Job Description

Our client requires the services of an Operations Engineer (Senior) - Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotationAmazing brand with cutting-edge technology
Excellent teams in Global team collaboration
High work-life balance with Flexible hours
Agile working environmentPOSITION: Contract until December 2027EXPERIENCE: 6-8 Years related working experienceCOMMENCEMENT: 01 May 2025QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Successfully completed degree in computer science/communications engineering or another degree program or comparable qualification.
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience (also internationally) in the IT sector, some of them with responsibility of managing large Cloud / Hybrid environments

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• 6 years of professional experience in the implementation and support of IT architectures in Microsoft Azure cloud platforms
• Advanced experience in implementing and administering Microsoft Products, especially Active Directory, KMS, PKI together with the common network services like DNS, DHCP
• Advanced experience in Active Directory architecture and infrastructure
• Expert experience with development and implementation of Active Directory security concepts and IT Security Solutions in Azure
• Advanced network knowledge of IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, DNS, Routing, Firewall
• Expert experience in Azure automation as Infrastructure as Code with Powershell and Terraform
• Expert experience in administration of Windows Server operating systems
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS

• Advanced Experience in working with hybrid cloud environments, ideally Microsoft Azure (e.g. Entra ID)
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Practical knowledge of Terraform and code versioning systems like Git
• Experience in setting up IT Security, especially with Zero Trust solutions, Microsoft Defender products and Active Directory security best practices
• Teamwork and strong internal and external communication skills
• Analytical thinking skills to coordinate, analyse and fix technical faults
• Self-organizer and problem-solver with a strong delivery focus

ROLE:

• As a fundamental part of the domain Digital Identity, they are responsible for the global Active Directory with more than 100.000 user accounts.
• Therefore, ensuring high availability and highest state of the art security are key success factors in our daily work.
• As part of our team, you drive the implementation of our Group IT Strategy.
• What do we offer you?
• As an Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist, we offer you an innovative and challenging field of activity in the Authentications Platform product.
• You will be responsible for the global Active Directory cloud infrastructure operation and maintenance.
• You have the possibility to constantly improve the operational tasks and processes and increase the level of automation to keep the whole Active Directory ready for the future.
• You work very closely in a global multicultural team and their interface partners, especially in the Digital Identity domain but also with the stakeholders and requestors from the Group IT.
• Regular tasks as Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist:
• Use health monitoring to proactively solve issues and ensure service quality
• Automate operation tasks to improve your own efficiency and to enable third-party operation teams with Just-Enough-Administration approach
• Solve incidents and requests of improvement measures as well as problems to increase system stability and transparency
• Plan and implement changes, sometimes also outside of the normal business hours
• Stay up to date about security risk and mitigations to constantly strengthen the security
• Active participation in meetings, calls and email conversations with product owner, other feature teams and stakeholders
• Steering of responsibilities between stakeholders, customers, providers and team members
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• Also note, that if you have not received a response from us within 2 weeks, your application was unsuccessful.
• Candidates MUST be based in Gauteng or WILLING TO RELOCATE!

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