IT Support Engineer
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Locations: Cape Town Work Type: Office Based Job ID: J107144
About our client:
Our client was established in the 90s and while headquartered in Cape Town they do have a large office in Jhb and great global presence with over 500 employees. They are a diverse team of engineers developers and specialists in finance HR digital infrastructure and marketing who love utilising cutting-edge tech and digitised processes. They prioritise integrity training mentoring and have both the size and budget to ensure great career progression.
What you will be doing:
- Administration of MS Active Directory and Entra ID. You will manage the full lifecycle of user identities group policies and security permissions.
- O365 Full-Stack Administration: Going beyond app support. You will be responsible for the configuration back-end administration and troubleshooting of the Office 365 tenant including:
- Mailbox management transport rules and shared resources.
- Permissions hierarchy site administration and data governance.
- Policy management and integration.
- Endpoint management and MDM policy deployment.
- Monitor investigate and remediate security threats. You will support enterprise anti-virus solutions and proactively troubleshoot networking and security vulnerabilities.
- Provide high-level support for end-user hardware (laptops desktops mobile) and specialized equipment like biometric access control and VC systems.
- Act as the escalation point for IT Administrators providing technical guidance and resolving complex tickets in adherence to strict SLAs.
- Maintain rigorous high-quality technical documentation and contribute to infrastructure meetings.
What our client is looking for:
- MCP A N or a Microsoft 365 Certified Administrator (Associate or Expert) credential.
- A minimum of 4 - 5 years of experience in a dedicated IT Support or Systems Administration role.
- Deep hands-on experience with the Office 365 Admin Center is non-negotiable. You must be comfortable managing the backend of Exchange SharePoint and Teams.
- Strong proficiency in Active Directory (on-prem and cloud-hybrid environments) and Azure/Entra ID.
For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer do visit our website - Support Engineer Active Directory Entra ID O365 Administration Office 365 Admin Center Exchange SharePoint Teams Systems Administration Security Threats Endpoint Management Hardware Support SLAs
Required Skills:
IT Support Engineer Active Directory Entra ID O365 Administration Office 365 Admin Center Exchange SharePoint Teams Systems Administration Security Threats Endpoint Management Hardware Support SLAs