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Johannesburg - South Africa

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Minimum Requirements:

  • Matric Diploma or Degree
  • National Diploma: Information Technology (Required)
  • 5 10 years of progressive professional experience with Cisco Architecture
  • Cisco High level certifications (Architect)
  • Architecture specialisation
  • CCIE or equivalent certification(s)
  • ITIL advantageous
  • Demonstrated skills knowledge and experience in Architecture
  • Detail orientation proven organisational skills and high degree of accuracy
  • Working knowledge of relevant local labour legislation
  • Practical knowledge of remuneration
  • Strong oral and written communications skills
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Experience of partnering with line management and the Architecture team to produce long term Architecture strategies
  • Good knowledge of Architecture systems
  • An understanding of employee engagement that is beyond the theoretical and can demonstrate it with practical examples of how to improve it in the workplace
  • Excellent prioritisation skills
  • Strong influencing and conflict resolution skills
  • Excellent practical knowledge Human Capital Management theories and principles
  • Strong practical knowledge of all areas of Architecture: change management performance management learning and development workforce planning Architecture analysis tender development and input
  • Ability to maintain supreme levels of ethical behaviour and confidentiality
  • Strong management skills
  • Strong analytical and problemsolving skills
  • Ability to work independently and within teams
  • Ability to initiate/manage cross functional teams and multidisciplinary projects
  • Ability to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Ability to impart and share knowledge and skills
  • Ability to work in a fastpaced environment and under pressure

Responsibilities:

  • To provide guidance and support on network solutions and the associated services
  • Ensure that you assigned team attends to all calls in timeously and effectively manner to the satisfaction of the customer
  • Ensure that all requests for assistance received via the company Service Desk are attended to accurately and efficiently
  • Where required to provide customers with updates or feedback on calls that is logged on the call logging system
  • Manage escalations
  • Monthly Client meetings
  • Monthly reports to clients and management
  • Attend to War Rooms
  • Assist Network team to meet identified SLAs
  • Actively support team on common goals and participate in high team performance
  • Provide 24x7 technology platform and customer support on a rotating basis
  • Continuous broadening of own technical skills and problem solving
  • Ensure team members maintain current certifications and future required certifications
  • Engaging in formal and informal knowledge transfer
  • Time management in accordance with Customer service requests and SLA
  • Ensure that Network Solutions are monitored and proactively managed to required service levels and administered for the customer
  • Manage all assigned staff on AOT
  • Perform Performance appraisals
  • Attend to staff performance improvement plans when required to.
  • To perform high level support for day to day operations to your assigned team members
  • Oversee / Attend to OEM interventions when required on Network equipment
  • Management of customer expectation and perception
  • To successfully complete all training and to maintain certification requirements to fulfil job specifications
  • Standard Operating Requirements
    • Complete all Incidents within SLA requirements
    • Coordinate service request resolution
    • Skills Transfers
    • Manage Team members
    • Manage OEM Certifications
    • Identify Training requirements with in your team and the wider network team
    • Arrange and have regular Workshops
    • Monitor and have Regular firmware upgrades completed for SLA Clients
    • Build and guide a high performing team by providing leadership role clarity training and career development
    • Ensure open communication channels with staff and implement change management interventions where necessary
    • Develop and implement a training plan in order to build and develop skills within the team
    • Encourage knowledge transfer through the implementation of a knowledge transfer plan and drive a continuous improvement philosophy
    • Actively participate in leadership team and develop skills of own team
    • Promote a company centric and partnership approach to develop strong relationships with other working groups and ensure adherence to Group governance.
    • Closed calls (Incidents) within specified priority times (SLA) by the team target 100%
    • All requests and Projects completed on time by the team Due Date
    • Make sure that all calls are updated timeously and with full accurate details

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