Technical Manager II: Solutions Enablement, IT Infrastructure

SUMMARY:

Our client, a reputable retail company with their head office base in Cape Town is on the prowl for a skilled Technical Manager II who will be accountable for delivery and maintenance of sustainable complex or multiple technologies based solutions.

POSITION INFO:

Job description

• Build and maintain an appropriately motivated skilled team
  • Build a sustainable team capability
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships across business, suppliers and IT

• Contribute to the on-going improvement of processes, technology and architecture
  • Ensure operational sustainability of technology based solutions
  • Technology management and maintenance
  • Technology implementations and upgrades in accordance with agreed technology management and architecture standards and methodologies
  • Utilise problem solving skills & techniques to drive the resolution of issues
  • Use strong analytical and technical skills to provide input into the design of solutions and problem solving

• Understand your Technical Architecture 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 Woolworths 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) and

• Provide input into technology related Risk Management Strategies and risk mitigation
  • Accountable for alignment to IT BCP and formulating individual application BCP

• Maintain a 3 year Technology Roadmap
  • Contribute to Business Case formulation: resources, infrastructure, software
  • Contribute to the assessment and selection of technologies, 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

• Coach, mentor and share experience to improve competence and performance of team

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