Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer at AzamPay Tanzania Ltd

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer at AzamPay Tanzania Ltd

Position: Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Company: AzamPay Tanzania Ltd

Department: Information Technology / Infrastructure

Job Location: Tanzania

Job Type: Full-Time | Middle-Senior Level

Job Overview

The Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing AzamPay’s enterprise IT infrastructure. This critical role ensures high availability, scalability, robust performance, and strict security across physical data centers, network architecture, enterprise storage, virtualization platforms, containerized environments, and hybrid cloud ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Virtualization & Identity Management: Administer enterprise server platforms (VMware, Oracle Virtualization) and manage Active Directory (AD DS, DNS, DHCP, GPO), LDAP, and Identity Access Management (IAM).

• Kubernetes & Microservices Orchestration: Design, maintain, and troubleshoot production-grade Kubernetes clusters. Oversee Helm deployments, monitor node health, manage ingress/plugins, and support zero-downtime deployment pipelines.

• Storage & SAN Management: Provision and manage enterprise SAN storage systems. Monitor performance metrics, execute capacity planning, and optimize multi-path storage allocations.

• Backup, Security & Disaster Recovery: Execute disaster recovery (DR) strategies, site failovers, and storage replication. Oversee enterprise backup and restoration workflows utilizing Veeam. Implement security patches and drive vulnerability remediation.

• Data Center & Hardware Maintenance: Support Tier II/III data center operations, including physical rack management, server hardware maintenance, and monitoring ambient cooling systems.

• Infrastructure Automation & Monitoring: Automate infrastructure provisioning using Ansible and Terraform. Maintain real-time enterprise monitoring tools like NetData and Zabbix.

• Hybrid Cloud & Operations Leadership: Deploy and manage AWS cloud resources alongside enterprise SaaS platforms (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace). Lead infrastructure projects using JIRA and collaborate with software engineering and DevOps teams.

Educational & Technical Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience in a Senior Infrastructure, Systems Administration, or Enterprise DevOps role.

• Virtualization & OS: Advanced Linux administration (RHEL, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments, alongside deep expertise in VMware/Oracle virtualization platforms.

• Containers & Orchestration: Proven, hands-on experience managing production Kubernetes (Control Plane maintenance, Worker Node scaling, CNI/CSI plugins). Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

• Storage & Automation: Strong expertise in SAN infrastructure, Veeam Backup & Replication, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible.

Key Competencies

• Self-Driven & Resourceful: Strong technical initiative with a proactive approach to solving complex architectural challenges.

• Analytical Mindset: Excellent high-pressure troubleshooting skills focused on system stability and maximum uptime.

• Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional ability to communicate technical strategies clearly to non-technical stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional development teams.

Application Instructions

Qualified candidates should submit their application online through the official AzamPay careers portal.

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Notice on Application Deadline: September 17, 2026