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Senior Cloud Operations Engineer (Microsoft) – 24x7 MSP
Hi-Tech Recruitment – IT
South Africa · On-site Full-time Senior R660k – R900k/yr Today
About the role
About
Not just tickets — true 3rd line Microsoft cloud engineering with real impact
Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Operating as the senior technical authority for Microsoft cloud and EUC platforms
- Handling major incidents and complex escalations across customer environments
- Owning incidents end‑to‑end, from diagnosis through to resolution and customer updates
- Supporting and improving operational stability, availability, and performance
- Technically reviewing and approving changes, participating in CAB
- Leading root cause analysis and contributing to problem management
- Improving operational efficiency through automation and PowerShell
- Creating and maintaining high‑quality operational and troubleshooting documentation
- Coaching engineers and contributing to a strong on‑call and shift culture
- Working closely with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to resolve issues fast
Qualifications
Your Technical Background
- 5+ years’ experience in an MSP or multi‑tenant support environment
- Strong hands‑on experience with:
- Microsoft 365 administration and licensing
- Entra ID (Azure AD) and Active Directory
- Exchange / Exchange Online
- Microsoft Intune, Group Policy, endpoint management
- Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive
- Azure Virtual Desktop / RDS
- End‑user devices and desktop platforms
- VMware and on‑prem networking fundamentals
- Comfortable scripting and automating with PowerShell
- Experience working with ITSM tools and structured incident management
- Microsoft certifications such as MD‑102, MS‑700, SC‑300 (or equivalent)
Remuneration
Annually plus Great medical and pension benefit
Skills
Active DirectoryAzure ADAzure Virtual DesktopEntra IDEndpoint managementExchange OnlineGroup PolicyIntuneMicrosoft 365Microsoft TeamsOneDrivePowerShellRDSSharePointVMware
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