Cloud Engineer

Department: Technical Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: SA | Central | Johannesburg

Description

This role is responsible for the design, provision, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Azure:

Cloud Infrastructure Design/Architecture definition.
Estimation of Architecture Costs.
Customer Environment Deployment.
Customer Support on Environments.
Cyber Security Regulations.
Customer Cloud Infrastructure maintenance.
Performance Monitoring, proactive management, and Reporting.
Server Administration.
Actively participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives.
This person is expected to work with business users, analysts, and peers to provide solutions following a defined Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process. The person is expected to be a Mid to Senior Level Microsoft Engineer and has the capability and understanding of other
applications such as Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft Server environments in order to recommend and utilize appropriate toolsets based on business requirements.
The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as apparent or assigned.
The job requires standby duties to be performed after hours on a rotation basis.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Qualifications and Experience

Senior Certificate or NQF 4 equivalent.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent is an advantage.
3 – 5 years’ experience in Large Microsoft Enterprise environments
Relevant and Current Azure Certifications

Skills required

Strong Industry knowledge
Strong business process knowledge
Strong Technical Skills
Strong hardware and software knowledge
Strong networking infrastructure knowledge
Excellent writing skills (English)
Excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent Analytical Skills
Excellent time management
Excellent training skills
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to visualize the big picture and manage minute details.
Motivated and strong work ethic.
Collaborative personality with excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels in the organization.

Knowledge

Familiarity with Active Directory, Security, OS Internal concepts, IIS Administration experience.
Experience with Hyper-V configuration and administration networking.
Experience with Microsoft Management tools (SCOM, SCCM, SCSM, MS Orchestrator (Opalis)).
Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, NetMon, wire shark, etc.).
Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS.
Advanced experience with scripting tools such as XML and PowerShell.
Experience working with and maintaining MS SQL Server, including performance tuning.
Experience configuring and maintaining MS Azure PaaS & IaaS & SaaS offerings.
Server clustering experience.
Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification.
Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Certifications.
Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification
Understanding of security and segregation of duty requirements for an enterprise system.

Selection Assessments

SYSPRO Interview

SYSPRO Final Interview