IT SYSTEM ENGINEER MANAGER
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In office (Midrand)
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First seen by Alion on Oct 21, 2026.
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Onboarded Solutions is a recruitment agency that places candidates with client employers in IT, engineering, finance systems and production. It advertises positions such as an IT systems engineering manager, Sage Intacct team lead, professional structural engineer and production operators. The agency is headquartered in Midrand, South Africa.
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Duties & Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Management
- Translate IT strategy into infrastructure and systems engineering roadmaps.
- Develop long-term infrastructure modernisation plans.
- Contribute to enterprise architecture and digital transformation initiatives.
- Manage infrastructure budgets and drive cost optimisation.
- Oversee data centre, cloud, server, storage, and network infrastructure.
- Manage Active Directory, identity management, backup solutions, disaster recovery, collaboration platforms, and endpoint management systems.
- Ensure high availability, business continuity, performance optimisation, and effective capacity planning.
- Implement infrastructure security standards and best practices.
- Oversee patching, vulnerability management, and system hardening.
- Collaborate with IT security teams on threat mitigation, access controls, and compliance.
- Ensure disaster recovery and business continuity plans are tested annually.
Team Leadership and Management
- Lead and manage systems engineers and infrastructure specialists.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship.
- Establish KPIs, performance objectives, and conduct performance appraisals.
- Develop skills development and succession plans.
- Promote automation and DevOps practices.
Service Delivery and Operations
- Ensure infrastructure meets service-level agreement (SLA) targets.
- Oversee incident, problem, and change management processes.
- Minimise unplanned downtime and drive root cause analysis.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives.
Vendor and Stakeholder Management
- Manage relationships with cloud providers, hardware vendors, and managed service providers.
- Evaluate and negotiate infrastructure contracts.
- Monitor vendor performance against agreed service levels.
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or IT Engineering is mandatory.
- 8–12 years of experience in IT infrastructure.
- 3–5 years of experience in a management role.
- Experience working in enterprise systems environments.
- Experience in cloud migration and infrastructure modernisation.
- Proven experience managing teams of five or more technical staff.
- Experience managing IT budgets and reporting.
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