IT Operations Manager

Reference: ITE007956-Lamee-1

We’re seeking an IT Operations Manager to lead infrastructure, networking, hosting, and end-user technology environments. This role is all about ensuring stability, security, and performancewhile delivering a seamless service experience to every team that depends on it.
You’ll step into a hands-on leadership position, guiding an established team, setting standards, and assuring quality. At the same time, you’ll keep the technical depth to dive into infrastructure, networking, and firewalls when needed.
A key focus will be embedding governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) into daily operations, maintaining secure, well‑managed environments fit for a regulated financial services business.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure & Network Operations
  • Own the operation, optimisation, and lifecycle of enterprise network infrastructure
  • Manage firewall configuration, network segmentation, and network security controls
  • Ensure reliable connectivity, uptime, and performance across all systems and sites
  • Maintain infrastructure health monitoring and drive proactive resolution of emerging issues
Cloud Infrastructure & Hosting
  • Manage cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or similar) and hosting platforms for applications
  • Ensure infrastructure supports application performance, availability, and scalability
  • Own cloud cost visibility and drive infrastructure modernisation and cloud adoption initiatives
Service Delivery, End‑User Support & Identity
  • Own the internal IT service desk: intake, triage, prioritisation, and resolution against agreed SLAs
  • Manage endpoint provisioning, device standards, patching, and lifecycle management
  • Administer identity and access management (Entra ID / Active Directory) and Microsoft 365 environments
  • Manage onboarding and offboarding from a technology and access‑revocation perspective
  • Continuously improve the internal user experience, fewer tickets, faster resolution, better self‑service
Incident Management, Continuity & Disaster Recovery
  • Own the incident management process: severity classification, escalation, communication, and resolution
  • Lead major incident response and ensure root cause analysis and corrective actions are completed and tracked
  • Maintain and test backup, restore, and disaster recovery capability against defined RTO and RPO targets
  • Maintain business continuity readiness for technology services, including documented runbooks
  • Manage after‑hours and on‑call coverage arrangements across the team
Security, Governance & Risk Management (GRC)
  • Embed sound governance, risk, and compliance practices across infrastructure and operations
  • Manage firewall rules, access controls, privileged access, and security policy enforcement
  • Run vulnerability monitoring, patch governance, and remediation tracking
  • Ensure technology environments meet internal security standards and regulatory obligations (e.g. POPIA)
  • Maintain clear segregation and data governance boundaries in a shared‑premises environment
DevOps & Development Support
  • Maintain stable, well‑governed infrastructure for development, testing, and production environments
  • Support CI/CD environments in partnership with engineering teams
  • Operate a controlled change management process that supports delivery speed without compromising stability
Team Leadership & Vendor Management
  • Lead, develop, and set standards for an established IT operations team
  • Manage workload allocation, performance, capability development, and succession within the team
  • Own relationships with ISPs, hardware suppliers, licensing partners, and managed service providers
  • Manage IT operational budget, licensing spend, and cost forecasting
Operational Reporting, Metrics & Improvement
  • Establish and maintain operational reporting on infrastructure and service health
  • Track and report key metrics: system availability, incident volumes and trends, SLA performance, capacity, and operational risk
  • Provide clear, decision‑ready reporting to leadership on the health of the technology estate
  • Improve monitoring, automation, and operational tooling to reduce manual effort and recurring failure

Job Experience and Skills Required:
  • Degree or relevant certification in IT, Computer Science, Networking, or a related field
  • 6–10 years in IT infrastructure, networking, or operations, including at least 2–3 years leading a technical team. Demonstrated depth across enterprise-scale environments is weighted equally alongside tenure.

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