Hot Jobs at Datacentrix

• MTS's external client in the mining sector in West Rand is looking for an Application Portfolio Manager on a12 months' contract.  You must have experience in management of multiple applications within an organisation across various applications/streams (HR, Finance, ERP, Logistics etc) and substreams. This role would also require you to have a strong technical background, Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) and dependency mapping tools and people management to guide and assist Team Leads across these applications/streams. Past Cloud computing, integration and hosting experience is essential to achieve success in this role.

Requirements:

• Degree in IT, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• 7+ years of experience in IT operations, application management, or a similar role.
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership or management position.
• Certifications in ITIL, COBIT, PMP, or equivalent frameworks are a plus.
• Experience with third-party applications, SaaS, PaaS, and related technologies.
• Proven leadership and management experience
• Deep understanding of Application Portfolio Management (APM) principles and tools.
• Experience with Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) and dependency mapping tools.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the operational aspects of managing the organization's third-party application landscape.
• Leading and coordinating teams that manage configuration processes, dependency mapping, and relationships across applications, hosting environments, integrations, and supporting infrastructure.
• The manager ensures that application inventory management, lifecycle processes, and roadmap development are implemented effectively and align with organizational goals.

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• Datacentrix is looking for an IT Asset Administrator with finance experience and knowledge.  The IT Asset Administrator will be responsible for the control of internal IT assets, Biometric access system control. The applicant must show case the following qualities: consistency, trustworthy, dependable and must be deadline driven.

Qualification and Experience Required:

• Matric Certificate
• IT Diploma
• 1 - 3 years experience in asset management field
• Must have good MS Excel skills – minimum intermediate level certification
• Finance knowledge and background will be advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Keeping track of including hardware and software licenses, and ensuring that they are used effectively
• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and policies related to data privacy, security, and access
• Managing relationships with IT vendors, including negotiating and renewing contracts, evaluating, and procuring new technologies, and resolving issues
• Maintaining accurate documentation of IT systems and processes, including network diagrams, system configurations, and user guides
• Collaborating with other IT staff and departments to ensure smooth functioning of IT services and projects
• Documenting processes, as well as backing up and archiving data.
• Coordinate and manage monthly application back and restore testing
• Assis in preparing and continuous verification of IT disaster recovery and continuity plan
• Perform various monthly reconciliations on Active Directory users and endpoint control
• Assisting Group IT manager with Audit evidence for all internal and external IT audits including ISO audits and POPIA compliancy.

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• Datacentrix is looking for a SCCM and Intune Support Engineer to join our Information Technology team in Cape Town. As a Support Engineer, you will specialize in 1st Line Support, providing assistance with Endpoint Manager support (SCCM and Intune)

Purpose of Role:

• Provide Endpoint Manager (SCCM and Intune), Microsoft server and Cloud services support.

Critical Requirements Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Matric Qualification
• MCSE, with 70-703, 70-745 or similar
• Tertiary IT qualification
• At least 3 to 5 + years’ supporting SCCM with exposure to
• OS deployment
• Application packaging and deployment
• Patch management
• Reporting
• Co-management with Intune
• At least 3 + years’ supporting Intune
• Good understanding of server environment
• Ability to clearly articulate problems and solutions with the technical team 
• Self-managed
• Valid Drivers License and own reliable vehicle

Primary Role Accountabilities

• Application packaging and deployment
• Patch management
• Operating system deployment 
• Office 365 administration
• Device hardening and vulnerability management
• Assist with escalations from 1steline support engineers

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• Datacentrix is looking for a Senior Ivanti Heat Administrator with at-least 5+ years of experience. The candidates must be ITSM certified and will be responsible for the provision of day-to-day Heat administration and support in a large corporation with a multiple Heat environment, including resolution of Heat problems, data backup and restore, and the production of Heat performance statistics.  Includes the installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, and monitoring of Heat Modules and associated software products, in support of operational systems and the development environment.  Ensures data integrity across multiple modules and ensures consistent data structure, data recovery, maintenance, data integrity, and space requirements for physical database are met through implementation of policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management.  Able to interrogate databases using an appropriate programming/query language.

