Infrastructure Manager

Infrastructure Manager | Johannesburg | Permanent

Shape the backbone of enterprise technology in a complex, high-performance environment. Lead infrastructure strategy and delivery across multiple platforms and data centres.

This role is responsible for defining, designing, and delivering scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions across a large enterprise landscape. You will take ownership of infrastructure architecture from concept through to implementation, ensuring alignment with business objectives, service levels, and long-term IT strategy.

Working closely with Enterprise Architecture, Service Delivery, and Project teams, you will guide infrastructure standards, capacity planning, and technology roadmaps. You will also play a key role in modernisation initiatives, including cloud migration and infrastructure automation, while maintaining governance across design quality, performance, and operational excellence.

Our client is a well-established enterprise operating within a complex, multi-site environment, with a strong focus on innovation, scalability, and long-term digital transformation.

• Define and implement infrastructure strategy, standards, and roadmaps
• Lead end-to-end infrastructure solution design from POC to implementation
• Drive scalable, high-performance infrastructure across multiple data centres
• Oversee capacity planning, monitoring, and performance optimisation
• Guide technology selection, refresh cycles, and investment planning
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance, and business objectives
• Support cloud migration and hybrid infrastructure strategies
• Collaborate with architecture, project, and service delivery teams
• Provide technical leadership in resolving major incidents and service issues

• 6–8+ years in a senior infrastructure or technical architecture role
• Proven experience designing and managing complex, enterprise-scale infrastructure
• Strong cross-domain expertise across servers, networks, storage, and databases
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure automation, orchestration, and configuration tools
• Experience with virtualisation, SAN, Wintel and Unix environments
• Solid understanding of LAN, WAN, WiFi, and VoIP network design
• Exposure to SQL and Oracle database technologies
• Knowledge of authentication technologies including SSO and federation
• Familiarity with SDLC, security, and risk mitigation frameworks
• Exposure to ITIL and/or TOGAF principles

• High-performing, scalable infrastructure aligned to business needs
• Minimal deviation from enterprise architecture standards
• Strong SLA performance and service reliability
• Successful delivery of infrastructure initiatives and technology refresh programmes
  
  Effective collaboration across architecture, delivery, and operations teams