IT Infrastructure Team Lead - JHB

Reference PE003829
Location Gauteng, JHB - Central
Salary Interval Monthly
Package None-negotiable
Description Requirements:
  • 4–6+ years of relevant IT infrastructure experience.
  • Current, hands-on experience across servers, virtualisation, networking and backup/recovery.
  • Strong MikroTik router and firewall administration experience.
  • Solid Windows Server and Active Directory administration.
  • Experience with Hyper-V and/or VMware, including VM provisioning and migrations.
  • Practical experience with backup, recovery and infrastructure migrations.
  • Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, configure, implement and support infrastructure.
  • Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills.
  • Experience supporting multi-site environments is highly advantageous.
  • Ability to take ownership and provide technical leadership within a small IT team.
  • Candidates with Cisco, Fortinet or Ubiquiti experience may be considered where they can realistically transition to MikroTik.
  • Relevant IT qualifications and certifications such as Microsoft, Network+ or Security+ are advantageous but not essential.
  • Must be currently hands-on with infrastructure technologies and not reliant primarily on historical experience.
Responsibilities:
  • Manage and support servers, virtualisation, networking and backup infrastructure across multiple sites.
  • Administer and maintain MikroTik routers, firewalls and network infrastructure.
  • Manage Windows Server environments and Active Directory.
  • Provision, configure, maintain and migrate virtual machines using Hyper-V and/or VMware.
  • Design, build, configure and support infrastructure solutions.
  • Manage and monitor backup and recovery processes, ensuring reliable data protection and restoration capabilities.
  • Plan and execute infrastructure migrations with minimal business disruption.
  • Troubleshoot complex server, network, virtualisation and infrastructure issues.
  • Provide hands-on technical support and infrastructure ownership across the organisation.
  • Assist with infrastructure projects, improvements and implementations.
  • Lead and support members of the IT team while remaining actively involved in technical delivery.
  • Ensure infrastructure is stable, secure, resilient and appropriately maintained.
  • Document infrastructure configurations, processes and technical solutions.
  • Take ownership of technical issues from identification through to resolution.
Please note that if you do not receive a response within 2 weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.

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