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IT Manager

Job Ref
279833
Job Type
Permanent
Employer Type
Company
Date Added 28 Sep 2018
Expiry Date 26 Oct 2018
* There have been 24 applications to this job.
* This job has been viewed 5930 times.
Employer:
Khipu Networks

Location:
Eastern Cape

Salary:
Market related

Benefits:


Role details:
Join the Experts in Cyber Security and Elevate your IT Career on an International Level

KHIPU Networks is an award winning international cyber security company, by Royal Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen. We deliver a wide range of network, wireless and security solutions and services across multiple sectors.

Working with only the best Networking, Wi-Fi and Cyber Security vendors on the market, our ethos is to work in partnership with customers, to understand their environments and challenges so that we can design and deploy ‘best of breed’ solutions that enable them to meet their strategic goals.

Expanding to Africa in 2012, KHIPU has three offices in South Africa which includes a Security Operations Centre (SOC) - handling both local and international managed services, specifically our Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) operation.

Location:
KHIPU Networks is headquartered in the UK - our South African offices are in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. We want an experienced Technical Manager to join us in Port Elizabeth.

Role:
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Manager to provide management, support and mentorship to a growing team of international serving IT professionals - ranging from 1st to 3rd line engineers. This is a challenging and varied role that would suit a self-driven individual wishing to further develop their management career in the networking and security space.

The Technical team consists of a helpdesk supported by external engineers, a service desk manager and several team leaders, which the successful candidate would need to work closely with. The role would also involve motivating and progressing the technical staff, whilst creating a department with an aim of excellence for service delivery and support.

Training would be provided as appropriate and necessary. This role would potentially involve travel both within South Africa and world-wide.
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Preferential requirements:
• Operational experience in managing a multidisciplinary environment from an operation, support and maintenance perspective.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Ability to make decisions, working within the team and individually
Aptitude and willingness to accept challenges to deliver complex strategies in an ever-changing environment.
• 5 Years+ Management experience

Desirables
• A Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Information Technology OR equivalent.
• A background in the IT industry
• Customer Service Delivery Experience

Responsibilities:
• Maintain a high quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Manage the technical department to ensure an exceptional quality of customer service at all times.
• Implement, develop and maintain company policies and procedures
• Facilitate company relevant training for the technical staff with plans and set development paths.
• Oversee network and system infrastructure to ensure optimal performance.
• Manage and be responsible for all technical functions from 1st – 2nd – 3rd line engineers.
• Manage projects with project managers by coordinating resources and timelines with other departments as needed
• Establish and maintain effective professional working relationships with co-workers, and every level of management
• Establish and maintain effective professional working relationships with suppliers / manufacturers and contractors.
• Staff Communication and Morale
• Staff Performance Management
• Staff Training and Development



 
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