Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer
Bank/Fin Services/Insurance ~ ICT
Cape Town – Western Cape – South Africa
A leading, regulated enterprise organisation is seeking a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of a complex hybrid IT environment spanning on-premises and Microsoft Azure platforms. This permanent, senior-level role is suited to an experienced infrastructure professional who thrives in secure, highly available, compliance-driven environments.
The role focuses on the design, deployment, optimisation, and support of enterprise infrastructure, including HP Synergy blade servers, HPE storage, Hyper-V clusters, SQL failover environments, and resilient LAN/WAN/VPN networks. You will play a key role in cloud integration, backup and disaster recovery, capacity planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
You will also provide senior-level escalation support, mentor junior engineers, and work closely with the IT Infrastructure Manager to align infrastructure with business strategy.
Success requires:
- A relevant IT qualification.
- 5+ years’ infrastructure engineering experience is essential.
- Industry certifications will be advantageous.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Windows and Linux servers
- Microsoft AD/Azure AD
- Microsoft 365
- VEEAM
- Networking
- Perimeter security and
- IP telephony.
- Supported by strong technical documentation and ITSM practices.