Advanced Specialist: Infrastructure Strategy
REFERENCE NR: VAC01196
Purpose of the job
Responsible for the design, development, engineering, and implementation of hyper-converged infrastructure architectures, processes, and initiatives for cloud services that fulfill legislative obligations and data protection requirements and assure alignment with the Government and Corporate security act policies, and strategies.
Key Responsibility Areas
• Develop and design hyper-converged infrastructure strategies, procedures, and processes and Give the project teams with technical leadership on infrastructure strategy projects/ solutions implementation;
• Identifies, assesses, monitors, and evaluates technical risks for cloud solutions and Collaborate with all IT functional areas to design and support secure technologies to meet business needs, build controls and solutions for cloud technology by approved architecture frameworks and standards; and
• Develops tactical response procedures for incidents.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
Minimum: 3 years National Diploma in IT /Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/ Engineering or at least NQF level 6 or a verified/certified alternative equivalent @ NQF Level 6. Professional certification such as VMware Foundations certification, VCP, and VCAP or VCP-DCV, Cloud certification, Infrastructure strategy certifications, and Cloud Platform and Infrastructure are strongly preferred.
Experience: 6 – 7 years in ICT experience in large corporate/ public sector organizations, which should include experience as a technical lead or senior specialist with strong experience in infrastructure technologies and engineering infrastructure strategy architecture solutions. Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud technologies.
Technical Competencies Description
Deep understanding of cloud architecture. Deep understanding of operational integration of security functions. Strong knowledge of security, storage, and specification. Wide knowledge of infrastructure best practices, principles, and customary frameworks. Extensive knowledge of systems infrastructure Deep working knowledge of infrastructure strategy frameworks. Good knowledge and understanding of risk management processes and knowledge in conducting risk assessments Excellent knowledge and understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery.
Deep understanding of infrastructure management solutions Extensive understanding of developing and documenting infrastructure architecture and plans, including strategic, tactical, and project. Strong organizational and project management skills Thorough understanding of Infrastructure and good practices and skill to strike a balance between a tutorial and pragmatic approach. Extensive knowledge of infrastructure issues, techniques, and implications across all existing computer platforms.
Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal). Capability to make, maintain and organize the documentation to support standards and principles. Strong project management skills, with a high aptitude for managing multiple projects. Capability to barter with multiple stakeholders Good Knowledge of infrastructure, key processes, and technology-oriented risk issues, specifically around security and privacy. Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills also as project management. Outstanding presentation and persuasion capabilities that elicit confidence and credibility.
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