Cloud Engineer - iOCO

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our team. As a Cloud Engineer you'll be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and services to support an organization's IT needs

Skills and Experience

What you’ll do:

• Maintenance, and support of our VMware platform which makes up our iOCO Cloud Platform.
• Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices.
• Identify, analyse, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements.
• Interact with clients, provide cloud/vmware support, and make recommendations based on client needs.
• Implement VMware technology solutions for virtualization, networking, and storage infrastructures.
• Create, test, and deploy VMware vSphere environments.
• Procure, configure, and implement VMware products and related technologies.
• Implement and maintain VMware ESXi
• Ensure all VMware products meet business requirements.
• Provide technical support to end users, operations, and management.
• Maintain knowledge of VMware products and industry trends
• Decide and implement appropriate VMware products and technologies.
• Perform system maintenance as needed.

Your expertise:

• Proven minimum 5+ years implementation experience in IT (Infrastructure).
• Broad understanding of IT, hardware and VMware technologies.
• Broad understanding of operating systems, such as Microsoft and Linux.
• VMware vCenter, ESX, Update Manager, Syslogger and VMware vSAN, Veeam, Agent-based backups.
• Storage experience in both block-based and file-based storage.
• Understanding of SLAs.
• Technical Documentation.
• Call Management.
• Strong Communication Skills.
• Strong Interpersonal Skills.

Qualifications required:

• ITIL V3 Preferable
• ICT/IT Certification i.e. A+, N+, MCSE Preferable
• VMWare VCP 7 and above Essential
• VMWARE NSX Preferable Essential
• VMWARE vCloud Director Preferable
• VMWARE vSAN Preferable
• Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) Essential
• Public Cloud provider:
  
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA) Preferable
  • Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect (GCP)

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Permanent Position
• Location: Gauteng (Johannesburg, Pretoria)
• Work environment: Hybrid (office and work from home)
• Physical demands: Rack and stack IT equipment at the Data Center, such as switches, Servers, and others.
• Travel: To the office to the data centre (Johannesburg Locally)