Infrastructure Architect - Cape Town, South Africa - Optimal Growth Technologies

Optimal Growth Technologies

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Accountable for analysing and designing IT infrastructure solutions for projects and business needs in accordance with VFTR standards and procedures, preparing procurement package

Create and maintain IO NFRs
Will be accountable to design and implement Infrastructure processes like Service Requests, Capacity Management
Will own and maintain Infrastructure Provisioning process
Create and maintain technical terms and conditions of IT infrastructure support, maintenance and service contracts
Manage and ensure quality of the vendor involvement to IO projects and during daily operation.
Monitor capacity usage trends, seek possible bottlenecks, efficiency and saving potentials
Follow and analyse new/upcoming technologies and to evaluate their impacts on business requirements
Analyses alternative technologies and solutions, and started procurement requests.
Provide assistance in new projects during all stages: assessment, planning, designing, initiation, implementation of the IT infrastructure
Quality assurance of new and existing IT infrastructure
Lifecycle management of all IT infrastructure
Ensure that VF HSE&W procedures are implemented and works carried out in compliance with local HSE regulations.
Ensure that work associated risks are assessed and reduced so far as is reasonably practicable
Comply with VFTRs information security policy, standards and procedures, available under Intranet / Corporate Security Library,
Report all suspected security and/or policy breaches, potential security risks to VF TR Corporate Security,
Protect VF TRs information assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference,
Protect user accounts and associated passwords, and accept accountability for any actions performed via usage of those accounts.

EligibilityCriteria**- Demonstrated, in-depth knowledge and experience of IT infrastructure solution design

Good knowledge about all layer of IT infrastructure and technology trends.
At least 10 years IT Infrastructure experience, including 3 years infra planning
Knowhow and experience of ITIL Process
Analysis of service infrastructure requirements by working with solution and service owners.
Act as single point of contact for IO for resource requests.
Process optimisation, management and scope definition of support contracts related to IT infrastructure vendors.
Creating and maintaining reference IT infrastructure architecture.
Creation of midterm and long term infrastructure strategies
Budget management.
Knowhow and experience about flow chart design and coding
Capacity Management and identification of efficiency actions.
Responsible for efficiency of infra capacity used by services.
Identification of investment alternatives, comparison of alternatives and creation of required documentation for internal processes
Good communication and coordination skills
Should be a good team player and should be able perform well under stress