Required Qualifications:

• Matric & relevant Degree/Diploma in IT
• ITSM Certificate
• MCSA / MSCE – Solutions Associate / Expert

Responsibilities:

• Operational Support:
• Analyse options, risk, and impact to business processes and recommendations
• Analyse business requirements by conducting information-gathering sessions with clients, analysing the information and prioritizing the requirements to gain understanding of the business needs.
• Ensure that all calls are assigned/ reassigned timeously and resolved within Service Target.
• Assist 1stLine Support ITSM and relevant departments when required, to get requests/ incidents resolved on time.
• Meeting objective and taking responsibility, apply Best Practice and Standards to proceed
• Provide governance and stewardship in order to provide direction, focus and set priorities.
• Implement ITIL best practices for Service Support and Service Delivery
• Maintaining an effective Service Level Management (SLM) process by defining SLA, OLA and UC.
• Updating the existing SLA, OLA or UC when required Evaluate and coordinate process enhancements
• Grow and Implement Service Request Management. Enable the IT customers to define offered services, publish those services in a service catalogue
• Foundation Data
• Business Time Segments
• Configure Assignments
• Data Management tool
• Organizational Structure
• Product and Operational Catalogues
• People Management
• Incident Management:
• Full Application Administration
• Data Management
• Incident Templates
• Notifications and Milestones
• Decision Tree Configurations
• Service Level Management:
• Service level management Incident Management
• Service level management Change Management
• Service level management Request Management
• Creating service targets for all of the above
• Change Management:
• Configuring Change Management
• Configuring task assignments
• Risk Factors
• Configuring Task Management System
• Setting application preferences and options
• Configuring approvals
• Configuring Release Management
• Change Templates
• Service Request Management:
• Set up the framework for Service Request Management Module
• Create SRM Application Templates
• Create SRM Application Object Templates
• Create SRM Process Definition Templates
• Create SRM Service Request Definitions
• Configure SRM Approvals
• Configure SRM Assignments
• Configure SRM Entitlements
• Navigational Categories
• Works Order Settings
• Work Order Rules
• Work Order Templates

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• Our client in the Logistics sector in Pomona (Kempton Park) is seeking a talented Azure Architect who specializes in Cloud and DevOps to be part of their dynamic team. As an Azure Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure. Essentially you need to know what new developments/updates/functionality there are in Azure before it is made public. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in similar roles like Platform Engineer, DevOps, SRE or Backend Engineer with a strong background in DevOps and Cloud technologies, CI pipelines, ARM, Terraform, Ansible, and writing production-quality bash scripts. Proficiency in FinOps and services plans is essential. 

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Builds, runs and supports highly available platform with security first principle aligned with the company standards,
• Proactively stays up to date with new Microsoft Azure services and more optimized cost offerings,
• Creates and manages platform on the company Azure infrastructure using ARM, Terraform, Ansible,
• Implements logging & monitoring into Datadog to ensure smooth operation of the Azure platform,
• Defines & manages service-level metrics such as SLIs SLOs SLAs using Datadog logging & monitoring,
• Handles incidents & outages, restores services, and performs post-incident & root cause analysis,
• Owns FinOps & Capacity Planning to optimize spending and scalability, and review opportunities,
• Delivers continuous improvement of recipes, scripts, and templates for reproducible deployments
• Shows proficiency in secure infrastructure & networking, and data life cycle management,
• Deploys and manages Azure Container Apps, uses Azure DevOps to build CI/CD pipelines,
• Leverages strong collaborative skills to partner with development and QA teammates,
• Collaborates with teammates to resolve performance issues and infrastructure-related defects,
• Collaborates with teammates in the continuous evolution of the Track & Trace technical architecture 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience working as a Platform Engineer, DevOps, SRE or Backend Engineer
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
• 3+ years of experience working with CI pipelines (Azure DevOps, Azure)
• Proficiency with ARM, Terraform, Ansible
• Proficiency in writing production-quality bash scripts
• Proficiency with FinOps and services plans 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• Azure Container Apps (ACA) experience a plus
• Experience setting up Datadog a big plus
• Hands on Experience with Terraform a plus
• Hands on experience with Ansible a plus
• Degree in computer science preferred

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• Our client is looking for a Domain Engineer with extensive experience in  Active Directory, LDAP Queries, PowerShell Scripting to Modify AD Attributes, Group Policy Analysis, GPO Configuration & Item-Level Targeting, Workstation Configurations, Browser Configuration Settings, familiarity with VMView and other Applications that integrated with Active Directory.

