Infrastructure & Data Centre Manager

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

ITE008179/Mon

Date posted:

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

Annually

SUMMARY:

The Infrastructure & Data Centre Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for infrastructure, networking, and data centre operations. The role is accountable for ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency, while leading technical teams, managing vendors, and delivering tailored infrastructure solutions that meet business objectives and customer requirements.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities: Develop and execute infrastructure strategies and roadmaps aligned with business growth and customer needs. Lead capacity planning to ensure infrastructure can support current and future service demands. Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of data centre architecture and infrastructure standards. Manage data centre resources, including space, rack allocation, power, cooling, and connectivity. Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation, network diagrams, asset inventories, and dependency records. Own and drive the evolution of the organisation's network architecture and connectivity strategy. Ensure the security, resilience, and availability of servers, networks, firewalls, and critical infrastructure. Lead the response and resolution of infrastructure-related security incidents and operational risks. Manage infrastructure assets, lifecycle planning, and hardware procurement. Provide leadership, mentorship, and performance management for infrastructure and data centre teams. Manage infrastructure and data centre budgets, ensuring cost-effective operations and resource utilisation. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service reliability, operational efficiency, and customer experience. Job Experience and skill required Diploma \/ Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related 8 - 10 years experience in infrastructure, data-centre operations, hosing, networking or related Proven experience in a senior infrastructure or data-centre management Experience in designing or managing data-centre architecture, data network architecture and infrastructure. Proven experience managing infrastructure hardware procurement and vendor relationships Apply now! For more IT jobs, please visit \/> I also specialise in recruiting in the following: Software Development Data Engineer Data Analyst Infrastructure Architecture Data & Analytics: Data Scientists, Data Analysts (Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning) AI & Machine Learning: ML Ops, NLP, Predictive Modelling Data Scientists ... and more! If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles \/ positions. For more information contact: Monica de Wet Senior Recruitment Consultant

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