Key Duties
- People Management
- Employee performance monitoring & appraisals
- Identifying & organizing required training/coaching programs to continually improve and upkeep employee performance (PDPs PIPs etc.)
- Initiating and implementing human resource management best practices as per company & industry standards/directives
- Conducting regular team meetings to keep employees informed about organizational direction/strategy business plans organizational goals/objectives results HR/welfare initiatives etc.
- Team administration duties such as
- Support the local administration team in coordinating shift transport
- Shift attendance management
- Support the local finance team in providing overtime/shift allowance reporting
- Provision of reference information to support the HR team provided service letters
- Facilitate staff welfare activities/events in conjunction with the Cloud operations leadership team
- Ensure compliance with local/company regulatory and legal requirements
- Ensure all ergonomics and IT facility/equipment requirements of staff are duly addressed
- Maintain a conducive work environment and preserve a collaborative culture in the team
- Identify and handle employee requirements concerns grievances and conflicts and address them proactively
- Work together with the local leadership team to design and implement organizational strategy policies guidelines etc. to ensure a stable costeffective and viable operation
- Support the headcount planning and hiring process for new employees with the Cloud operations leadership team
- Execute the onboarding of new employees once they have been appointed
- Operational Management in the Shift
- Ensure the shift team responsible for Event Management Incident Management Deployments and Service Request Management fulfils their duties
- Queue management
- Case acknowledgement and updates
- Case resolutions
- Escalations to stakeholder and resolver groups
- Scheduling of cases
- Ensure the shift team performs all activities observing standard processes and within defined KPI/SLA/SLO
- Support the problem management team in their duties
- Improving processes and documentation to drive continuous improvement in the teams performance
- Distribute educate and inform the shift team of the new/updated SOPs etc.
- Execute the shift handover process at the beginning and end of the teams shift
- Ensure the right resources are available in the shift and work with management to address any shortfalls on a daily and longterm basis
- Help shift team members with prioritization decisions as they handle multiple Cases
Technical Skills
A wideranging baseline of technical knowledge covering the core relevant technologies for the IFS product suite would be useful including:
- Microsoft Azure PaaS (e.g. App Services SQL Database Storage Redis Cache etc.)
- Oracle Database/Middleware Web Servers Proxies Firewalls
- Network architectures especially related to Microsoft Azure (e.g. vNets NSGs VPN ExpressRoute SSL/TLS certificates DNS)
- Monitoring Technologies (native Azure monitoring and 3rd party monitoring tools such as Thousand Eyes Nagios and others)
- Security principles encryption authentication authorization integrity auditing pentesting etc. and how these are applied in a cloud environment.
Personal Abilities
- Ability to work to deadlines and targets
- Ability to manage own time and that of a team efficiently and effectively
- Ability to work in the international multidiscipline crossfunctional teams
- Flexibility to work to deadlines and needs of the role
- Ability to read and understand technical documentation written in English
- Ability to influence and guide others to deliver on the team aims
- Problemsolving skills and the ability to change approach based on information gathered during the process
- Ability to steer and motivate a team of technical individuals both remotely and when working onsite together
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
- A good team player with a cando attitude
Working Environment
- The role forms part of a 24x7x365 shift pattern
- The role is nominally 37 hours a week but extra hours may be needed to discharge all associated duties
- The role includes remote working as part of its role
Qualifications :
Experience
- Mandatory
- At least 4 years of experience in cloud computing services or enterprise IT service delivery or DevOps including a minimum of 2 years in a management capacity
- Demonstrated knowledge of cloud computing services or IT service management methodologies and best practices
- Experience in modern ticket/service desk tooling such as ServiceNow Jira Service Desk or a similar tool
- A formal qualification (a bachelors degree or equivalent) in Computer Science/Information Technology is mandatory
- ITIL qualifications would be useful but are not mandatory
- Scrum master or PRINCE2/PMP certification would be useful though not mandatory
- Vendor provided technical certification (CCNA OCP MCSA etc.) would be useful though not mandatory
- Value Add
- Experience in ITIL ISO 20000 or a similar service delivery framework
- Experience in the provision of cloud computing services or IT service delivery
Additional Information :
We believe that coming together as a community in person is important for innovation connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and inoffice working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime