Cloud engineer
Johannesburg, Gauteng
R 400000 ZA Per annum
Cloud Engineer Department: Information Technology Employment Type: Full Time Location: SA | 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 Senior Level Microsoft Administrator 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.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Qualifications and Experience:
Senior Certificate or NQF 4 equivalent.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
3 – 5 years experience in Large Microsoft Enterprise environments
Relevant and Current Azure Certifications
Experience as an IT project resource or lead
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)).
Experience with Unified Messaging (MS Exchange and Lync/Skype for Business)
Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, Net Mon, wire shark, etc.).
Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS.
Advanced experience with scripting tools such as XML and Power Shell.
Experience working with and maintaining MS SQL Server, including performance tuning.
Experience configuring and maintaining MS Azure Paa S & Iaa S & Saa S offerings.
Server clustering experience.
Experience with data reconciliation and migration between data environments (e.g. dev, test, staging, prod, etc).
Experience with Virtualized storage including vendors like Net App, EMC, Nimble, and Microsoft. ISCI and Fiber channel SAN storage experience.
MCSE Server Infrastructure or MCSE Private Cloud.
Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions Certifications.
Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Certifications.
Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions Certification.
Understanding of security and segregation of duty requirements for an enterprise system.
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