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DIRECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS (Contract)

Minimum Requirements

Applicants must be in possession of a tertiary qualification and appropriate postgraduate qualification in ICT, or Computer Sciences

At least 10 years applicable experience, of which three (3) years has been as a senior manager,

And can command respect in the transport sector.

Job Specification

Note: The following will serve as strong recommendations:

The incumbent must also have significant experience in providing leadership in the IT sector. The successful candidate will be an effective communicator and skilled negotiator with a proven ability to define, develop and manage strategic tasks in the field of integrated IT planning and IT policy development.

S/he will have experience in and a proven ability to create and lead an effective and efficient team that will foster an interoperable IT system for national transport that is responsive to the plans, human resource requirements and overall developmental objectives of the Department.


Purpose: To maintain effective information technology infrastructure and operations

Duties:

· Manage infrastructure (networks, servers, desktops, databases. data centres) and solution design

· Provide infrastructure which supports the voice and data requirements of business

· Ensure infrastructure is aligned to business SLAs

· Manage and administer the Local Area Network

· Ensure network connectivity between LAN and WAN

· Design networks and maintain internal and external availability

· Manage network performance

· Troubleshoot network problems

· Manage network and firewall configurations

· Monitor server operations daily

· Manage system performance and optimization

· Maintenance of the operating system including access and security control

· Ensure the implementation of tested and approved server patches

· Implement disaster recovery planning and procedures including system and file back ups

· Manage and troubleshoot server issues

· Calibrate the DBMS in order to improve performance

· Consult with the Business Analyst on data base aspects

· Advise management on the acquisition of applicable hardware and software

· Design database to efficiently store data according to developers’ and user specification requirements

· Monitor and change database to optimise usage and reliability.

· Do research on the development and the use of databases and operating systems