The IT Infrastructure Consultant will assist the Head of Infrastructure & Network Security and Head of Cloud & Cybersecurity in its objective of ensuring the availability, performance, and security of the organization’s IT systems.
This role involves advising the management team on the optimal infrastructure platforms to be adopted to ensure a seamless IT operations architecture for the next 5 years.
This resource will be employed in a one-year contract with MNS.
Roles and responsibilities:
1. Hardware and Operating Systems Management:
- Assess the existing system architecture at MNS and propose improvements and optimisations.
- Ensure the effective implementation of any approved improvements and optimisations.
- Review and recommend a patching strategy for MNS.
- Propose upskilling programmes for management of IT Infrastructure in the IT Infrastructure and Network Security and Cloud and Cybersecurity Departments
2. LAN/WAN and Network Security
- Study existing network topology and propose improvements and optimisations on the design and resilience of the LAN/WAN architecture.
- Ensure the effective implementation of any approved improvements and optimisations.
3. IT Budgeting, Procurement, and management of Vendors’ Contracts:
- Study current/upcoming infrastructure requirements, forecast future IT needs and assist in IT budgeting, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
4. Backup and Recovery
- Review backup and recovery strategies of the IT infrastructure and Network Security department.
5. ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Implementation:
- Assist the Infra team in
- review of ISMS risk assessment,
- propose areas of improvement,
- develop action/risk treatment plans
- Assist the Head of Infra in conducting post-incident reviews to identify lessons learned and prevent future incidents
Qualifications and preferred skills:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of relevant experience in the ICT Sector, out of which at least 5 years in a management role in an IT Infrastructure department.
- Proven working experience in a LAN/WAN environment with a minimum of 50 servers/virtual servers, running Unix, Linux and Windows Operating Systems and having application servers on Tomcat, with Oracle databases.
- Proven Experience in Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge on SAN Management is desirable.
- Knowledge on HCI Infrastructure is desirable.
- Familiarity with ISO/IEC 27001 standards and IT security best practices
- Excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.