Project Delivery Consultant at AVeS Cyber Security

Job Description

Life of a Project Delivery Consultant:

You will work closely with the Project Delivery Manager and other Project Delivery Consultants to organise the delivery effort of client projects. Here’s how:

• Creation, maintenance and control of project documentation, including the production of regular project status reports
• Managing day-to-day operational aspects of a project, including the setting and management of client expectations while identifying and minimising potential areas of “scope creep”
• Review deliverables prepared by the project team before delivery to clients
• Facilitate and prepare for team and client meetings, including production and deliver presentations where required
• Project commercial control and margin maintenance, identify additional business opportunities and prepare client quotations and progress as appropriate
• Design technical client solutions and project deliverables in line with international best practices such as the Microsoft Skills Framework and Microsoft Operations Framework.
• Staff Development and Training
• Maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of changes in the technology infrastructure industry, especially technical and technological changes, such as keeping your certifications current (N-1)
• Where clients have specific technical or technological requirements, you may be required to take up internal training sessions under the advice of the client to attain Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to your role.
• Attend internal and external training and/or knowledge transfer sessions to assist in your advancement as well as interaction with the infrastructure and other teams.

Mandatory (and minimum) skills requirements:

• Microsoft Certification (Must have an MCP ID)
• Deep subject matter expertise in the core Microsoft Application stack, specifically:
• Microsoft System Center Suite of Applications
• Microsoft Virtualisation
• Microsoft Identity Management
• Microsoft Unified Collaboration and Messaging
• Microsoft Office 365 and Azure Stack
• Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite
• Microsoft Operations Management Suite
• Proven current project delivery/management experience (5+ years)
• Ability to manage complex (multi-site) projects
• Understand the products and services provided by AVeS Cyber Security’s other lines of business and are able to integrate the infrastructure team’s offer with those of other lines of business.
• Demonstrated track record applying domain expertise in both delivery and sales of large-scale services to clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English, other languages are advantageous).
• Excellent work ethic: detail-oriented, energetic, get-things-done attitude and take responsibility to deliver positive results beyond expectations.
• Solid proficiency in computer literacy and Microsoft Office 2016.
• Customer-centric internal service delivery skills and ability to build productive, growth-focused business relationships.
• Ability to travel to work (we are situated near Clearwater Mall in Johannesburg).

Advantageous skills:

• Other vendor-specific certifications (Dell, EMC, Cisco, etc.).