Job Description:To support the company's infrastructure and to lead the team. The company has a substantial private sector client base across South Africa and neighbouring countries, and offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Head Office is based in East London Education and Experience:Matric or Grade 12 or NQF4.Information Technology - national diploma or bachelor's degree (optional).Relevant Information Technology technical qualification.Appropriate Certifications with regards to both server and network environment.Valid Driver's licenseMinimum of 5 years relevant technical and managerial experienceExcellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server and VM infrastructureExperience in leading and managing a team of technical staff. Responsibilities:Implement, configure, maintain Infrastructure, servers, virtual machines and network systems including the security thereof.Provide Technical Support to both internal and external clientsRecommend Solutions, evaluate industry trends and assist in implementing standards and best practices.Create technical documentation for processes, procedures, changes, upgrades and implementation plans and reports to managementMonitoring computer systems to identify how performance can be improved and to solve issues and problems ensuring high availability and securityImplement, maintain and support cloud-based systems including Azure.Provide technical support for internal Application Systems and Email.Lead and manage a team of 6 IT Technical resources. Competencies:Troubleshooting and problem resolutionTechnical understanding and proven working experience in terms of setup and configuration of Servers, VMWare, and backup softwareTechnical expertise and knowledge with regards to general networking.A sound understanding of Windows Server 2012 and up, including: WSUS, File Server, AD, DNS, Exchange server, VMWare 6.5 and up.VEEAM Backup and Replication, including DR configuration, backup jobs and schedules.Server and SAN experience – RAID Configurations, LUN configurations, best practise techniques.Working knowledge of HP and Dell server platforms.Exposure and/or experience with AZURE will be a huge advantage.