Senior Server Engineer
Hire Resolve · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- We are looking for an experienced Senior Server Engineer to manage and support enterprise server infrastructure, Microsoft technologies, virtualisation, storage and cloud services.
- The successful candidate will take ownership of complex technical issues, support critical production environments and ensure infrastructure stability, security and availability.
Key Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of experience in enterprise server, systems or infrastructure engineering.
- Strong experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS and Group Policy.
- Strong Microsoft Exchange administration experience, including Exchange Hybrid, Exchange Online and mailflow troubleshooting.
- Experience with Microsoft 365 / Office 365 administration.
- Knowledge of email security and authentication, including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX records and certificates.
- Experience with MailMarshal or similar email security gateway platforms.
- Strong VMware vSphere experience and exposure to SAN-backed storage environments.
- Practical Azure infrastructure and hybrid cloud support experience.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across servers, applications, identity, messaging, storage and cloud services.
- Experience working in production environments with incident management, change control, documentation and disaster recovery.
Responsibilities
- Manage, maintain and troubleshoot Windows Server and enterprise infrastructure.
- Administer Active Directory, Exchange, Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity services.
- Investigate and resolve complex email delivery, authentication, DNS and certificate issues.
- Support VMware virtualisation, SAN storage, backups and disaster recovery.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues in collaboration with developers and technical teams.
- Monitor system performance, maintain security standards and support vulnerability remediation.
- Maintain technical documentation and contribute to infrastructure improvements and service availability.