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Join a leading recruitment firm in South Africa as the Head of IT Infrastructure. This high-impact role involves strategic leadership, management of cloud transformation, and ensuring maximum uptime across data centers and networks. Leverage your extensive experience in IT to shape and lead the infrastructure strategy in alignment with enterprise goals.
Lead the enterprise-wide infrastructure strategy, modernize cloud and data center operations, drive performance and resilience, and influence executive-level decisions in a business-critical function.
Qualifications & Experience : Required : Bachelor's or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline Minimum of 10 years experience in infrastructure roles, with 35 years in senior leadership or managerial capacity Certifications (Preferred) : ITIL PMP Cisco (CCNP / CCIE) Microsoft (MCSA / MCSE) AWS / Azure / GCP Architect level Requirements : Proven expertise in : Data centers, server and network management Virtualization (VMware and Hyper-V) Cloud strategy (AWS, Azure, and GCP) hybrid or multi-cloud Disaster recovery and business continuity Regulatory frameworks : GDPR, ISO , and PCI DSS Infrastructure performance monitoring and reporting Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and vendor management experience Key Performance Areas (KPAs) : Strategic Leadership : Own and drive the IT infrastructure roadmap aligned with business goals Lead modernization, scalability, and cloud transformation initiatives Infrastructure Operations : Manage all infrastructure environments : Data centers, networking, storage, and servers Ensure maximum uptime, performance, and disaster readiness Team Leadership : Mentor and manage Engineers and system specialists Build skill pipelines through training and structured KPIs Security & Compliance : Implement enterprise-grade security controls (firewalls and IDS / IPS) Maintain regulatory compliance and manage audits and assessments Budgeting & Vendor Governance : Plan, manage, and optimize infrastructure budgets Oversee vendor contracts, evaluations, and strategic partnerships Project Oversight : Deliver major infrastructure projects on time and within scope Own cloud migrations, upgrades, and infrastructure rollouts Monitoring & Reporting : Deploy monitoring tools for performance, incidents, and uptime Report to C-suite on risks, outages, and operational metrics Apply Now!
Ready to lead a mission-critical IT function at enterprise scale?
Bring your infrastructure expertise, leadership strength, and cloud transformation vision to this high-impact role.
Apply now to become the strategic force behind reliable, secure IT operations.
Note : If you do not hear back within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.