Jonathan Nel Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, Wc, Za

Solon, Oh, Us

As a Technical Operations Manager, I lead a diverse DevOps team with members located in Cape Town and India. My primary responsibility is to deliver cloud infrastructure that aligns with our global standards, ensuring high levels of availability, reliability, and performance. I collaborate closely with our Development, IT and Cloud Engineering teams to maintain adherence to the latest best practices and drive operational efficiency. In addition to my core responsibilities, I work with various teams to optimize operational tasks and contribute to office and cultural management activities, fostering a productive and engaging work environment.

Solon, Oh, Us

Manager of the MRI South Africa Cloud and IT teams.Primary Responsibilities:• Oversee day-to-day operations in SA Cloud and IT teams• Assist with scheduling and prioritization of work• Review and improve internal processes to increase efficiency• Provide guidance and coaching to the team• Oversee and manage client and internal projects• Facilitate clear communication between business units• Manage relationships with key clients and vendorsSecondary Responsibilities:• Design, implement and manage third party product integrations• Work with Product Development on the implementation of new technologies

Solon, Oh, Us

Cape Town, Western Cape , Za

Primary Responsibilities:• Guiding and coaching the team and organisation to follow Scrum practices.• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies.• Guiding and coaching the team to become self-organizing.• Improving transparency within the team and organisation.• Assisting with identifying and removing impediments.• Guiding the team to find the right person within the organisation that can help them.• Supporting and coaching the Product Owners on Scrum practices.• Assisting the Product Owners with analysis and documentation where necessary.• Reviewing and driving internal design and user experience testing processes.Secondary Responsibilities:• Planning and overseeing of client projects as point of contact and project manager.• Improving internal administration and reporting processes.• Organizing social company events and perks.

Cape Town, Za

Primary Responsibilities:• Strategizing and executing the testing on multiple client projects across various platforms.• Writing and reviewing specification documents.• User requirements gathering and documenting.• User Interface and digital asset design.• Facilitation and driving end user training and demos. • Owning client communications, UAT and general application support.• Planning and overseeing project timelines, deliverables and managing client expectations.• Owning and configuration of TFS Team Projects.• Performing technical investigation and analysis on a code level. ► Scroll down to my 'Projects' for highlights of what I've been working on.Internal Responsibilities:• Quality Assurance Center of Excellence - Strategizing and driving the role of QA in the company. • Assisting with QA onboarding, internal training and R&D.• Social Committee - Organizing special company events and perks.• Marketing - Assisting with technical marketing tasks, designing of video & infographic material. • Employment Equity Committee - Representing a workplace demographic, assessing and recommending affirmative action measures, reviewing the company's EE plan and related policies and procedures.Some of the tools I've used:• Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Team Services - Test Management, Issue Tracking, Code Reviewing and Backlog tracking.• Chrome Developer Tools - Debug and simulate JavaScript and CSS issues.• Adobe Photoshop, Flash Professional and Illustrator.• PostMan - API testing and load testing.• ULS Log Viewer - Debug and monitor SharePoint logs.• Appium - Automated iOS Test scripts.• Microsoft Visual StudioTechnical Exposure:• SharePoint Server 2013/2015• SQL Server Management Studio• SQL Profiler• Windows PowerShell• T-SQL• DotNetNuke• XCode• Appium & Selenium WebDriver Automation Framework• MVC Framework• Bootstrap• Sitefinity• GitExtensions• AngularJS• Material Design

Stellenbosch, Za

During this internship, I helped to organize three Maties Market Place events. The aim of these events were to stimulate interaction between the Stellenbosch University and the surrounding Community through entrepreneurship. The Market Place provides students, staff and community members the opportunity to develop and grow their small businesses.I was in charge of the Vendor and Entertainment Management. I used this opportunity to further develop my management and communication skills and gained experience working with a dynamic group of people.

Stellenbosch, Za

During this internship I helped with the administration of the Stellenbosch Idea Competition 2013 and the launch of the new business accelerator, the LaunchLab.

In 2006, I started my own business providing quality sound and music for functions. I cater for corporate functions, birthday events and weddings. In 2009 I expanded my business by adding photography to my service list. I am currently doing free-lance work. I have great experience and a good business reputation in the entertainment industry.

Work duties:• Assembling computers• Repairing personal computers and laptops with various faults• Installing software packages• Repairing diverse software application problems• Removing viruses • Sales of hardware and software• Providing advice to customers

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Management - Information Systems And Services

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