Group Specialist Infrastructure and Cyber Security Platforms (Durban North) at Aspen Pharma Group

JOB PURPOSE:

• Strategic and tactical role within the Digital Technology organisation responsible for the design, governance, and continuous improvement of Aspen’s enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity architecture. The role supports the development and evolution of the organisation’s infrastructure platforms, including cloud infrastructure, datacentre services, networking, storage, workspace/end-user computing (EUC), collaboration platforms, and cybersecurity capabilities. The incumbent provides architectural guidance and technical expertise to ensure that infrastructure and cybersecurity platforms are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise technology strategies, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements. The role works closely with infrastructure platform teams, cybersecurity teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure that infrastructure services and cybersecurity controls are embedded into the design, deployment, and operation of enterprise technology platforms. In addition to architecture responsibilities, the role contributes to platform lifecycle planning and operational readiness across infrastructure and cybersecurity platforms, ensuring service quality, performance, availability, and security compliance across the organisation’s global technology environment. The role supports financial planning and governance for infrastructure and cybersecurity platforms, contributing to platform licensing oversight, infrastructure investment planning, technology lifecycle management, and OPEX/CAPEX cost optimisation initiatives in collaboration with the Group Manager.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

Infrastructure Architecture and Platform Design

• Design and maintain infrastructure architecture frameworks supporting enterprise cloud, datacentre, networking, workspace, and collaboration platforms.
• Ensure infrastructure architectures align with enterprise technology strategies and architecture standards.
• Provide architectural guidance for infrastructure transformation initiatives and platform evolution.
• Support the development of infrastructure reference architectures and design standards.

Infrastructure Platform Lifecycle Management

• Support the development and execution of infrastructure platform roadmaps, including upgrades, lifecycle management, and technology modernisation.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of infrastructure automation, provisioning, and deployment capabilities.
• Support operational readiness of infrastructure platforms, including monitoring, performance optimisation, and resilience.
• Ensure infrastructure environments are scalable, reliable, and aligned with organisational service requirements.

Cybersecurity Architecture and Risk Management

• Ensure cybersecurity controls are embedded across infrastructure, cloud, networking, collaboration, and workspace environments.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement secure-by-design principles and vulnerability management practices.
• Support incident response readiness and cybersecurity risk mitigation across infrastructure platforms.
• Ensure infrastructure platforms comply with Aspen’s cybersecurity policies, regulatory obligations, and audit requirements.

Infrastructure Operations and Service Enablement

• Support infrastructure operations teams and vendors to ensure effective delivery of infrastructure services.
• Provide technical expertise to enable the correct application of operational procedures and infrastructure governance standards.
• Support infrastructure monitoring and performance analysis to identify operational issues and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to the resolution of service incidents and technology issues affecting user experience.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Ensure infrastructure architectures comply with enterprise policies, security standards, and governance frameworks.
• Participate in infrastructure change governance and architecture review processes.
• Support audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and risk management activities related to infrastructure and cybersecurity platforms.

Infrastructure Financial Planning and Cost Management

• Support financial planning and cost governance for infrastructure and cybersecurity platforms.
• Provide architectural input into infrastructure investment planning, platform lifecycle decisions, and technology procurement strategies.
• Support management of infrastructure-related operational and capital expenditure, including cloud consumption, platform licensing, and hardware lifecycle investments.
• Contribute to the development of business cases for infrastructure modernisation initiatives and platform enhancements.
• Ensure infrastructure architectures balance performance, reliability, scalability, and cost optimisation.

Stakeholder Engagement and Technology Innovation

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, and vendors to translate organisational needs into infrastructure solutions.
• Communicate infrastructure architecture decisions, platform roadmaps, and technology strategies to stakeholders.
• Monitor technology trends across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital workplace platforms.
• Identify opportunities to improve enterprise infrastructure capabilities through innovation and modernisation initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, or Equivalent
• Current industry certification in architecture (i.e., TOGAF, GxP, ISO 9000)
• Business Process Management Methodology (i.e., BPM, SDLC, ITIL, DevOps, Agile, COBIT)
• Certification or relevant experience in Cloud platforms (i.e., Azure, AWS, or equivalent) 
• Microsoft infrastructure and cloud services certifications (i.e., M365, Azure)
• Network or Datacentre certifications (i.e., CCNP, CCIE)
• Cybersecurity certifications (i.e., CCSP, CISSP)
• 6–10 years’ experience working within enterprise infrastructure, networking, cloud, or cybersecurity environments within complex organisations.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure platforms, including cloud services, datacentre technologies, networking, and end-user computing environments.
• Experience working with cybersecurity controls, vulnerability management, and security governance frameworks.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders, vendors, and managed service providers within a multi-vendor enterprise technology environment.
• Experience supporting complex technology programmes or transformation initiatives within global organisations.