Senior Manager: Data Centre Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions

2 months ago


Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa Alinta Tech Solutions Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Manager to lead our Data Centre Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions team at Alinta Tech Solutions. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving commercial, solution, service, and strategic objectives, and ensuring the delivery of comprehensive end-to-end solutions to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leadership and Strategy:
    • Provide leadership across the portfolio in compiling, enhancing, researching, and leading the commercial, financial, marketing, and value propositions to all internal teams and external customers.
    • Develop and implement high-level plans and design proposals for Sizwe solutions.
  • Solution Design and Delivery:
    • Oversee the development of Data Centre Infrastructure and Cloud solutions by gathering customer requirements, conferring with users, and providing best-fit vendor-agnostic solutions.
    • Ensure that Data Centre and Cloud solutions are Cloud-optimized and well-architected, enabling customers to benefit from elasticity, horizontal scalability, automation, and high availability.
  • Customer Engagement and Relationship Management:
    • Build and maintain strong client relationships.
    • Deliver strategic workshops to clients and build strong relationships.
    • Compile, support, and deliver complete proposals/write-ups and commercial costing to the Bid Management team and other stakeholders as required.
  • People Management and Development:
    • Manage and mentor a team of Solutions Architects.
    • Hire, train, coach, and motivate the team to achieve objectives.
    • Develop the team in client engagement, technical and industry knowledge, and consistent application of required disciplines.
  • Self-Development and Teamwork:
    • Grow and ensure compliance as a subject matter expert within the portfolio.
    • Research and build knowledge and skills to be an effective leader in related technologies and offerings.
    • Contribute openly and honestly in internal and customer-facing meetings.
  • Transformation and General:
    • Lead transformation efforts internally and externally.
    • Communicate positively about transformation to clients and stakeholders.
    • Administer and update systems and documentation according to company processes.

Requirements:

  • Data Centre's Infrastructure and Hyperconverged technologies experience.
  • Exposure to Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Cloud platforms (Azure, Huawei, VCD), VMWare ESXi, VMWare vSphere v8, Veeam, CommVault, SUSE Linux, Windows Server 2016/2019, DELL, HPE, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Huawei Server and Storage.

Education:

  • School Grade 12
  • Tertiary IT-related degree (or equivalent NQF7) preferred

Minimum Requirements:

  • 5-8 years of management experience at a senior level within the portfolio.
  • Customer-centric mindset and team-oriented approach.
  • Sound knowledge of commercial components, differentiation, value proposition, skills, and processes to remain competitive.
  • Knowledge of related portfolios, technologies, components, legislation, and regulations controlling the environment.
  • Effective management of the portfolio team, including recruitment, performance measurement, and management processes.
  • Thorough knowledge of documentation, proposal write-ups, cost elements, pricing, responses, marketing material, and initiatives driving value creation for customers.
  • Understanding of business principles and their application.
  • Advanced business presentation skills.
  • Ability to identify and manage critical relationships to ensure business success.
  • Ability to apply solution design thinking processes to various situations and transfer competence to new situations.
  • Negotiation skills to achieve win-win situations.
  • Management and development of human capital according to business needs and objectives.
  • Ability to accurately report information pertaining to performance outputs.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and attend to finite detail to ensure service quality.
  • High moral principles and professional standards.
  • Willingness to work extended hours and travel as required.
  • Own transport with a valid driver's license.
  • Compliance with and enhancement of Sizwe's governance and management systems (ISO).


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