Infrastructure Architect

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description


MUST HAVE:
Demonstrated, in-depth knowledge and experience of IT infrastructure solution design
- Good knowledge about all layer of IT infrastructure and technology trends.
- At least 10 years IT Infrastructure experience , including 3 years infra planning
- Know-how and experience of ITIL Process
- Analysis of service infrastructure requirements by working with solution and service owners.
- Act as single point of contact for IO for resource requests.
- Process optimisation, management and scope definition of support contracts related to IT infrastructure vendors.
- Creating and maintaining reference IT infrastructure architecture.
- Creation of mid-term and long term infrastructure strategies
- Budget management.
- Know-how and experience about flow chart design and coding
- Capacity Management and identification of efficiency actions.
- Responsible for efficiency of infra capacity used by services.
- Identification of investment alternatives, comparison of alternatives and creation of required documentation for internal processes
Key Responsibility:
1. Infrastructure Operations SPOC for projects
- Accountable for analysing and designing IT infrastructure solutions for projects and business needs in accordance with VFTR standards and procedures, preparing procurement package
- Create and maintain IO NFRs
2. Design & Implement Processes
- Will be accountable to design and implement Infrastructure processes like Service Requests, Capacity Management
- Will own and maintain Infrastructure Provisioning process
3. Manage technical terms&conditions of IO contracts
- Create and maintain technical terms and conditions of IT infrastructure support, maintenance and service contracts
- Manage and ensure quality of the vendor involvement to IO projects and during daily operation
4. Infrastructure Efficiency
- Monitor capacity usage trends, seek possible bottlenecks, efficiency and saving potentials
5. Manage Technical Strategies
- Follow and analyse new/upcoming technologies and to evaluate their impacts on business requirements
- Analyses alternative technologies and solutions , and started procurement requests
6. Planning & Implementation capability
- Planning new IT infrastructure platforms to provide "best fit environments" for applications, utilities
- Provide assistance in new projects during all stages : assessment, planning, designing, initiation, implementation of the IT infrastructure
- Quality assurance of new and existing IT infrastructure
- Lifecycle management of all IT infrastructure
- Evaluation of tools and applications to manage/monitor IT infrastructure
7. Health & Safety
- Ensure that VF HSE&W procedures are implemented and works carried out in compliance with local HSE regulations.
- Ensure that work associated risks are assessed and reduced so far as is reasonably practicable 8. Information Security
- Comply with VFTRs information security policy, standards and procedures, available under Intranet / Corporate Security Library,
- Report all suspected security and/or policy breaches, potential security risks to VF TR Corporate Security,
- Protect VF TRs information assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference,
- Protect user accounts and associated passwords , and accept accountability for any actions performed via usage of those accounts.
8. Business Continuity
- Ensure that VFTR BCM policy /standard ,procedures ,plans implemented and works carried out in compliance with BS 25999 -2:2007 Standard
- Ensure that BCM risks are assessed and mitigated so far as is reasonably practicable in VFTR Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
- Ensure VTR BCMS by planning, establishing, embedding, implementing, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving within VFTR

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  • Job Id
    JD1246866
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
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  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
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