Manager - Infrastruture Design at MTN Nigeria

Mission:

Design and plan technology infrastructure for the whole of MTN in Intel Compute, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, and Hyperscaler migration.

Description:

• Compile, approve, and manage the assigned budget for the project, ensuring projects are completed on time within budget and to specifications.
• Work with stakeholders and the project team to develop cost effective and value-adding solutions for each project.
• Participate in the assessment of resource requirements for EMS and assist in preparing the budget for IS Infrastructure operations and services.
• Lead and oversee all aspects of infrastructure design, including the preparation of project plans and identifying, allocating, and managing resources, to ensure project outcomes are achieved.
• Manage the project design teams, including internal and external project staff, to deliver all key milestones and outcomes.
• Collaboratively manage highly complex stakeholder and contractual relationships through effective communication, negotiation, and issue management to ensure stakeholders are engaged throughout the design phase of the project to ensure that the deliverables of the project can be achieved.
• Ensuring that public and private infrastructure is designed to be fit for purpose and will meet future demand and expansion.
• Review the design proposals of developers and provide recommendations to ensure that they meet standards for infrastructure and requirements.
• Manage the change process and communicate the progress of the projects to relevant project stakeholders.
• Work with OEMs, partners, planning teams, and other key stakeholders to ensure highly available infrastructure.
• Coach and train the team to ensure understanding of the objectives and goals of the department, awareness of set targets and requirements, and regular review of their training needs.

Education:

• A first degree in computer science, engineering, or an IT-related field
• Fluent in English
• Virtualization and Kubernetes
• Cloud Operations

Experience:

6–13 years’ experience, which includes:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising/managing others
• 5 years’ experience working in a medium- to large organization.
• 3 years’ experience in designing and planning IT infrastructure for medium and large enterprises.
• 2 years’ experience in Landing Zone architecture and setup
• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes management
• Knowledge of cybersecurity in the context of the cloud.
• 2 years’ experience in platform migrations from onprem to the public cloud and between Hyperscale’s