Server Engineer

One of South Africa's leading diversified financial services groups, specializing in direct marketing and sales of financial products is seeking a Server Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of core server infrastructure, messaging, identity, virtualization, storage, and Microsoft cloud services.

Responsibilities

Windows Server Lifecycle: Administer, patch, harden, and troubleshoot Windows Server environments across Production, UAT, Dev, and DR.

VMware vSphere: Maintain ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, and datastores. Troubleshoot performance (CPU/memory pressure, storage latency, and network config).

Storage & SAN: Manage SAN-attached storage from a virtualization perspective, including capacity planning, LUN connectivity, and multipathing.

On-Premises AD: Support AD Domain Services, Group Policies (GPOs), Kerberos/LDAP authentication, replication health, and domain controller maintenance.

Hybrid Identity: Administer Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and manage hybrid identity synchronization via Entra Connect.

Access Governance: Enforce least-privilege access, manage privileged accounts, and assist with audit readiness.

Exchange Hybrid: Maintain on-premises Exchange and Exchange Online coexistence, managing mailboxes, transport rules, connectors, and migration activities.

Mailflow Troubleshooting: Investigate complex mail delivery, relay, and certificate issues.

Email Security: Administer MailMarshal (or similar secure email gateways) and enforce robust sender authentication protocols ( SPF, DKIM, DMARC ).

M365 Administration: Support core M365 services (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive) and handle licensing, compliance, and tenant health.

Azure Infrastructure: Support hybrid Azure resources including VMs, virtual networks, Network Security Groups (NSGs), and private endpoints.

Joint Investigations: Work with developers to isolate issues across IIS, SQL Server connections, scheduled tasks, certificates, and API/network dependencies.

Root Cause Analysis: Analyze event logs, message tracks, and performance counters to resolve application-infrastructure bottlenecks.

Proactive Monitoring: Maintain and improve alert monitoring dashboards (Nagios, PRTG, SolarWinds, or Azure Monitor).

Disaster Recovery (DR): Execute DR replication, backup testing (Veeam/enterprise tools), and failover validation.

Governance: Strictly adhere to change control, vulnerability remediation, and documentation standards.

Minimum Requirements

Experience: 7+ years of enterprise server/infrastructure engineering experience.

Core Systems: Deep expertise in Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and VMware vSphere.

Messaging: Expert-level knowledge of Exchange (on-premises & Online), mailflow, and email routing.

Email Security: Hands-on experience with secure email gateways (e.g., MailMarshal) and SPF/DKIM/DMARC configurations.

Escalation Focus: Proven track record of owning major production incidents and collaborating with developer teams.

Preferred Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate (or equivalent Exchange experience)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

ITIL Foundation

Security certifications (e.g., Security+, SC-300, SC-200)

Nice-to-Haves

Experience in financial services, insurance, or highly regulated environments.

Hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, Entra ID Connect, and PowerShell automation.

Familiarity with Linux administration (SSH, DNS, package management, basic scripting).

Database infrastructure support (SQL Server) and IIS web server administration.

Experience with Veeam or similar enterprise backup solutions.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)

IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to itcareers@hireresolve.za.com