Senior Infrastructure Engineer (68871)

Job title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Emp type:
Salary type: ZAR45,000 - ZAR65,000/month
Location: Gauteng
Job published: 15 July 2026
Job ID: 68871

Job Description

Are you an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with a passion for designing, managing, and securing enterprise IT environments? Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead the delivery, support, and continuous improvement of both IT and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructure across multiple African operations

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and support enterprise infrastructure including VMware, Hyper-V, HCI (Dell/HP), physical servers, Active Directory, Azure, AWS, Storage, and Backup solutions (Veeam/CommVault)
  • Provide technical leadership for IT and OT infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, resilience, and compliance
  • Lead infrastructure projects, strategic initiatives, and technology upgrades across the region
  • Manage complex infrastructure incidents, root cause analysis, and disaster recovery processes
  • Oversee vendor relationships, service providers, and project delivery
  • Implement infrastructure monitoring, cybersecurity controls, and governance frameworks
  • Support Microsoft 365, end-user technologies, video conferencing, and enterprise infrastructure services
  • Drive continuous improvement, risk management, and infrastructure standardisation across multiple sites

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field
  • 7+ years' IT Infrastructure experience, with at least 5 years' hands-on experience supporting enterprise servers, HCI, Storage, Backup, Active Directory, Azure/AWS, and virtualisation technologies
  • Strong knowledge of VMware, Hyper-V, Dell/HP infrastructure, SAN/NAS Storage, RAID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Veeam and/or CommVault
  • Solid understanding of infrastructure security, governance, disaster recovery, and enterprise monitoring
  • Experience within the mining industry will be advantageous

Preferred Certifications:

  • A+ & N+
  • MCSE (or equivalent Microsoft certification)
  • VMware Administrator
  • AWS or Azure Administrator
  • ITIL 4 Foundation
  • Veeam Administrator (advantageous)

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading organisation where you'll play a key role in shaping and securing critical infrastructure across multiple African operations while working with cutting-edge technologies. If you're a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise and leadership skills, we'd love to hear from you

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