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Joodle TechnologiesFounder & Managing Director
Mar. 2017Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Toshiba SAIT Manager
Jul. 2015 - Nov. 2018Randburg• Maintain organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies. • Direct technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects. • Complete projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center. • Verify application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented. • Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures. • Recommend information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements. • Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action. • Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards. • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies. • Accomplish information technology staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. • Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe and secure work environment; developing personal growth opportunities. • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. • Designing, planning, configuring and implementing IT developments and projects
Toshiba-SASenior IT Network/Systems Engineer
Jul. 2013 - Jun. 2015Randburg• Designing, planning, configuring and implementing IT developments and projects • Source, design, plan, configure, install, support maintain and upgrade all servers, datacenters and network within organization. Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, VMWare, Hyper-V, HP Servers, HP SAN’s Exchange 2013, Skype for Business 2015, SharePoint 2013, Veeam, SonicWALL, Juniper, Ruckus, CRM 2011, Pastel, Microsoft GP • Undertake routine preventative measures and implement, maintain and monitor network security, analyzing and resolving L3 faults • Troubleshooting L3 systems/network problems and outages • Maximize network/systems performance • Define, design and document systems configuration, and enforce system standards • Design and Implement DR Strategies • Proposing and providing IT solutions to executives. • Source, manage & supervise ERP and PAYROLL outsourced providers. • Manage Help Desk, Mentor and manage desktop engineers • Work closely with other departments/organizations and collaborate with outsourced providers on projects • Responding to inquiries from staff, administrators, service providers, site personnel and outside vendors • Ensuring the most cost-effective and efficient use of Infrastructure and Systems • Manage and maintain uptime of all systems and infrastructure • Design and create operational support documentation and IT related policies. • Maintain IT Budget and ensure expenditure is kept within the allocated budget and cost savings are optimal.
NetsuritSenior IT Network / Systems Engineer – Senior Onsite Client Consultant
Oct. 2012 - Jun. 2013Onsite (Ster-Kinekor Theatres) / Marlboro, Sandton (Head Office – Netsurit)• Management of Help Desk Staff for Ster-Kinekor Theatres supporting all Cinemas Nationwide • Making sure Cinema hardware and the network infrastructure itself is maintained properly along with Planning, Managing and rolling out of Cinema related Projects • Provides software and/or hardware support on escalations to end users. • Perform maintenance & Configuration to company Computers & Servers (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010,Mimecast Email Management, Backup Exec 2012/2012, Antivirus Programs (Kaspersky, AVG), Office Suites (2003, 2007, 2010), Active Directory, WSUS, Terminal Servers, Sonic Wall, Daily Reporting, Hyper V, Internet Lines Configurations, N-Able, Acronis etc. • Work on Server / Network related projects - Planning, Rollouts & Documentation • PC and Server Monitoring • Rolling out Deployments of New Software & Operating Systems • Maintaining the standards for server installations and applications, and monitoring the performance of the network, checking for security breaches, poor data management practice • Assist in developing, testing and implementation of backup and disaster recovery Systems • Day to Day Central Point of Escalation for Cinemas and Management
NetsuritIntermediate IT Network / Systems Engineer - Tier 2pp Client Consultant
Nov. 2011 - Sep. 2012Onsite (Constantia Insurance) / Marlboro, Sandton (Head Office – Netsurit)• Responsible for making sure computer hardware and the network infrastructure itself is maintained properly • Provides software and/or hardware support to end users, Remote Support • Perform maintenance & Configuration to company Computers & Servers (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010,Mimecast Email Management, Backup Exec 2012/2012, Antivirus Programs (Kaspersky, AVG), Office Suites (2003, 2007, 2010), Active Directory, WSUS, Terminal Servers, Sonic Wall, Daily Reporting, Hyper V, Internet Lines Configurations, N-Able, Acronis etc. • Work on support-related projects and rollouts • PC and Server Monitoring • Rolling out Deployments of New Software & Operating Systems • Maintaining the standards for server installations and applications, and monitoring the performance of the network, checking for security breaches, poor data management practice • Assist in developing, testing and implementation of backup and disaster recovery Systems
Triple4Onsite Technical Consultant
Mar. 2010 - Oct. 2011Onsite (Toshiba South Africa)• Responsible for making sure computer hardware and the network infrastructure itself is maintained properly • Provides software and/or hardware support to end users • Perform maintenance & Configuration to company Computers & Servers (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Backup Exec, Antivirus Programs, Office Suites, Active Directory, etc. • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Configuration • Creating & Managing Servers through VMware ESXi 4.1 • PC and Server Repairs • Rolling out Deployments of New Software & Operating Systems • Maintaining the standards for server installations and applications, and monitoring the performance of the network, checking for security breaches, poor data management practice • Assisted in developing, testing and implementation of backup and disaster recovery Systems • Day to Day Central Point of Contact
Independent NewspapersPage Make-Up Controller
Aug. 2006 - Feb. 2010Johannesburg
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