Job Title: IT Infrastructure Lead
Estimated Salary: R1,200,000 - R1,500,000 per annum
About the Company
Abantu Staffing Solutions is a leading staffing company with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We have a substantial private sector client base across South Africa and neighbouring countries.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Lead to support our infrastructure and lead a team of technical staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing, configuring, maintaining infrastructure, servers, virtual machines, and network systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement, configure, maintain infrastructure, servers, virtual machines, and network systems, including security measures.
- Provide technical support to internal and external clients.
- Recommend solutions, evaluate industry trends, and assist in implementing standards and best practices.
- Create technical documentation for processes, procedures, changes, upgrades, and implementation plans.
- Monitor computer systems to identify performance improvement opportunities and resolve issues to ensure high availability and security.
- Implement, maintain, and support cloud-based systems, including Azure.
- Provide technical support for internal application systems and email.
- Lead and manage a team of 6 IT technical resources.
Requirements
- Troubleshooting and problem resolution skills.
- Technical understanding and experience in setting up and configuring servers, VMWare, and backup software.
- Technical expertise in general networking.
- A sound understanding of Windows Server 2012 and up, including WSUS, File Server, AD, DNS, Exchange server, VMWare 6.5 and up.
- VEEAM Backup and Replication experience, including DR configuration, backup jobs, and schedules.
- Server and SAN experience, including RAID configurations, LUN configurations, and best practice techniques.
- Working knowledge of HP and Dell server platforms.
- Exposure and/or experience with Azure will be an advantage.
About You
You will have a national diploma or bachelor's degree in Information Technology (optional) and relevant technical qualifications. A minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role is required. Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server and VM infrastructure is essential.
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