Principal Systems Engineer at SUMMIT Africa Recruitment

Principal Systems Engineer

• Our client is one of the largest Oracle Platinum Partners, and they hold a Gold Status Partnership with Microsoft. They offer a complete service in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). They take care of your technology so that your workforce is free to focus on your customers’ needs, build productivity, grow profits, and embark on the journey to Digital Transformation.

Core Description

• Technical lead on expert level for data center virtualization services, primarily VMware or Microsoft based, but also other hypervisors.
• Elevated research, design and architecture solutioning capability and skills.
• Unsupervised, responsible for installation and operational support of Virtualization Infrastructure and related back-end systems.
• Advanced solution documentation and drafting skills, including reference architectures, baseline documentation and standards.
• Advanced capacity management and balancing, rightsizing and demand versus supply management.
• Effectively executes all related tasks within the support areas with the focus on SLA management and delivery against these.
• Participation in project planning and implementations
• Experienced with Cloud Platforms

Key Deliverables / Primary Functions

Primarily responsible for :

• Primary and Shared Services clients support
• Virtualization infrastructure support –
  • VMware Virtualization infrastructure,
  • Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure
  • Capacity Management Tools (e.g. Turbonomics)
• Back-End infrastructure applications support
• Virtual Workload Management
• Pre-Sales Support and Solution Review
• Consultative Engagement with Existing and Prospective Clients
• Research and Innovation/Automation
• Participating in Capacity Management & Data Analytics
• ITIL based management methodology
• Documentation/Technical Authoring
• Hardware/Software Installation
• Cross-Competency Systems Integration
• Systems Testing and Quality Assurance
• Dedicated Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Solutions
• Technical leading capacity to team members

Qualifications

• Matric or Grade 12 or NQF4
• Information Technology - national diploma or bachelor’s degree (optional)
• Relevant Information Technology technical qualification
• ITIL Foundation v3/v4
• Driver’s license minimum code 08

Experience

• Minimum of 10+ years relevant technical experience
• Experience in cloud virtualization industry will be advantageous
• Technical understanding of the industry

Certification

Suggested (as applicable):

• ITIL Foundation v3/v4
• VMware Certified Professional
• Microsoft Certified
• AWS Certification
• Azure Certification