COMPANY M&C Saatchi Group

POSITION TITLE Group Senior IT Engineer

LOCATION Cape Town

PERMANENT / CONTRACT Permanent

REMUNERATION R65k – R70k pm (depending on experience)

M&C Saatchi are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the
most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond.

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and are looking for a dynamic Cape Town
based Senior IT Engineer to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for
a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

This role requires a skilled Senior Engineer to manage our computer network, security, risk
management and future proofing our agency. This will be a hands-on role requiring a person who
is technically sound.

Being at a Creative Agency requires someone who thinks differently, acts intuitively, is agile and
proactive. You need to be able to think on your feet and react with speed to ensure the users always
experience the ultimate in IT service.

Overall we need someone who is committed, a team player and most importantly, a person who
continuously seeks to improve.

https://mcsaatchigroup.co.za/

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE

• Manage the configuration and operation of computer operating systems, including

Windows, Linux, ESXi and more.
• Manage permissions, maintenance, administration, capacity planning monitoring, backups
and data recovery.
• Documenting, troubleshooting and resolving associated change requests, service requests,
incidents, problems and more.
• Creating reports and recommending courses of action for service improvement.

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 • Install and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, system
components, and storage in accordance with standards.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware,
server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs and
verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are
successfully backed up.
• VMWare vSphere configuration and administration, patching, automation.
• Dell SAN configuration and administration.
• Creating and maintaining documentation for systems and environments.
• Developing and maintaining operations procedures.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures.
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and
utilities.
• Installation and configuration of rack-mount data centre hardware.
• On-call for emergencies

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Certification in the following fields would be advantageous:

• Microsoft 365
• Azure
• An MDM solution preferably JAMF or inTune
• Firewall architecture.

PERSONAL QUALITIES REQUIRED

• Communicate effectively to internal teams.

• Be assertive.
• Be solutions orientated across all multiple functions in IT.
• Have extreme ownership on all aspects of work.
• Be open-minded and pride yourself with delivering work as per the requirement.
• Be able to work in a team and easily adapt to the fast-paced environment.

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BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Assertive
• Strategic thinker
• Creative thinker
• Proactive problem solver
• Team worker
• Attention to detail
• Effective communicator

TECHNICAL / FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Project management
• Execute IT Strategies
• Interpret user needs into functional solutions
• Reporting

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

• Social intelligence
• Self-management
• Collaborative
• Shared-vision mindset
• Ability to integrate system wide solutions

Please submit your CV for this role to either

APPLICATION sally@quenchconsulting.com or mandi@quenchconsulting.com

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