Infrastructure Planning & Capacity Management Team Lead Job in Kenya

Infrastructure Planning & Capacity Management Team Lead

DESCRIPTION

We are pleased to announce the following Position in the Digital IT Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.Brief Description

Reporting to the Research and Design Tech Lead the role holder will be responsible for scouting, developing & testing prototypes & piloting, refining and adopting new technologies to solve current problems, improving operation efficiencies and to create new platforms that support new business opportunities. Working with partners, Project teams, Squads as well as virtual IT delivery teams to implement various projects and business deliverables. Break down complex requirements into simple trackable tasks. Be committed to high quality output and delivery on time.

Responsibilities

The main duties are:

Scout new technologies and vendors to enable innovation and identify technical enablers
Developing and testing prototypes
Piloting, refining and adopting new technologies and partner solutions
Responsible for Solutions Design and specifications with Quarterly target focus
Support setting up of crowdsourcing initiatives to generate innovative ideas and concepts
Coordinate with other engineers, management and partners on research and design work
Responsible for research and design initiatives by sourcing, developing and driving new technology capabilites.
Responsible for delivering 70% of the projects on time
Ensure agile is implemented in all of the projects
Maintain an accurate registry of all research and design projects with various statuses and ensure stakeholders are appraised at all times
Align with business product leads & PMO on project KPI’s, milestones and timelines Leadership:
Attend relevant meetings to align with business and customer needs needs
Regular team and one-on-one engagements
Build the team skillset as per digital skills priority areas.
Team performance management
Provide budget inputs for research and design solutions.
Drive technology and platform discussions
Weekly Delivery reporting to BU HoDs and Senior Managers on the status of their deliverables Business Analysis:

Responsible for gathering, detailing and documenting all business requirements
Development of use cases that align and guide research and design initiatives
Ensure test plans cover all aspects of Business Requirements and existing business rules Solutions Design:
Responsible for Solutions Design to meet business requirements and non-functional requirements
Drive new solutions leveraging technology that inform evolution
Collaboratively oversee the development/configuration of solutions as per agreed designs
Provide advisory input into all new system considerations.

Qualifications

BSc /B-Tech in computer Science/Electrical and communication/ Telecoms, Engineering, or a similar field.

At Least 5 years’ experience as cloud engineer, Systems administrator, Network administrator or analyst in a multifaceted business environment with integrated/mixed windows and major UNIX/Linux server environment.
Above 5 years’ experience in a busy IT or Telecommunications environment –Involved in Strategy Modeling, Planning, Design and Optimization of compute and storage infrastructure
AWS and GCP Cloud knowledge and deployment models.
Experience in working with Terraform, Ansible infrastructure as code platform to automate various aspects of infrastructure configuration, provisioning, and management
Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD.
Strong data analytical skills, analytical thinking, attention to details and ability to identify solutions to complex problems.
Great Stakeholder management skills
Leadership and coaching skills
Demonstrate excellent Planning and organizing skills
Team spirit and good communication abilities
Proven Track record in delivering results
Strong oral, written, interpersonal communication and leadership skills
Certification in any of the following Systems and Network or related trainings is an added advantage
AWS Certified Solution Architect certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Terraform Associate certification
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
Network certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP
UNIX/Linux certification
VMware certification e.g., VCP
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)