As a Junior IT Engineer, this position will be fulfilling a role in a corporate environment based in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. The role provides for good growth opportunity for the willing candidate.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Installation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and monitoring of IT hardware and software.
- Supporting IT operations for desktops, networking support (LAN/WAN/VPN)
- Monitoring and maintenance of backup and replication operations.
- IT Ticket resolution
- Liaising with IT vendors and third-party support
- IT administration tasks
- Occasional standby work, outside of business hours and weekends.

Skill sets required:

- Relevant industry certification or significant progress in achieving such certification

2+ years’ experience in:
- Laptop/Desktop computers,
- Installing and maintaining Windows desktop operating systems
- Network technologies [LAN, WAN, VPN, VLAN’s]

1+ years’ experience in:
- Windows server technologies and Hyper-V would be an added advantage
- Microsoft Active Directory skills.

Ability to:
- meet deadlines and manage stress effectively in pressure situations.
- work as part of a team and take direction from management.
- work remotely and unsupervised as required.
- Understand IT principles and communicate technical concepts effectively.
- Exercise discretion and confidentiality