Infrastructure Manager

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

ITE007933/Sfund

Date posted:

Friday, July 31, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Monthly

SUMMARY:

Our client is a well-established organisation within the South African long-term insurance industry, with more than 30 years of experience serving non-traditional market sectors. Specialising in the administration and distribution of funeral insurance products, the business has built strong partnerships within the trade union environment. With a customer-centric approach, the organisation is committed to meeting the evolving needs of South Africans through innovation, creative thinking, and the delivery of unique insurance solutions and products.

POSITION INFO:

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Manager to lead and maintain a critical enterprise IT infrastructure environment.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role suited to a professional with deep expertise across servers, virtualization, storage, networking, security, and disaster recovery. The successful candidate will combine strong technical capability with the ability to lead a small technical team, manage vendor relationships, and ensure the performance, reliability, and security of the organisation's infrastructure.
This position is ideal for an infrastructure professional who enjoys remaining technically involved while contributing to strategic decision-making and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Management

Manage and maintain enterprise server environments, including virtualization and hypervisor platforms.
Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability across infrastructure services.
Own and manage SAN and enterprise storage environments, including capacity planning, replication strategies, and performance optimisation.
Design, implement, and maintain LAN/WAN infrastructure and multi-ISP connectivity solutions.
Ensure infrastructure environments remain secure, scalable, and aligned to business requirements.

Security & Disaster Recovery

Manage firewall environments, including security policy administration, SSL inspection, and threat mitigation.
Own and continuously improve backup and disaster recovery strategies.
Conduct regular recovery testing and implement ransomware-resilient backup solutions.
Support the implementation and maintenance of Zero Trust and enterprise security frameworks.

Leadership & Vendor Management

Lead, mentor, and develop a technical infrastructure team.
Provide hands-on technical guidance and establish operational best practices.
Manage relationships with infrastructure vendors and service providers.
Oversee infrastructure-related contracts, licensing, and budgets.
Ensure all infrastructure changes follow appropriate change management and risk assessment procedures.

Reporting & Governance

Produce infrastructure performance, capacity, availability, and incident reports for senior leadership.
Monitor infrastructure trends and recommend improvements to support business growth and operational resilience.
Maintain documentation and ensure compliance with organisational standards and governance requirements.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

Minimum of 10 years' hands-on experience within enterprise IT infrastructure environments.
Demonstrable technical expertise across most of the following areas:
- Server administration
- Virtualization and hypervisor technologies
- SAN and enterprise storage platforms
- LAN/WAN networking
- Routing and switching
- Firewall administration and network security
- Backup and disaster recovery solutions
- Zero Trust security frameworks
- Enterprise antivirus and endpoint protection solutions
Proven experience leading, mentoring, or managing technical teams.
Strong troubleshooting and incident management capabilities.
Experience resolving complex, business-critical infrastructure incidents.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to operate effectively in both technical and leadership capacities.

Advantageous

Relevant technical certifications in areas such as:
- Virtualization technologies
- Network infrastructure
- Cybersecurity
- Backup and Disaster Recovery
Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

What's on Offer

Opportunity to take ownership of a critical enterprise infrastructure environment.
A genuinely hands-on technical leadership position.
Exposure to modern infrastructure, security, and disaster recovery technologies.
Competitive salary package aligned to experience and expertise.
Performance-based annual bonus.
Subsidised Life and Disability Cover.
Funeral Cover.
Professional and collaborative working environment with opportunities for growth and impact.

Apply now!

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