National IT Manager – Stellenbosch, Cape Town
Our client a nationalISP is looking for a National Systems Manager
Lead the team nationally in one of the fastest growingcompanies in SA.
This is a hand’s on role –Designing, developing and implementing solutions.
Special Skills:
· OSS/BSS
· MS Active Directory
· Office 365
· Identity management
- Manage a mix of WISPS, 70 systems & VAS & Cloud basedapplications
The position of National Manager – Systems is responsiblefor the execution of the national systems plan. This includes responsibilityfor the internal systems and the future OSS/BSS development; consolidation ofnational systems infrastructure and the standardisation and consolidation ofnational systems for operations, head-office IT, value added services and othersupport systems.
Job summary:
- Inform the systems strategy and propose national systems& related infrastructure tactics, plans and budgets aligned with theCompany strategy of standardisation, consolidation & integration.
- Propose and build a national systems team and competencymanagement & support centre aligned with all internal business customer’sneeds.
- Execute the systems tactics as per agreed systems plans.
- Engage with the counterparts in the other divisions anddepartments to ensure cohesion between all the functions of the business.
- Keep the COO informed of the state of systems throughperiodic reporting.
Min Requirements
- Strong demonstrable experience in creating andsuccessfully implementing a large IT project or founding and running asuccessful start-up
- Strong ability to translate business needs intotechnology requirements
- 5+ years software development experience ineither development team lead or project management roles
- 5+ years’ experience in deploying and managingkey server or network infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of networking, includingrouting, tcp and network security
- Strong demonstrable experience in deploying andmanaging cloud hosted applications
- Strong demonstrable experience in data securityand information management
- Experience in implementing POPI or GDPR policiesor procedures within your organisation
- Experience in Microsoft Active directory, orsimilar
- Experience in managing a distributed team orremote workers
- Proven ability to manage multiple projectssimultaneously
- Experience in OSS/BSS systems will beadvantageous
- Experience in the ISP industry will beadvantageous
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