IT Infrastructure Manager

Job Title: IT Infrastructure Manager
Location: Deep City, Gauteng
Salary: R750 000 – R850 000 pa
Contract/ Perm: Perm
Discipline: Industrial Equipment Supplier
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• The role is to plan, direct, and coordinate the design, installation, and connectivity of computer systems and network infrastructure to ensure the stable operation of the organization’s IT assets.
• This includes developing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all new and existing network hardware, software, and communication links. This role is also responsible for voice, data centre, security systems and other electronic infrastructure.

Specific Skills required
Manage IT Infrastructure and Security to Maximize Uptime and Protection of Data
• The primary duty of an Infrastructure Manager is to ensure their employer’s systems are online and fully operational as much as possible. While small hiccups are inevitable, it is the Infrastructure Manager’s job to ensure these hiccups don’t escalate into catastrophes.

Define, Measure and Meet Key Operational Metrics
• How does one determine the health and functionality of a network? That is something defined by the Infrastructure Manager, and it is a decision based on the needs of the network’s users. The Infrastructure Manager collaborates with stakeholders to define these metrics and develop a plan for meeting them. They then manage and document results.

Establish Strategic Direction for Operating Systems
• The needs of each network are different. It is up to the Infrastructure Manager to develop a plan for their employer’s operating system, which must account for running future versions of programs and applications currently used most by the network’s users.

Partner With and Influence Stakeholders to Promote Simplification, Standardization and Innovation
• The Infrastructure Manager is responsible for communicating the technical aspects of the network and its needs to non-technical stakeholders. They