[Hiring] Systems & Infrastructure Projects Engineer @NetOps Africa

Role Description

This is a project-focused infrastructure role. Candidates must have hands-on experience delivering IT implementation projects in an MSP, IT services company, or similar multi-client environment.

We are looking for an experienced IT Systems & Infrastructure Projects Engineer to join a growing technical team focused primarily on project delivery. This is not a traditional help desk or day-to-day systems administration position. The role is centered around planning, implementing, migrating, and deploying technology solutions across multiple client environments.

Projects may include:

• Microsoft 365 migrations
• Windows Server deployments and upgrades
• Infrastructure refreshes
• Network implementations
• Cloud environments
• Virtualization
• Backup and disaster recovery solutions
• New client onboarding

The ideal candidate is technically strong, highly organized, comfortable working directly with clients, and capable of taking ownership of technical projects from planning through implementation, testing, documentation, and completion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive IT infrastructure, systems administration, or systems engineering experience
• Demonstrated experience personally implementing and completing infrastructure projects in production environments
• Strong Windows Server administration and deployment experience
• Strong Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP experience
• Experience with server migrations, upgrades, and infrastructure replacements
• Experience with Microsoft 365 administration and migration projects
• Hands-on networking experience including firewalls, switching, VLANs, VPNs, and wireless infrastructure
• Experience with Hyper-V, VMware, or similar virtualization technologies
• Experience troubleshooting infrastructure issues across servers, networking, Microsoft environments, and client systems
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical deliverables
• Strong client-facing communication skills

Requirements

• Previous MSP or IT services experience supporting multiple client environments
• Microsoft Azure infrastructure experience
• Microsoft Entra ID experience
• Backup and disaster recovery implementation experience
• Firewall deployment experience across platforms such as Fortinet, SonicWall, Sophos, Meraki, WatchGuard, or similar
• Experience with infrastructure assessments, network refreshes, server replacements, and client onboarding projects
• Relevant Microsoft, networking, virtualization, or infrastructure certifications

Career Stability

We are specifically looking for candidates who have demonstrated career stability and meaningful tenure with previous employers. Successful candidates will generally have a history of remaining with employers for multiple years, with the majority of recent permanent positions ideally lasting approximately 2 to 3 years or longer.

We understand that legitimate contract work, retrenchments, company closures, acquisitions, and other circumstances can result in shorter periods of employment. Candidates with positions lasting less than two years should clearly identify whether those positions were permanent, contract, fixed-term, project-based, or ended due to circumstances outside of normal voluntary job changes.

Please ensure your CV includes the month and year of employment for each position. Candidates with a repeated pattern of short-term permanent positions without clear context may not be suited to this opportunity.

What We Are Looking For

This position is best suited to someone who can demonstrate that they have personally delivered infrastructure projects rather than only supported technologies after they were implemented. You should be comfortable explaining projects you have owned, including:

• What the client needed
• How you designed or planned the solution
• What technologies you personally configured
• How you handled migrations or cutovers
• Problems encountered during implementation
• How you tested the completed environment
• How you documented and handed over the solution

The successful candidate should be able to move confidently between different client environments while maintaining strong organization, documentation, communication, and technical standards.

Remote Work Requirements

This is a fully remote position. Candidates must have:

• Reliable high-speed fiber internet, ideally 100 Mbps or greater
• Reliable backup power suitable for maintaining operations during power outages
• A suitable professional home working environment
• A modern computer capable of supporting the requirements of the role
• A noise-cancelling headset
• Webcam
• Quiet and professional workspace