E-Infrastructure Manager - Hamdan Bin Mohammed e- University

Technical Management:

- Maintain the availability of critical communication tools like emails, phones, internet connection that eases the communication between staff, management and learners.

- Initiate, maintain and improve the university business continuity plan related to information technology, including a disaster recovery plan, and perform constant test recoveries to ensure applicability.

- Manage the maintenance of datacentre, and ensure the maintenance of hardware, software, virtualization, testing, 3rd party testing, optimized performance, availability/efficiency of fire fighting systems, efficiency of cooling systems, UPS systems, etc.

- Supervise the backup of the systems that includes Emails/Exchange servers, Servers, Business and E-Learning systems, client files, active directories, SQL databases. Also ensure that the backup have many copies and some outside the premises.

- Apply best security standards that include hardware and software security systems, Antivirus, and physical security like Access controls. Also providing secure local & remote access to all University computing resources.

- Manage the maintenance of virtual systems and ensure its availability, also monitor the innovation of virtual technologies and provide plans to upgrade current ones if applicable.

- Enable other KTD sections by providing them constant support and adequate hardware and software resources, and provide them with testing environment.

- Operate and communicate IT standards, policies and procedures pertinent to information technology for the ISMS (ISO 27001:2005).

- Innovate and continuously explore new emerging technologies and assess them to see how they may be useful to the university.

- Evaluate IT security architectures and monitor implementation to ensure high degree protection against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction and disclosure of information.

- Evaluate, select and implement innovative and up-to-date IT platforms that are versatile, reliable and scalable.

- Manage the back office computer operations of the information systems, including local area networks and wide-area networks.

- Manage all computing and networking equipment in an efficient way.

- Assist in the planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure, telecommunication and security.

- Administrate and maintain the computer stations and infrastructure software and provides additional support if necessary.



Resources Management:

- Ensure effective section performance through the selection, development, deployment and motivation of competent staff.

- Ability to recruit, train, motivates, lead and retain personnel in the discharge of their duties.

- Take a leading role in establishing strategic relationships with key hardware and software suppliers and consultants.

- Build and maintain vendor relationships and manages the purchase of hardware and software products.

Job Details

Date Posted:	2014-01-13
Job Location:	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Role:	Technology/IT
Company Industry:	Education, Training, and Library

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Career Level:

Management

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E-Infrastructure Manager - Hamdan Bin Mohammed e- University