Data Center Engineering Lead

Shoprite Group of Companies · Cape Town, Western Cape

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About the role

The purpose of a Data Centre Engineering Lead is to design, implement and optimise data centre infrastructure solutions across leased environments by ensuring high availability, resilience, cost efficiency, and alignment to business and technical requirements, while supporting lifecycle management, vendor engagement, and infrastructure performance.

What you'll do

Data Centre Engineering & Architecture

Analyse infrastructure environments across compute, storage, virtualisation, and Unix platforms to ensure performance and resilience
Review architecture designs and recommend improvements aligned to business and technical requirements
Monitor platform health, capacity, and utilisation to support scalability and efficiency
Document standards, configurations, and engineering practices to ensure consistency. Improve lifecycle management practices through continuous review and optimisation

Leadership & Operational Support

Monitor team activities and support prioritisation to ensure timely delivery of work
Diagnose operational issues and support resolution across engineering domains
Review workloads and recommend improvements to resource utilisation and efficiency
Support escalation handling by investigating complex incidents and recommending solutions
Document processes and improve operational practices to enhance stability and performance

Backup, Recovery & Continuity

Analyse backup and recovery environments to ensure data protection and reliability
Monitor recovery objectives and test disaster recovery processes to validate readiness
Diagnose recovery failures and resolve issues to improve resilience
Review continuity processes and recommend improvements aligned to business needs
Document recovery procedures and support ongoing optimisation

Business Engagement & Solution Delivery

Analyse business and application requirements to support infrastructure solution design
Recommend scalable and supportable infrastructure configurations
Support delivery of projects, migrations, and infrastructure initiatives
Review solution performance and improve alignment to business expectations
Work collaboratively to support integrated, cross-functional solution delivery

Vendor & Cost Optimisation

Monitor vendor performance and support service delivery against agreed standards
Analyse vendor solutions and recommend improvements or alternatives
Support cost optimisation initiatives through infrastructure and service reviews
Review procurement inputs and document recommendations for decision-making
Improve vendor engagement practices to enhance service quality and efficiency

What you bring

A Qualification in Information Technology, Engineering or in a related field - essential.
+5 years' experience in data centre infrastructure engineering, operations or similar - essential.
Experience with virtualisation, storage, Unix/Linux and backup technologies - essential.
Exposure to leased data centre environments and infrastructure optimisation - beneficial.
Experience working with vendors and managed service providers - beneficial.
Certifications in VMware VCP, SAN or Storage Certifications Brocade / IBM Storage - essential
OpenShift Certification - desired
NetApp - desired Experience in IBM Power VM - essentialA ITSM Experience - essential

Closing Date