Duties:

• Lead the South African IT team, supporting and defining the strategic objectives.
• Reviews business requirements, and communicates objectives or initiatives from the team to the rest of the organisation.
• Provide strategic and management support to the local IT Team. Develop initiatives to address responsibility gaps and grow the team’s capabilities.
• Oversee the design and install new systems whenever existing infrastructure needs to be updated or new site implementations.
• Be the key contact person for South African IT for third-party providers.
• Continuously develop and maintain existing infrastructure to maintain high availability and security best practices.
• Maintain and develop a high level IT cyber security across the assets and systems in South Africa.
• Develop, support the development and maintain IT management policies, such as management of change, hardware and software life cycle, etc.
• Provide support to the Networking team to support the business networking infrastructure projects.

Job Experience & Skills Required:
Qualifications:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT Related Field (Information Technology, Science/Computer Science)
• CCNA or JNCIA certification or equivalent
• ITIL or other relevant IT service management qualifications
• Recognised project management certification 

Experience:

• 8/10 years of relevant experience IT experience
• 3 years of experience managing a multi-skilled team as well as contractors
• Enterprise-level and infrastructure experience is a MUST!

Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent customer relationship management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Well-organised and able to manage time well for both themselves and team
• Resource management, including IT budget management
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good team player; able to balance team and individual responsibilities
• Willing to develop skills further, specifically in developing skills in IT infrastructure and software

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