IT Infrastructure Engineer (Hybrid Environment)

Patch, monitor, back up and harden systems at an university IT department in Benoni. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Home base is an university IT department on the Benoni side of Gauteng.

• Apply monthly patches to servers and network devices
• Document network diagrams and change records
• Monitor servers, links and firewalls and act on alerts
• Handle access requests and keep records that support POPIA compliance
• Run and test backups, and do regular restore drills
• Work with ISPs on link faults and fibre installs

• Strong Windows Server, Active Directory and Microsoft 365 skills, or Linux for Linux posts
• At least 3 years in systems, network or cloud administration
• Clear change management and documentation habits
• Solid TCP/IP, routing, switching and firewall knowledge
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python

• Experience with SIEM tools such as Microsoft Sentinel or Wazuh
• Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or Ansible

• Company laptop, phone and home internet allowance
• Medical aid and provident fund
• Standby allowance and overtime for maintenance windows

• Group your CV skills by area, such as networking, cloud, security and scripting, so the tech reviewer finds them fast.
• Be ready to talk through an outage you fixed, step by step; it's a common interview question.