IT Network Manager (IT Services)

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POSITION INFO:

Job Description:

To support the company’s infrastructure and to lead the team. The company has a substantial private sector client base across South Africa and neighbouring countries, and offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Head Office is based in East London

Education and Experience:

• Matric or Grade 12 or NQF4.
• Information Technology - national diploma or bachelor’s degree (optional).
• Relevant Information Technology technical qualification.
• Appropriate Certifications with regards to both server and network environment.
• Valid Driver’s license
• Minimum of 5 years relevant technical and managerial experience
• Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server and VM infrastructure
• Experience in leading and managing a team of technical staff.

Responsibilities:

• Implement, configure, maintain Infrastructure, servers, virtual machines and network systems including the security thereof.
• Provide Technical Support to both internal and external clients
• Recommend Solutions, evaluate industry trends and assist in implementing standards and best practices.
• Create technical documentation for processes, procedures, changes, upgrades and implementation plans and reports to management
• Monitoring computer systems to identify how performance can be improved and to solve issues and problems ensuring high availability and security
• Implement, maintain and support cloud-based systems including Azure.
• Provide technical support for internal Application Systems and Email.
• Lead and manage a team of 6 IT Technical resources.

Competencies:

• Troubleshooting and problem resolution
• Technical understanding and proven working experience in terms of setup and configuration of Servers, VMWare, and backup software
• Technical expertise and knowledge with regards to general networking.
• A sound understanding of Windows Server 2012 and up, including: WSUS, File Server, AD, DNS, Exchange server, VMWare 6.5 and up.
• VEEAM Backup and Replication, including DR configuration, backup jobs and schedules.
• Server and SAN experience – RAID Configurations, LUN configurations, best practise techniques.
• Working knowledge of HP and Dell server platforms.
• Exposure and/or experience with AZURE will be a huge advantage.

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