IPNX Nigeria limited is one of the fastest growing information and communications technological companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world class services.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Lead, Service Fulfillment and Field Support
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Head, Technical Operations
Purpose of the Job
The Job holder will strategically & architecturally, articulate a compelling long-term technical vision, develop and execute realistic implementation plans, effectively support business operations, and manage the Corporate Division’s Engineering team. Responsible for technical program management, manufacturing process engineering, sustaining technical management, and advanced manufacturing engineering functions which supports IPNX’s products. To build distinctive capabilities in the core technical functions and provide requisite expertise in these three areas in furtherance of the overall Division’s aspirations and strategic objectives
Responsible for the 24x7 operation and availability of the Customer facing Network Infrastructure
Manages the Division’s Network operations services team; setting goals, prioritizing projects, communicating with stakeholders and overseeing budgets
Defines the overall mission of the network service delivery team
Direct operational support for network operations and technical assistance centre
Develop IT strategies and vision and articulates them to team members and other stakeholders
Works with IT leadership, top Management and business leaders and decision-makers to define and implement a strategic plan for the portfolio of all IT infrastructure, integration tools and technologies
Ensure revenue assurance – Effective and timely response to customer service feasibility assessment and reporting, timely delivery, and sign off of completed jobs.
Effective management of service implementation and field support stock for the division for zero stock out.
Annual and Ad hoc budgeting and operating plan.
Infrastructure Ownership
Enable a highly scalable, fault-tolerant platform for Corporate clients
Establish a global infrastructure operations and related best practices to ensure optimal performance and achievement of customer SLA's
Maintain knowledge of infrastructure/architecture standards and practices
Support the delivery of infrastructure projects for the Division and provides consultation on the impact to business and portfolios
Ensure Division’s alignment to infrastructure/architectural standards and strategy
Bring an infrastructure and integration perspective to all IT initiatives and ensures that all program and project activities adhere to IT architectural standards and practices.
Project Support
Provide infrastructure architecture support for internal technical operations and the Project Management Office
Provide support for various teams in delivering superior solutions
Participates as a sponsor and/or team member on authorized projects
Work with stakeholders, IT leadership and direct reports to establish one, three, five-year roadmap for various projects, including but not limited to, the development and
implementation of a comprehensive telecommunications strategy for clients
Manage, coordinate, and oversee program development and the execution of all technical projects including project definition, design and analysis, set up, testing, implementation, and documentation
Strategic Infrastructure Management
Responsible for overall management of technical operations for the Division which includes setting strategic direction and objectives
Establish, maintain, and drive continuous delivery of a technology and support roadmap that significantly elevate, drive, and transform the business of customers
Lead the implementation and operation of all technology infrastructure
Articulate the principles and define guidelines for evaluation, acceptance of network and infrastructure businesses
Operational Excellence
Establish KPI's and metrics for all areas of technical operations and use them to develop a lean, agile and data-driven technical operations culture
Participate actively and assume a leadership role where appropriate in architecture working groups and in support of the network and infrastructure strategic plan for Corporate Clients
Develop a clear model for understanding the business criticality of systems and for establishing and maintaining appropriate levels of availability, redundancy and continuity for technical operations
Develop 24x7 monitoring and technical operations service processes
Operational Efficiency
Maximize efficiency and continuously look for ways to drive cost out of technical operations processes
Develop and maintain architecture, design and implementation strategy for network and infrastructure
Maximize technical capabilities for IPNX by designing profitable mechanisms and establishing the best standards for technical operations
Establish capacity planning competency for corporate clients network and infrastructure
Demonstrate (Key competencies)
Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills
Bachelor's Degree with specialization in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related field
Master’s Degree in engineering, MBA or its equivalent preferred
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library and (PMP) Project Management Professional certification desirable
Network Optimization skill
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Application Virtualization such as Oracle, Citrix etc.
Team Leadership that can inspire, motivate and guide team members by fostering commitment, team spirit and trust
Well-developed interpersonal skills
Demonstrated skill and passion for operational excellence by using automation and process improvements
Detail Orientation and conflict resolution skills
Strategic technology acumen
Ability to make decisions with incomplete, conflicting information and uncertain long-term consequences.
Ability to Identify and act upon opportunities for continuous improvement
Able to devise unusual or radically different approaches to deliver value-added solutions
Advanced technical knowledge of technology infrastructure
Extensive knowledge of end-to-end hardware development process and life-cycle
Work Experience:
At least fifteen (15) years of demonstrable experience in the network and infrastructure operations space
10 years of experience as a technical operations manager or lead
Demonstrated experience to facilitate small group and executive-level discussions on architectural direction
Solid experience with technical projects from inception to on-time delivery in an Agile environment
Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale and highly available systems
Knowledge of and experience with network technologies and ecosystems
Experience in delivering multiple concurrent projects with aggressive schedules
Experience leading training, process mapping, and documentation