Data Centre Specialsit

 

Recruiter:

Cortez Executive Search (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

CDCS25042022

Date posted:

Monday, April 25, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related


JOB SUMMARY:
Data Centre Specialist Position Available

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Purpose of position:

The Data Centre Specialist is part of a team responsible for the day to day management of availability, continuity and capacity management for Data Centre (DC) and Cloud elements for the CLIENT Southern African region.

Key accountabilities:

  • Day to day management of the Teams phone system on premise functionality.
  • Management of the firm’s email services be it O365, there are day to day email relay and external email related support tasks to be completed.
  • Servicing of eDiscovery requests for data hosted in the O365 environment.
  • Part of a team that will include the managing of Cloud hosted applications and services.
  • Limited support for some on premise applications.
  • Part of a team responsible to address ongoing vulnerability risk management.
  • As required completed Data Centre related work, including Hyper-visor, storage, backup and relevant application tier elements this includes relevant ITIL domains including incident, change, problem and capacity management.
  • Participate in design, plan and implementation of Business continuity and Disaster recovery capability for on premised DCs or Cloud solutions.
  • Actively contribute and participate in CLIENT’s cloud migration plans.
  • Day to day proactive management and monitoring of all elements of DC or Cloud performance.
  • Engagement with Vendors or CLIENT Global IT to ensure delivery against SLA and contract
  • Contribute to new service deliverables including input into architecture and system design, product installation, and ongoing support escalation.
  • Maintain Technical Documents, Support and Operations manuals and Knowledge Base articles.
  • Where applicable internal candidate to continue lead roles if based in a different city or country.

Person specification:

Relevant Skills

  • Relevant Tertiary IT qualification
  • Microsoft MCSE or MCP courses advantageous (Azure Cloud, Teams)
  • VMWARE and or Hyper-V Administration
  • Azure Cloud administration will be advantageous
  • Successful completion of vendor administration training of relevant technologies
  • ITIL Foundation
  • Network+
  • Experience \Understanding of ITIL Concepts, Change Management Processes
  • Ability to deal effectively with individuals at all levels
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Comfortable to lead in their area of expertise, but also able to follow as required by the team
  • Good organisational skills to ensure effective planning and prioritisation takes place regularly
  • Will be required to work outside normal office hours when necessary as part of performing role.

Personal Attributes

  • Excellent client focus
  • Ability to deal with conflict
  • Extremely high level of confidentially and integrity
  • Able to maintain a friendly, professional manner when liaising with clients, even in challenging situations
  • Ability to multi-task
  • The ability to build collaborative relationship with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity
  • The ability to work well under pressure and to perform to deadlines
  • Team player who is self-aware
  • Strong organisation skills; a self-starter with initiative, ability to foster innovation and a common sense approach to problem solving
  • Sound decision making ability with the ability to consult where needed
  • Focus on continuous improvement within the ITS function while advancing an ethical environment
  • High level of attention to detail and a desire to drive quality
  • The ability to work unsupervised
  • Effective communication and managing expectations is critical.

 

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