Deputy Director (Compute & Storage)

Lead the Compute & Storage function within IT/OT Infrastructure, ensuring secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective compute, virtualisation, storage, directory services, and platform infrastructure supporting IT and OT systems.

What you'll do:

Infrastructure Strategy & Roadmap

• Develop and maintain the Compute & Storage technology roadmap.
• Drive platform modernisation initiatives including virtualisation, storage, Active Directory, backup/recovery, and infrastructure refresh programmes.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve resilience, efficiency, and business value.

Operations & Service Availability

• Ensure availability, performance, and supportability of:
• Windows and Unix/Linux platforms
• Enterprise storage platforms
• Virtualisation platforms (e.g., VMware, Nutanix)
• Active Directory services
• Ensure integration with backup and disaster recovery solutions
• Key Database Technologies (SAP, Oracle, Windows, Postgres etc)
• Oversee operational support and transition of projects into BAU services
• Lead team in automation efforts to improve effectiveness, compliance and efficiency

Project Delivery

Lead infrastructure projects such as: Storage technology refresh, VMware upgrade, Active Directory recovery and refresh, SAN infrastructure expansion, Data centre expansion and server refresh programmes support application infrastructure implementation, and migration projects.

Cybersecurity & Resilience

• Ensure infrastructure complies with corporate cybersecurity and governance requirements.
• Strengthen disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity capabilities.
• Manage infrastructure vulnerabilities and lifecycle risks.
• Support CII, IT and OT security requirements.

Capacity & Asset Management

• Manage compute, storage, and virtualisation capacity planning.
• Optimise infrastructure utilisation and resource allocation.
• Establish visibility and reporting on infrastructure consumption and forecasting.

Vendor & Financial Management

• Manage infrastructure budgets and CAPEX/OPEX planning.
• Lead tenders, vendor evaluations, contract negotiations, and service performance reviews.
• Ensure cost-effective infrastructure lifecycle management.

Leadership & People Development

• Lead, mentor and develop the Compute & Storage team.
• Establish technical standards and operational procedures.
• Build technical capability and succession planning within the team.
• Collaborate closely with other teams in I&OT, CIS, SPD and business users to deliver outcomes.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science or related discipline.
• At least 15 years of experience in systems compute and storage implementation and operations, including supporting for large scale enterprise level implementations (with at least 2,000 users).
• Experience with managing compliance and audit requirements, aligned with IT best practices, for critical enterprise level systems.
• Relevant soft skills to collaborate, influence and engage with stakeholders, both technical and business.