A manufacturing company in Germiston is looking for an IT Assistant.

The position will report to the Head of Dept – Information Technology

Education & qualifications

Grade 12
A+, N+, MSCE or similar
Good MS Office knowledge
Excellent English (Afrikaans or African language will be an advantage)

Experience

3 years networking and desktop support experience.
Experience in MS Teams and Zoom
ACS Embrace administration experience
Sage Pastel experience
Sage X3 experience is advantageous
MS Server experience

Additional requirements
Must have own transport
Working hours are from 8:30 to 5pm

Duties & responsibilities:
• Desktop support and Microsoft operating system configurations.
• Microsoft server administration and maintenance.
• Network cabling install and fault finding (LAN, WAN, WiFi).
• Printer setup with SMTP configuration.
• Maintaining and monitoring communication equipment for VOIP, Fibre, MPLS etc.
• PC setups and software installations.
• ACS Embrace support.
• Sage Pastel support
• Setup and maintaining of code files on Embrace.
• Setup and maintain antivirus and backups.
• Formatting of PC’s.
• Running of day end, month end and year end job streams.
• Liaising with ISP.
• Month end reporting with Excel reports.
• Weekly IT report
• Maintaining MS O365, Active Directory, IIS, DNS, DHCP
• Hardware diagnostics.
• Network routing.
• Remote assistance.

Personal skills
Above average understanding of computer devices
Attention to detail
Good time keeping
Excellent telephone skills

Salary is negotiable depending on experience.

Please submit CV in MS Word, stating current salary and availability.