Hybrid Infrastructure Lead (65122)

Job title: Hybrid Infrastructure Lead
Job type: Full-time
Emp type:
Salary type: Market related
Location: Gauteng
Job published: 11 May 2026
Job ID: 65122

Job Description

A market-leading, globally recognised financial services organisation is seeking an exceptional senior infrastructure leader to take ownership of its enterprise hybrid infrastructure operations environment

This is a rare opportunity to join a highly respected organisation known for innovation, world-class technology standards, and a culture that attracts some of the strongest technical talent in the industry. The environment is fast-paced, intellectually stimulating, and built around high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement

The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, resilience, performance, and security of enterprise infrastructure platforms spanning on-premises data centres, Azure, Azure VMware Solutions (AVS), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

The Opportunity

  • Lead the operational governance, optimisation, and resilience of enterprise hybrid infrastructure platforms across on-premises and cloud environments
  • Work closely with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, risk, and operational leadership teams to ensure highly available, secure, and compliant infrastructure services supporting mission-critical workloads

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise hybrid infrastructure operations across data centre, virtualization, storage, backup, and cloud platforms
  • Ensure high availability, operational resilience, and performance across VMware, Azure AVS, Azure IaaS, and Oracle OCI environments
  • Drive proactive monitoring, operational governance, incident management, and infrastructure lifecycle management
  • Act as senior escalation point for critical infrastructure incidents and operational recovery processes
  • Oversee VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi clusters, vSAN, HCX migrations, and VM lifecycle management
  • Manage storage, backup, replication, and disaster recovery readiness across enterprise environments
  • Ensure patching, vulnerability remediation, compliance, and operational controls are maintained across infrastructure platforms
  • Partner with cybersecurity, cloud, risk, and audit teams to strengthen operational resilience and governance
  • Lead infrastructure operations teams across multiple technology domains and drive continuous improvement initiatives
  • Manage vendor relationships and operational delivery across major infrastructure and cloud providers

What We're Looking For

  • 10+ years' experience within enterprise infrastructure operations and hybrid cloud environments
  • Extensive leadership experience managing mission-critical infrastructure operations
  • Strong expertise across VMware, Azure AVS, Azure IaaS, Oracle OCI, storage, backup, and virtualization platforms
  • Experience supporting highly regulated or financial services environments advantageous
  • Strong incident management, operational governance, and resilience capability
  • Ability to operate effectively within high-pressure, enterprise-scale environments

Preferred Certifications

  • VMware VCP-DCV
  • Microsoft Azure Certifications (AZ-900 / AZ-104 / AZ-305)
  • ITIL Foundation
  • Terraform Associate
  • Oracle OCI Certifications
  • ISO 27001 or related security certifications advantageous

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

  • Join a globally respected financial services environment
  • Work with cutting-edge hybrid cloud and infrastructure technologies
  • Lead enterprise-scale, mission-critical infrastructure operations
  • Exposure to highly sophisticated cloud, virtualization, and data centre environments
  • Strong culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence
  • High-impact role with long-term career growth opportunities


This opportunity is ideally suited to a technically strong infrastructure leader who thrives in sophisticated enterprise environments, enjoys solving complex operational challenges, and wants to make a meaningful impact within a top-tier organisation

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