Data Centre Manager at AFGRI Equipment

Description

This role is primarily responsible for the maintenance, support, and deployment of all hosting solutions as well as the associated support thereof. Manage and maintain Active Directory. Assisting in maintaining all corporate systems including corporate email, collaboration, SQL servers, application servers, hosted file repositories and all cloud-based hosting environments. Maintaining a monitoring system to detect faults or resource outages for all systems, backups, and the retention thereof. Will be responsible for business continuity from cradle to grave.

Requirements

Required minimum education/training:

• Relevant degree/diploma an advantage
• Grade 12, relevant tertiary qualification will be an advantage (Cobit/ITIL)
• ITIL V4.0
• A+
• N+

Minimum work experience required

• Minimum 8 year’s working experience in an IT environment with relevant IT Infrastructure and Datacentre management experience

Key performance areas

• Coordinate, oversee, execute and/or any operational changes without compromising system integrity across all role players
• Provide operational inputs into hosted infrastructure
• Day-to-day management and interaction with third-party suppliers
• Plan, negotiate and assist with the implementation of optimal technology services, without compromising system integrity
• Assess data centre infrastructure needs for future developments without compromising system integrity
• Responsible for identifying continuous improvement opportunities
• Provide input into IT strategies relating to the Data Centre environment
• Identify business needs and streamline with IT business support
• Ensure alignment to the horizontal IT strategic integration
• Provide feedback on interactions with the business to align and prioritise IT operational aspects based on business strategy
• Responsible for the day-to-day health and, management of the following services:
• all corporate infrastructure systems
• corporate email
• collaboration, including MS Teams
• server operating systems and compliance
• hosted File repositories
• hosted environments
• plan, participate and report on adversary simulation (DR) tests
• Ensure all servers are equipped with all required tools
• Maintaining current hosting environments including, but not limited to on-premises, cloud (private and public)
• Manages all requests with regard to data centre infrastructure services
• Function as an advisory for technicians on complex issues
• Ensure all related SOPs are completed and updated bi-annually