Senior Systems Administrator - Sandton Verfied

Salary Negotiable Sandton, Gauteng Sandton, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 27-07-2021 11:28:21 AM
21-09-2021 11:28:21 AM
SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR Required in Linbro Business Park

We are a national Network Operator CM Value Added Services who physically constructs and maintains our own infrastructure in South Africa and a few African countries. We are looking for a Senior System Administrator.

Primary roles and responsibilities:
• Proactively manage and maintain server, network and firewall systems –
• Administer and support core Linux, Microsoft, Mikrotik, Fortigate and VMware technologies
• Design and implement monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions that will make a hands-off environment
• Provide after-hours support for Infrastructure related emergencies as well occasional weekend maintenance
• Maintain inventory and asset configuration documentation
• Proactively identify and resolve issues before they become critical
• Supports network infrastructure (e.g. routers, switches, access points, firewalls) for the purpose of ensuring effective and efficient networking systems.
• Supports server systems (e.g., servers operating systems, server backup, routine maintenance programs, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring efficient operations.
• Participates in the resolution of help desk requests.
• To provide customer documentation for the Service Desk to improve first time fix rate for faults and service requests.

Requirements
• Own Transport and Driver’s License
• Valid IT certifications (MCITP, MCSE, CompTIA, Microsoft, Cisco etc)
• The ability to manage setup and administration of Active Directory
• Spec and installation of Hardware
• Deployment of Monitoring for all internal and external systems
• System Health Reporting
• The ability to understand and perform backup’s
• The ability to recover data through the necessary tool usage;
• VMWARE Administration
• Advanced knowledge of Windows Server /desktop Operating Systems
• Managing more than 20 Windows Server infrastructures
• Managing deployments/rollouts
• Managing server virtualization technologies like VMWare Server/ESX or Microsoft
• HyperV/Virtual Server
• A solid understanding of LAN/WAN networking
• Group Policy design and configuration
• Microsoft IIS administration and configuration
• Active Directory/LDAP user and group administration
• Ability to troubleshoot network issues including back bone infrastructure issues
• LAN Routing and Switching design, configuration and troubleshooting (VLANs, IP Subnetting, 802.1Q trunks)
• Advanced Linux knowledge and understanding.
• Troubleshooting of Linux environments.