Senior Server Engineer at Datacentrix

About the job

Our client in JHB-North is looking for a Senior Server Engineer with 10 years of experience in a Microsoft server environment supporting and maintaining day to day administration and operations of the servers.

Qualification and Experience required:

• Matric and BCom /BTech Degree in Information Technology
• Microsoft certifications (server 2012 r2, server 2016/19)
• Office 365 and Azure 
• 10 years’ experience in a Microsoft server environment looking after day to day administration and operations.
• Experience in design, setup, configuration and support
• Experience in Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, MS Server 2012 – 2019, Hyper-V, SCOM, SCCM, SCVMM, Backup Software such as Veeam, Microsoft Azure, Office365, MS Endpoint Protection, Group policy management, Powershell,
• Knowledge of and experience in the Fortigate Firewalls, IIS, Mimecast, MS Service Manager, SQL Server 2012 – 2019, SQL Scripting, SSRS, SSIS, SharePoint, Dynamics AX is advantageous

Overall Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing Core applications, software, and operating systems for customers.
• Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
• Integrate servers, including e-mail, print, and backup servers and their associated software into enterprise systems.
• Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software, Core Technologies, and other applications.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems.
• Perform routine system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes.
• Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps.
• Improve existing processes through solutions to recurring problems and enhancements to existing solutions or documentation.