IT Manager (Mid-Sized Company)

When the network goes down at this university IT department in Rustenburg, you're the one who brings it back. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Rustenburg, North West, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Run and test backups, and do regular restore drills
• Review security logs and investigate suspicious sign-ins
• Monitor servers, links and firewalls and act on alerts
• Manage users, groups and conditional access in Entra ID
• Document network diagrams and change records

• Willing to do standby and after-hours maintenance
• Degree or diploma in IT, plus relevant certifications
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python
• Strong Windows Server, Active Directory and Microsoft 365 skills, or Linux for Linux posts
• At least 3 years in systems, network or cloud administration
• Solid TCP/IP, routing, switching and firewall knowledge

• Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or AWS Solutions Architect Associate
• CCNA, Fortinet NSE or MikroTik certification
• Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or Ansible

• Standby allowance and overtime for maintenance windows
• Medical aid and provident fund
• Funded certification path

• Be ready to talk through an outage you fixed, step by step; it's a common interview question.
• Include your certification verification links, since many employers check them before the interview.