Systems Administrator - Virtualisation at FNB South Africa

Role summary and requirements:

• The ideal candidate must be a highly skilled Engineer who assists with the design, oversees the implementation and maintenance of our Virtual platform and drives the successful delivery of projects.
• You will work closely with our technical support management teams across regions, engineering teams globally and local field team to ensure that the Virtualisation technologies are delivering overall superior service and support to our customers

You will be responsible for:

Virtualisation Infrastructure Design and Implementation:

• Design, implement, and maintain Virtualisation infrastructure solutions that meet the business and technical requirements.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of the Virtualisation environment.
• Maintain an accurate and current hardware and infrastructure software inventory.
• Be the team’s voice on project expectations for the platform on new or in-flight projects.
• Generate internal knowledge base articles and issue resolution where possible.
• Lead and/or being involved in Global Strategic Initiatives
• Ensure compliance with audit requirements
• Manage own development to increase own competencies

Troubleshooting and Support:

• Be experienced in troubleshooting issue with VMware and other Virtualisation technology solutions, including Virtualisation Provisioning Services, Virtualisation Environment Management, Virtualisation Policies, Multi-site aggregations, vSphere.
• Ensure all areas of the Virtualisation infrastructure are monitored managed and reported on accordingly.
• Optimisation of functional areas, e.g., Server Deployments, and User experience.
• Proactively monitor environment for capacity, stress, risk and workload to take necessary remediation steps.
• Work with Virtualisation team to implement formal feedback mechanisms for incidents, causes, and resolutions.
• Lead the resolution of complex technical issues related to Virtualisation infrastructure.
• Provide escalated support for critical incidents and outages.
• Implement proactive measures to prevent recurring issues.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of Virtualisation architecture, configurations, and processes.
• Generate regular reports on system performance, capacity, and utilization.
• Participate in documenting, communicating, and enforcing policies for securing and standardizing systems, infrastructure and software as necessary.

We will be a match if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining virtualisation solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of Virtualisation technologies, such as VMware.
• Familiarity with networking, storage, and security concepts related to virtualisation solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong skills in automation using PowerShell.
• Background in the development and management of remote support groups, international support groups and 24 x 7 support operations.
• Extensive expertise in developing metrics to measure the effectiveness of technical support within the organization.
• Familiarity with systems operations and management environments within large enterprise customers and/or service providers is desirable.
• Good communications and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of accomplishment and effectiveness within organizations.

End Date: October 2, 2025