About the position
ENVIRONMENT:
A provider of tailored Financial Solutions seeks the expertise of an Infrastructure Manager to fill this hands-on technical leadership role suited to a professional with deep, current experience across servers, virtualization, storage, networking, and security — not solely a management or oversight function. You will manage vendor relationships, and ensure the reliability, security, and performance of the organisation's infrastructure. The ideal candidate will require at least 10 years’ hands-on experience in enterprise IT infrastructure including SAN, LAN, WAN, Zero Trust and Enterprise Antivirus Solutions.
DUTIES:
- Manage and maintain enterprise server infrastructure, including hypervisor/virtualization platforms, ensuring high availability and optimal performance.
- Own SAN and storage architecture, including capacity planning, replication strategy, and performance troubleshooting.
- Design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure, including LAN/WAN architecture and multi-ISP failover configurations.
- Manage firewall infrastructure, including security policy configuration, SSL inspection, and threat mitigation.
- Own backup and disaster recovery strategy and execution, including regular restore testing and ransomware-resilient backup design.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a technical team, setting clear standards and providing hands-on technical guidance.
- Manage infrastructure vendors, contracts, and budgets.
- Ensure infrastructure changes are governed through appropriate change management and risk assessment processes.
- Produce infrastructure performance, capacity, and incident reporting for senior management.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 10 years' hands-on experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, with demonstrable, current technical depth across the majority of the following areas:
- Server administration and hypervisor/virtualization technologies
- SAN and enterprise storage systems
- Networking (LAN/WAN design, routing, switching)
- Firewall and network security management
- Backup and disaster recovery solutions
- Zero Trust / Enterprise Antivirus Solutions
- Proven experience leading or mentoring a technical team.
- Strong troubleshooting and incident management capability, with a track record of resolving complex, high-pressure infrastructure incidents.
Advantageous –
- Relevant technical certifications (virtualization, network security, backup/DR, or equivalent).
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or a related field.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both technical staff and senior stakeholders.
Desired Skills:
- Infrastructure
- Manager
- JHB
