Senior Systems Administrator Bryanston

DataFin was established in 1999. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have established relationships with industry leaders and a vast majority of our business is repeat business. ENVIRONMENT: A dynamic Software Engineering & QA Consultancy in Joburg seeks the technical expertise of a Senior Systems Administrator to fill a 1 Year Contract role. You will play an integral part of a rapidly growing IT team, being responsible for the installation, monitoring and support of systems on-prem and Azure. You will utilise your skills of a Cloud Administrator and have the working knowledge of the skills required to provision, manage, monitor, and decommission Azure-related services. Additional duties consist of standard Enterprise Data center support of on-prem Servers. You will also require experience & proficiency in SQL, DNS, DHCP, Kerberos and Windows Authentication, Network and TCP/IP routing/subnetting, Cisco, PowerShell, Veeam, Symantec, Dell, Cisco & knowledge of IaaS and PaaS services. DUTIES: * Support and maintain IT Infrastructure i.e., SDE Servers, Network and Application Infrastructure. * Track system uptime and availability and promote incremental increases to change velocity. * Drive innovation, prioritization and engineering of new cloud capabilities to bolster the operating model. * Deploy, monitor and support mission-critical cloud-based applications within SLA. * Participate in on-call support, ensuring stability and performance of production environments. * Respond to monitoring alerts according to defined playbooks and procedures. * Participate in Post Incident Reviews and discussions. * Build automation to prevent problem recurrence; eventually automate response to all non-exceptional service conditions. * Be a subject matter expert in reducing and resolving production incidents by identifying preventive controls and driving proactive efforts. * Implement and continuously refine high-quality processes and standards for infrastructure and technical operations that support agile practices and a fast-paced environment where customer needs are dynamic and evolving. * Manage changes and release pipeline of software builds via DevOps. * Work with offshore service providers where necessary to adequately provide capacity and delivery. * Support and maintain SDE monitoring and analytics to help solve unique operational challenges. * Maintain and SDE Asset Register. * Monitor and maintain all levels of network security internally and externally as per SDE scope of work. * Develop and maintain relevant IT Infrastructure policies, procedures and governance. * Generate and maintain all service and product documentation i.e., SOP, Change Control. * Manage existing and deploy new system configurations, including Windows Server, Virtualization. * Support and implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company’s security team. * Maintain and support SDE patch management. * Mentor and up-skill 1st line technical suppor