Systems Manager

SUMMARY:

A well-known retail head office based in Cape Town is looking for a Systems Manager to join their team

POSITION INFO:

Build and maintain an appropriately motivated skilled team

Build a sustainable team capability

Mentor and Coach team members

Develop and maintain effective relationships across business, suppliers and IT

Contribute to the ongoing improvement of processes, technology and architecture

Contribute to the ongoing improvement of processes, technology and architecture

Utilise problem solving skills & techniques to drive the resolution of issues

Use strong analytical skills to provide input into the design of solutions and problem solving

Understand your Systems Architecture Integration Dependencies and Ensure the right infrastructure is in place for systems

Understand Enterprise Architecture and collaborate with EA on solutions

Accountable for the team''s adherence to the company''s testing & QA practices and processes

Ensure systems conform to IT governance and information security requirements

Responsible for addressing risks raised by audit (internal and external)

Formulate application recovery plans including DR (Disaster Recovery) plans that are alignment with Business Continuity Plans (BCP)

Accountable for alignment to IT BCP and formulating individual application BCP

Maintain a 3 to 5 year Technology and Business Roadmap

Effective management of 3rd party Service/Product Providers to ensure agreed deliverables are met within agreed Service Level

Contribute to Business Case formulation:

Resources

Infrastructure

Software

Contribute to the assessment and selection of applications, solutions and services

Understand the IT and Business strategy and translate into a one-year systems operating plan

Proactively identify business impacts and direct the resolution

Plan and prioritise projects and workload to deliver to the operating plan

Provide resource and budget estimates as input into the ITS planning and budget process and in response to development request

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