Latest Jobs at The Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives    
1.To implement, administer and maintain Azure platform:

• Provide support for Azure services (IaaS, PaaS, etc)
• Resolve Incidents and fulfil Service Requests using a service management ticket queue and Change Management processes.
• Provision Azure Infrastructure for Windows and Linux servers
• Ensure Enterprise server standards are met and maintained.
• Research of new solutions for business units
• Responsible for overall health, high availability, maintenance, and documentation of Azure solutions
• Problem analysis and implementation of corrective actions on new and existing solutions.
• Provide after-hours support on a rotating On-Call basis

2. Troubleshoot Azure outages and performance issues:

• Troubleshoot outages and identify solutions to mitigate productivity loss
• Setup and test alerts for a number of services
• Firm knowledge of Azure Advisor
• Raise and follow through with Premier calls

3. Analyze and implement cost-saving solutions:

• Sound knowledge of Log Analytics
• Use metrics to right-size solutions
• Implement scripts to start, shutdown and report on IaaS solutions

4. Interact with other teams to implement best solutions

• Ability to interact with other teams in a professional manner
• Design, cost and present new solutions
• Document solutions and expectations

5. Scripting and automation

• Automating repetitive tasks to reduce admin overhead
• Extract, change and delete data via script.
• Process workloads in bulk via script.
• Automate regular maintenance via script.
• Manage tasks with PowerShell, JSON, etc

6. To implement and assist with Disaster recovery management, procedures & documentation

• Keep DR environment in sync with production environment.
• Assist with DR trials by recovery of systems and applications.
• Assist with creation of DR plan and recovery procedures for Azure systems and applications.
• Assist with creation of DR documentation for Azure systems and applications.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12
• Industry Certification: MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer): Infrastructure Engineer
• Industry Certification: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• Industry Certification: MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Private Cloud

Experience    

• 3-4 years Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure
• 5-10 years Extensive experience with Microsoft Windows Server
• 5-10 years Proven history of incident response, diagnostic activities, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective Action Plans, and advanced troubleshooting
• 3-5 years Experience in documenting environment and processes

Knowledge and Skills    

• Understanding of the concepts of "cloud"
• Understanding of Microsoft Azure fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of Microsoft Windows Server fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and its components (DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, etc) fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of virtualisation technologies fundamentals and concepts
• Understanding of network and storage principles