The Senior Cloud engineer, will be involved in configuring, maintaining and administrating Microsoft Azure and 0365. The Senior Cloud engineer is expected to drive the company wide adoption of the Microsoft cloud stack, this will be achieved through customisation to suit business needs, education and upkeep of the systems involved. The Senior cloud engineer will be involved with determining strategy and will also aid in the lifecycle management of all related technologies from incubation to end of life planning. The role is also responsible for ensuring security and configuration compliance and will work with other members of the IT System Administration Team. Vendor management and internal client expectation management is also core to the role. As part of the responsibilities, the role will be tasked to respond to requests from end users, managers, developers, and team members for specific IT system assistance, data, and information. The role collaborates with senior personnel in performing risk assessments to determine impact on customer business processes and systems downtime and proposes changes as needed. The Senior cloud engineer implements system changes across large, complex and diverse collaborative environments by using standardized defined methods and procedures; provides efficient and prompt handling of all changes to improve day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n
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Job Title: Senior Cloud engineer<\/strong> Job Summary:<\/strong> Experience and Skills Required:<\/strong> Essential Skills: (Must Have’s) Grade 12\/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential) Other Dimensions:<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
\nReference #:<\/strong> SCE – 10\/03\/2021
\nContract Type:<\/strong> Permanent
\nSalary:<\/strong> Market Related<\/p>\n
\nPlan and execute system fixes, updates, and enhancements.
\nManage O365 user accounts, privileges, and system access.
\nManage Azure tenant and all sub systems and services.
\nOptimise and maintain performance, housekeeping, availability, serviceability, and recovery.
\nPerform troubleshooting, analysis of alerts, and repairs.
\nEnsure system availability, functionality, integrity and efficiency, and maintain system configuration and documentation.
\nImplement security procedures, as directed by security team.
\nOwnership and execution of incident management and system maintenance.
\nAbility to solve problems through cloud technologies.
\nAcknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.<\/p>\n
\nMore than 10 years of experience in a technical role with the last 3-4 years focused on Microsoft cloud solutions
\n4 Years\u2019 experience having deployed projects, architecture, design, implementation, and\/or support.
\nAbility to orchestrate, lead, and influence virtual teams, ensuring successful implementation of customer projects.
\nExperience with deploying and training users on Azure related services, O365, Microsoft Teams, InTune and Sharepoint
\nTechnical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, virtualisation, architecture designs, database migrations, and technology management.
\nMicrosoft IIS Skills \u2013 Beneficial
\nExperience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solutions\/projects.
\nDevelopment experience with PowerShell \u2013 Required
\nPrior customer service or support experience \u2013 Required
\nWeb development experience (HTML, CSS) \u2013 Beneficial
\nKnowledge of automation concepts.
\nDetermine critical procedures within the existing environment and automate deployment and upgrades.
\nAbility to script and automate processes that require bulk distribution, change, or input.
\nAble to provide effective work support off-hours as required, including weekends, holidays, and 24\/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.<\/p>\n
\nSAAS – Software as a service
\nPAAS – Platform as a service
\nIAAS – Infrastructure as a service
\nAzure VNET management
\nAZure expressroute setup and coonfigure
\nAzure gateway
\nAzure storage platforms and service
\nManageing azure licensing and costing
\nScripting experience with Powershell
\nHands on experience with the following azure concepts
\nRequirements<\/p>\n
\nCertifications in Cloud and MS domain-specific technologies
\nMicrosoft certifications, including MCSA-O365 and MS900\/MD101\/MS101\/MS500
\nMicrosoft Azure certifications in AZ103\/AZ300\/AZ500
\nRelevant degree in IT advantageous<\/p>\n
\nPrioritisation and Decision-making
\nAbility to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision
\nAttention to detail with the ability to identify issues or inconsistencies, obtain relevant information, relate and compare data from different sources, and identify alternative solutions.
\nStrong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the capability to make decisions and adapt to change.<\/p>\n