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