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    Mr Price Group

    Retail

    Senior Systems Engineer Mr Price Group

    Durban, South AfricaOn-SiteFull-time5+ yrs experiencePosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    The purpose of this role is to provide enterprise-class, server and storage infrastructure technical support services.

    Responsibilities

    • Hands-on management of enterprise-class server, storage and cloud infrastructure

    • Configure, upgrade, install and manage server and storage diagnostic, configuration and management tools

    • Perform capacity management and planning to ensure scalability and availability of the server, storage and cloud environment

    • Troubleshoot and resolve software, hardware, configuration and operational problems across the enterprise environment

    • Maintain servers and storage area networks through practical and structured maintenance plans

    • Manage and report on new implementations, lifecycle management, patch management, optimisation and service improvement initiatives

    • Administer, manage and troubleshoot Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including identity governance, conditional access, RBAC and SSO configurations

    • Manage, troubleshoot and optimise Microsoft Intune including device enrolment, compliance policies, configuration profiles and application deployments

    • Administer and support the Microsoft 365 suite including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive and licensing management

    • Investigate and resolve escalated issues related to Entra ID, Intune and Microsoft 365 services

    • Work with vendor technical support to facilitate the analysis and resolution of complex technical issues

    • Participate in the design and engineering of a secure server, storage and modern workplace environment and delivery of IT projects

    • Lead and mentor junior team members and Systems Administrators in day-to-day technical operations

    • Follow and enforce established change management processes in alignment with ITIL best practices

    • Ensure systems administration tasks and documentation are kept up to date in compliance with operational standards and governance requirements

    • Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery infrastructure planning, building and testing

    • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure, endpoint management and operational processes

    Qualifications

    • Relevant IT Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma or Complete Microsoft Certifications (MCSE/MCITP)

    • Storage Certification (Advantage)

    • A minimum of 5 years in a technical role (design, implementation and maintenance of servers and storage).

    • Expect knowledge of hardware platforms, converged infrastructure, networking, SAN, NAS and subsystems.

    • Strong knowledge of enterprise and mid-range storage, file system, cloud and virtualisation technologies.

    • Experience in installation, upgrade, patching of server hardware and platform software.

    • Experience in backup, recovery design, DR implementation, monitoring implementation, troubleshooting, performance tuning and optimization.

    • Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including identity governance, conditional access, RBAC and SSO

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    Mr Price Group

    Mr Price Group is a South African retail group that offers a wide range of clothing, footwear, and homeware products.

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