Join the fastest growing and most vibrant tech start-up in Africa. Makwa IT is a South African born, 100% Black & Youth Digital Technologies company, established in 2012. We have presence in 8 provinces within South Africa with our Head Office based in the heart of business activities, JHB, Waterfall. Our certified and specialised resources focus on customised solutions across the ICT spectrum. You’ll be part of a team that passionately cares about its customers, insists on having fun and focuses on making an impact in society.<\/p>\n
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Job Title: Head of Engineering<\/strong> Job Summary:<\/strong> \u2022 Provide expert multi-technology advice to internal and external clients. Desired Experience & Qualification:<\/strong> \u2022 Ability to construct solutions using expertise of more of the functions offerings. Academic Qualifications and Certifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field of study or equivalent work experience. Required Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 15 years\u2019 experience and senior management track record of 5 years or more. Interested?<\/p>\n Makwa IT Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and forbids any form of discrimination and harassment. Makwa IT Technologies is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and adheres to local country labour legislation. We strive to provide our employees with a safe working environment free of discrimination without regard, but not limited to, religion or belief, ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation. Our roles are aligned to business outcomes and we look to find the best candidate based on business requirements.<\/p>\n
\nLocation:<\/strong> City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality<\/p>\n
\nDuties & Responsibilities:<\/strong>
\nKey Roles and Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Analysing and providing strategies and solutions on all aspects of application software, infrastructure and related technology components.
\n\u2022 Advise and execute on the best design for information technology architectures.
\n\u2022 Develop and maintain deep technical expertise in the Makwa\u2019s product portfolio. Researches and investigates emerging infrastructure technologies and the best practices associated with these trends.
\n\u2022 Designs and communicates high level structure to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs.
\n\u2022 Use client business requirements to advise on the design, deployment and operation of application infrastructures.
\n\u2022 Create designs that provide holistic views, but also contain the details of the components and interconnections between components.
\n\u2022 Work with Account Managers and Engineering to assist clients with developing strategic visions as they move towards enterprise-class solutions. Typical activities include consultative whiteboard sessions with clients, analysing technical and process data, designing solutions, creating project task outlines, creating scopes of work and quote generation assistance.
\n\u2022 Drives a sales process through a 90-day sales cycle with a 120-day pipeline view.
\n\u2022 Budget preparation and fiscal management.
\n\u2022 Involved with projects at the time of inception and is involved along with the project manager in the planning and governance of projects and the functional analysis (FA) of developing the initial requirements. Bill of Material and Proposals.
\n\u2022 Execution of projects, responsible for good quality of Solution Requirement, Solution Design, Network Implementation and Testing Documents.
\n\u2022 Contribute advice on improving methodology frameworks.
\n\u2022 Manage the proof of concept (POC) \/ (POV) initiatives.
\n\u2022 Researches and investigates emerging infrastructure technologies and the best practices associated with these trends.
\n\u2022 Contribute to the improvement of internal effectiveness by contributing to improving current methodologies, processes and tools.
\n\u2022 Responsible for business theory, processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations
\n\u2022 Deliver on Digital Transformation and Digital technology initiatives across the organization.
\n\u2022 Deliver on Business Intelligence initiatives across the organization.
\n\u2022 Provide specialist strategic insights on the user experience, System Unification, security, customer centricity, journeys and behaviours.
\n\u2022 Lead Makwa strategic and operational planning to achieve goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing Makwa initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across the organization.
\n\u2022 Facilitate alignment of Makwa strategy to business strategy and cost benefit analysis for Makwa spending and initiatives.
\n\u2022 Establish and enhance Makwa departmental goals, objectives, and operating procedures.
\n\u2022 Develop the divisional plan in line with overall business plan including the customer engagement strategy and clear value propositions to achieve efficiency\/ bundling solutions and the profit and loss accounts of the unit.
\n\u2022 Ensure continuous delivery of Makwa services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring of Makwa systems performance.
\n\u2022 Make relevant input into recruitment, development, and retention of all Makwa staff in accordance with corporate budgetary objectives and personnel policies.
\n\u2022 Develop, track, and control the information technology annual operating and capital budgets.
\n\u2022 Assess and make recommendations on the improvement or re-engineering of the IT organization.
\n\u2022 Ensure achievement of ROI on Makwa Investments.
\n\u2022 Support company convergence strategy and drive the creation of products and commercial processes to support customer business requirements.
\n\u2022 Identify emerging information technologies to be assimilated, integrated and introduced into the company.
\n\u2022 Prepare divisional budget, develop, track and control Opex and Capital budgets.
\n\u2022 Ensure robust network security (including communication lines and equipment), disaster recovery, business continuity plan and direct systems development and acquisition.
\n\u2022 Promote and oversee strategic relationships and partnerships between internal Makwa resources and external entities including the larger organization, Vendors, Partner organisations etc.
\n\u2022 Lead and align the engineering team with the company\u2019s vision.
\n\u2022 Prioritize and delegate tasks to the team.
\n\u2022 Develop, inspire, mentor, and evaluate the engineering team.
\n\u2022 Create positive team culture (e.g. curious, mutually challenging, collaborative)
\n\u2022 Collaborate with cross-functional peers and leaders to deliver projects.
\n\u2022 Improve engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. improve workflow, code review, etc.)
\n\u2022 Hire qualified candidates to strengthen the company and team.<\/p>\n
\nKnowledge, Skills and Attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Understanding of distribution & channels go to market model.
\n\u2022 Industry knowledge around Enterprise Networking or Security or Cloud or Collaboration solutions.
\n\u2022 Experienced in selling SaaS solutions and performing technical demonstrations.
\n\u2022 Industry knowledge of relevant solutions sets, product line specifications, performance criteria and applications.
\n\u2022 Competitive knowledge (in area of specialization) including solution, technology and product offerings
\n\u2022 Understands the value of Scripting, Software and Everything as a Service.
\n\u2022 Knowledge of vendor roadmaps, new developments and new product offerings.
\n\u2022 Display the required interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with a variety of stakeholders.
\n\u2022 Ability to share and communicate ideas clearly, both orally and in writing, to executive staff, business sponsors, and technical resources in clear concise language.
\n\u2022 In-depth understanding of the telecommunication and ICT industry to better advice business in financial matters.
\n\u2022 Applicability\/ localisation to attain best customer experience.
\n\u2022 Strong collaboration with all divisional heads.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 MBA
\n\u2022 Cisco CCIE<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Worked across diverse cultures and geographies.
\n\u2022 Experience in multiple industries and across several disciplines.
\n\u2022 Experience working as a solution architect in a global IT services provider organisation.
\n\u2022 Advanced experience in managing and\/or directing Makwa operations.
\n\u2022 A strong understanding of core technology including networks, OS, Storage, Database.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated ability to solving business problems and resource management.
\n\u2022 Proven strategic planning, design and execution.
\n\u2022 Awareness and understanding of international trends and the development in the Makwa industry.
\n\u2022 Strong influencing with negotiation skills.
\n\u2022 Network availability management.
\n\u2022 Contract and vendor management.<\/p>\n