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Stellenbosch - South Africa

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Seeking a Head of Infrastructure (Corporate IT) to be based in Gauteng (hybrid role). You will be part of senior leadership and cloud security and strategy focused.


Lead the enterprise-wide infrastructure strategy modernize cloud and data center operations drive performance and resilience and influence executive-level decisions in a business-critical function.

Qualifications & Experience:
  • Required:
    • Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related discipline
    • Minimum of 10 years experience in infrastructure roles with 35 years in senior leadership or managerial capacity
  • Certifications (Preferred):
    • ITIL
    • PMP
    • Cisco (CCNP/CCIE)
    • Microsoft (MCSA/MCSE)
    • AWS / Azure / GCP Architect level

Requirements:
  • Proven expertise in:
    • Data centers server and network management
    • Virtualization (VMware and Hyper-V)
    • Cloud strategy (AWS Azure and GCP) hybrid or multi-cloud
    • Disaster recovery and business continuity
    • Regulatory frameworks: GDPR ISO 27001 and PCI DSS
    • Infrastructure performance monitoring and reporting
  • Strong leadership stakeholder engagement and vendor management experience

Key Performance Areas (KPAs):
  • Strategic Leadership:
    • Own and drive the IT infrastructure roadmap aligned with business goals
    • Lead modernization scalability and cloud transformation initiatives
  • Infrastructure Operations:
    • Manage all infrastructure environments: Data centers networking storage and servers
    • Ensure maximum uptime performance and disaster readiness
  • Team Leadership:
    • Mentor and manage Engineers and system specialists
    • Build skill pipelines through training and structured KPIs
  • Security & Compliance:
    • Implement enterprise-grade security controls (firewalls and IDS/IPS)
    • Maintain regulatory compliance and manage audits and assessments
  • Budgeting & Vendor Governance:
    • Plan manage and optimize infrastructure budgets
    • Oversee vendor contracts evaluations and strategic partnerships
  • Project Oversight:
    • Deliver major infrastructure projects on time and within scope
    • Own cloud migrations upgrades and infrastructure rollouts
  • Monitoring & Reporting:
    • Deploy monitoring tools for performance incidents and uptime
    • Report to C-suite on risks outages and operational metrics

Apply Now!
Ready to lead a mission-critical IT function at enterprise scale Bring your infrastructure expertise leadership strength and cloud transformation vision to this high-impact role. Apply now to become the strategic force behind reliable secure IT operations.

Note:If you do not hear back within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful.




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