My client based in Cape Town is currnelty looking for a Network Manager to join them on a perment basis
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Description of the Role:
This is a senior management role, reporting to the Head: Infrastructure, Platforms and Operations
The role is primary accountable for:
- The provision of cost effective, efficient, stable and secure network infrastructure shared services including Data/Voice/Video network (WAN/LAN/WLAN) for all participating businesses in the Group, across the geographies of a global organisation as per agreed services levels focussed on Infrastructure as a Service Platforms.
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Defining and implementing the Shared Network strategy and delivering networking infrastructure services supporting the Technology strategy. The role will work closely across the Group businesses, vendors, business partners and Public Cloud Service Providers to design and implement a clear roadmap for ensuring delivery of On-premise Private and Hybrid infrastructure services.
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Understanding/deep curiosity about emergent IT and Infrastructure trends, notably software-defined network, Infrastructure as Code, Hyper-convergence, DevSecOps, Containerisation, Micro services, , some application coding skills in addition to systems knowledge.
- Rigorous budget, cost recovery and charge back mechanisms and procedures.
- Continuous standardisation, consolidation and optimisation of shared networking across the Group.
- Delivery on the Software defined strategy for WAN and Data Centre including the technology, process and engineering to enable and maintain it.
- Managing outsourced services delivery and relationships.
- Engaging with Group Business Units to understand their strategy and business requirements to ensure alignment of the services offered.
- Technology Strategy Execution and delivery of business requirements.
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Knowledge of contracting trends, licensing models, and traditional and emerging contract and Vendor performance models.
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Strong project and process management skills, with the ability to handle multiple vendors and multiple contracts, as well as a wide range of tasks.
- Knowledge of best practices for IT contract negotiation tactics and strategies.
- Inventory accuracy in support of our security, billing and recovery objectives per instance.
- A zero tolerance attitude to non-compliance of security framework including patch management, hardening, user access reviews and technical debt.
OUTPUTS
Understanding/deep curiosity about emergent IT, Networking and Infrastructure trends as referenced above.
- Achievement of stringent SLA’s and mean time to restore of 2 hours for business critical systems.
- Accurate inventory of all networking platforms provisioned in Group Data Centers and Cloud platforms.
- Accountable for the provision of cost effective, efficient, stable and secure networking shared services for all participating businesses in the Group, across the geographies of a global organisation as per agreed services levels.
- Ongoing Cost optimisation.
- Expense and income management.
- Agile solutions delivery for new business requirements.
- Managing Shared Network Infrastructure risks on behalf of businesses.
- Providing support for all business change initiatives where IT support and guidance is required.
- Maintain and enhance technical hybrid cloud and software defined networking platform.
- Accountable for request, incident, problem, change, release processes and configuration management adherence for areas of responsibility.
- Expose networking API’s to enable self-service provisioning of compute and networking infrastructure.
- Support the development of future roadmaps
- For technologies that the business is accountable for.
- Development of Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines for responsible areas.
- Management of business partners
- Risk Management including the avoidance of repeat audit findings.
- People Management
Ensuring continuity (Resilience Engineering) of all Core connectivity platforms delivered through
- Align network platforms ways of work with Data Driven Lean and Agile solutions delivery for new business requirements
- Instil a culture of automation in all provisioning and lifecycle tasks for on premise, and cloud provisioned network platform services.
- Build a competence of scripting and automation within Networking Platform team to enable future efficiencies
- Enable and Integrate Networking Infrastructure (on premise and cloud based) to development environment practices for improved DevOps experience
- Ensure proper integration of security practices and toolsets into the Networking Platform environment for proper security protection (patching, vulnerability, authentication, event, intrusion protection, etc.) for on premise and cloud protection
- Ensure use of cloud based toolsets for vulnerability protection, policy compliance and patching where appropriate to supplement provisioned tools.
- Enable strategy and decision making of the correct networking platform, together with easy integration between on premise and respective cloud platforms.
- Networking Platform Design in support of deployments for Africa Operations and related technology risks on behalf of the business.
REQUIREMENTS
Appropriate Technical degree in Information
Systems/Commerce
Knowledge:
- Extensive (10+ years) technical, operations,
- risk and business management experience in
- complex large technology environments (at least 10 years of which 5 years is in a senior management role)
Understanding of the:
Current state and strategic direction of Networking Infrastructure.
Software defined networking and automation
Business climate and technology needs in the global enterprise servicing multiple client requirements.
IT cost management and charge out mechanisms.
Experience:
Extensive experience in managing Vendor and outsource relationships including risk and financial management.
In depth experience in the IT environment across the areas of responsibility including but not limited to networking, physical datacenters, remote sites, and enterprise data centre technologies and services)
Dealing with enterprise customers and Global suppliers and vendors
Negotiation across the geographies and cultures of a global organisation
Experience of a multi-vendor, multi-Client Environment.
Management and recovery on large Infrastructure budgets
Rest of Africa experience would be valuable.
Competencies:
- Cultivates Innovation
- Client Focus
- Drives Results
- Collaborates
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Cloud Competencies
- ACI, SDWAN, Telecommunications and Call Center technology.
Cisco, product suite, WAN, UTP Cabling, Knowledge of the Network service providers’ technologies, Wireless LAN, Mobility
- Understanding of Software Defined Data Center technologies and operating models.
- Leadership/People Management Skills
- Commercial Skills
- Strategic Thinker / Foresight
- Influencing Skills
- Communicates Effectively
- Analytical thinker with good problem-solving
- skills
- Decision Quality
- Global Perspective
- Tech Savvy
- Financial Acumen
Desired Skills:
- Network
- Network operations
- Network Manager
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Grade 12 / Matric