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Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

• Develop and implement IT strategies aligned with the organization’s goals. This includes technology upgrades, system integration, and innovation to improve operational efficiency.• Oversee the maintenance, upgrade, and administration of the organization’s IT infrastructure and ensure availability and reliability.• Develop and implement cloud strategies, manage cloud services, migrations, and ensure secure and efficient cloud operations.• Lead and manage IT projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.• Ensure the effective management of data, including data integrity, backup, recovery, and data privacy. • Lead and mentor a team of IT professionals, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.• Establish and maintain relationships with technology vendors and service providers. Negotiate contracts and ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends. Promote innovation and continuous improvement in IT processes and services.• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including senior management, to report on IT performance, project progress, and strategic initiatives.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

• Engage with stakeholders at various levels to design infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements.• Guide the organization through migration to cloud-based infrastructure solutions from on-premises.• Drive infrastructure modernization by assessing and identifying applications, processes, and workflows.• Architect and implement Azure Cloud Solutions including Compute, Storage, Networking and Security.• Automating the build and deployment of applications by adopting DevOps practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.• Work with various teams to ensure successful project execution according to established objectives, timelines, and costs.• Provide technical ownership, services and support for both internal infrastructure and cloud.• Anticipate, mitigate, identify, respond to and resolve issues within the Microsoft Stack and all related environments.• Research and make recommendations on products, services and standards in support of procurement and development efforts

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients.• Creating and maintaining strong relationships with customers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.• Architect and implement various Azure Cloud Solutions including Compute, Storage, Networking and Security.• Architect and implement Microsoft 365 Solutions including Exchange Online, Device Management, Identity, Compliance and Security.• Architect, implement and maintain On-Premise Infrastructure solutions including Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Hyper-V and the System Center Suite• Transition technical projects into production, ensuring 'go-live' for operations.• Create, validate and review solutions and effort estimates for datacenter migration to Azure Cloud.• Simplified client day-to-day operations by introducing automation tools, reducing manual tasks and increasing efficiency • Conduct Proof of Concepts for Azure Cloud based services.• Drafting and presenting of technology roadmaps and workshops to clients regarding new upcoming technologies in Azure and Microsoft 365.

Advanced Certificate In Management

Computer Software Engineering