IT Manager
Remuneration: | market-related |
Location: | Gauteng |
Job level: | Senior |
Type: | Permanent |
Reference: | #AA-36 |
Company: | Avatar Agency |
Job description
IT Management
- Lead and develop technology strategic plans and implementation strategies.
- Investigate and implement new technologies that ensure the business can meet its goals and objectives.
- Actively participate as a member of the Management Team.
- Develop and manage all aspects of IT operations, business systems, and IT infrastructure.
- Establish and maintain configuration management by identifying and documenting the components of the environment and the relationships between them.
- Work with Department Managers regarding their reporting and ICT needs.
- Manage the IT Administrator and set priorities between implementation, maintenance, and operations.
- Ensure users operate computers within the IT policy and guidelines.
Project Management
- Respond quickly to genuine business needs to deliver a sustainable business advantage.
- Deliver complete gap analysis covering both IT and commercial issues.
- Manage changes as a quantifiable and qualitative package.
- Facilitate the introduction of new services through training, documentation, and user groups.
- Smoothly deploy reliable new services.
- Deploy new services on time.
System Maintenance
- Maintain the integrity of systems by ensuring applications and ICT infrastructure is secure and not vulnerable to attack/misuse.
- Establish and maintain an appropriate ICT disaster recovery capability and business continuity plans.
- Ensure Web performance and functionality are maintained and enhanced to meet business needs.
- Administer the Windows Servers/Apple Servers/Print Server.
- Administer LAN/WAN, VPN, and data communications architecture across multiple sites.
- Establish and monitor Service Level Agreements.
- Oversee telecommunications.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- A tertiary qualification is highly desirable.
- MSCE or a relevant IT qualification.
- 7 Years of experience in the IT department.
Individual Attributes:
- Extensive knowledge of information and telecommunications technology, current and emerging trends.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and work with senior management.
- Experience in managing a small IT team.
- Proven project management skills
- Proven prioritization and troubleshooting skills
- Exceptional customer service attitude
- Ability to establish good working relationships with both employees and suppliers
- Proven budget management skills.
Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks after the application deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Posted on 06 May 16:14, Closing date 4 Jun