Requirements: 

• Matric and IT relevant qualification
• 7+ years of relevant Advanced Active Directory implementation, maintenance and support experience is required
• System Architecture Design, documenting, consulting
• Security certificate management and deployments / Wildcard certificates
• Secure FTP (Cerberus beneficial)
• Microsoft Licensing Knowledge
• Reverse Proxy / Static pages / Fortinet
• Microsoft Windows Server Opera
• MPLS / IP Routing
• ting system (2008/2012/2016/2019)
• Microsoft Failover clustering and High Availability technology
• Understanding and application of API/Integration key concepts
• Scripting/programming languages (Powershell and C#)
• Virtualisation (VMWare and HyperV)
• MS Exchange (2013 or newer)
• SMTP/POP3
• HTML
• MailMarshal
• Terminal Services
• Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS)

Responsibilities:

• The Domain or Active Directory Engineer will plan, support, implement and design a directory synchronization system for Microsoft Active Directory and Windows-based systems across the enterprise, including directory and identity management solutions
• Will do implementation of Business-driven changes, Configuration of Group Policies and Integration of AD Management tools/services
• Analysis, design and implementation of Active Directory and Identity Management solutions
• Independently manage and perform engineering lead role for large scale Active Directory and Identity Management projects
• Analyze current Active Directory environment to identify both technical and operational challenges and develop solutions for improvement
• Analysis, design, capacity planning and implementation of Active Directory Security

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• Review client requirements and collaborate with other IT engineers to define the optimal networking and firewalling solutions in accordance with organisational policies.
• Design and implement new network solutions and/or improve the efficiency of current networks.
• Configure firewalls for usage, manage their day-to-day operations and perform regular maintenance through upgrades and patches to ensure optimal performance, maximise network efficiency and security.
• Configure, manage and maintain secure intra- and inter-organisational communication channels, such as VPNs and IPSec tunnels.
• Perform quarterly firewall health checks removing unnecessary rules, interfaces, etc. and optimising rules where possible.
• Assist with the installation, configuration and support of network equipment across the LAN, WLAN, WAN and SD-WAN, both wired and wireless.
• Participate in cross-functional troubleshooting support for internal and external clients and network fault investigations.
• Liaise with network service providers and vendors, ensuring service level agreements are met and organisational policies and principles adhered to.
• Maximise network performance through ongoing monitoring and optimisation.
• Ensure supporting documentation and diagrams remain up to date.
• Ensure all network equipment is sufficiently secured (logically and physically), so that no unauthorised access can be gained.
• Provide monthly reporting as required.
• Maintain Network Monitoring Tools
• Configure, Manage and Support Network Access Control (NAC) Systems

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• Managed Talent Solutions a Business Unit within Datacentrix is looking for a C#.Net Fullstack Software Developer for one of their client to be based full time at their Germiston offices. The candidate must have atleast 6 years’ experience working in C#, .NET & .NET Core. The candidate should work well in coordination with cross-functional team members to design, develop, and maintain bespoke solutions for the company. The candidate must be comfortable working as part of a team while taking the initiative to take lead on new innovations and projects as the company is currently migrating their legacy systems across to more current technology.

Qualifications and Required Skills and Experience:

• Matric and Bachelor's degree (or equivalent type diploma) in Computer Programming, Computer Science, or Information Technology.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience working in C#, .NET & .NET Core.
• Advanced proficiency in building/consuming REST Web APIs.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL & SQL queries/stored procedures.
• Proficiency in Docker / Kubernetes (on Linux and Windows) – Rancher.
• Proficiency in Micro Services.
• Proficiency in Message Queuing & Event processing (RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka).
• Proficiency in GIT & Agile practices.
• Experience in:  - Redis Cache, Blazor / DevExpress UI development and MongoDB
• Good communication skills.
• Good analytical, software design and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Research, design, implement and maintain software programs and services.
• Create and maintain SQL Server and PostgreSQL database tables, functions and Stored Procedures.
• Implementation of Unit testing for new software modules and services.
• Determining operational practicality, identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications.
• Working closely with other developers as well as business.
• Assists in enforcement of development deadlines and schedules.
• Prioritize multiple tasks effectively.

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Datacentrix is seeking a VMware Server Engineer to join their team in Cape Town, Western Cape.

• The successful candidate will be responsible for providing Senior Enterprise Server support to all Datacentrix WC clients. This includes Software Support Services i.e., Microsoft Windows Server, VMware, Veeam, Microsoft Exchange, and Hyper V. The individual will also be responsible for troubleshooting hardware issues across platforms HPE, Dell, Lenovo, Huawei, IBM platforms. A strong cross skill will be advantageous.
• Critical Requirements - Skills, Experience & Qualifications:
• Matric or Grade 12 Essential
• Microsoft MCSA 2016 or Equivalent
• Extensive experience supporting Microsoft Exchange 2010 or higher.
• ITIL v2 Foundation
• Extensive experience supporting Active Directory and Hyper V
• Extensive experience supporting multi-Vendor Hardware platforms.
• Self-starter with a proven track record and contactable references
• Own reliable transport and driver’s license