Head - IT Infrastructure

- The purpose of this role is to set vision, values, and strategy that fosters solid technology environment and embraces necessary technology innovation and digital transformation in the IT Infrastructure space, for the success of the organisation.

- Closely work with the CTO and the IT leadership create vision and strategies and oversee the execution of the tactical roadmap in support of the technology objectives

- Ensure technical roadmaps are identified and executed to support the IT strategy; report progress to CTO to achieve the future vision

- Standardize and optimize IT processes and procedures to bring value and enable continuous improvement, performance, consistency etc., and report on the effectiveness

- Delivery of Cloud strategies aligned with business objectives and with a focus on cloud migrations and DevOps led automated operations

- Provide leadership in infrastructure and migration of application to cloud native and techniques for quick application movements into the cloud

- Planning and developing the vendor management policies, programs, and procedures

- Implement and maintain governance ensuring consistent engagement with Legal, Finance, and Procurement requirements for each purchase/contract

- Develop, implement, and operate IT Transformation initiatives across geographies

- Identify, evaluate, and leverage modern technological developments such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics and DevOps to ensure operational excellence

- Develop, oversee, and control overall the P&L of IT Infrastructure and ensure effective management and utilization of approved budget and resources

- Continuously identify area for smart spending and cost saving to improve the budget spending and ensure it is part of the DNA and practices within the group.

- Engineering/Postgraduate in IT from Premier Institutes with at least 15 years of progressive experience in managing IT Infrastructure, design, implementation, information architecture, integration, and automation

- Demonstrated leadership ability in owning the IT Infrastructure roadmap, strategies, and architecture with the ability to plan and deliver transformative and critical committed deliverables

- Deep understanding of Cloud and Infrastructure components (server, storage, network, data, and applications) to deliver end-to-end Cloud Infrastructure architectures and designs

- Must have experience around the Data center migration and moving from legacy to Cloud and experience in managing the enterprise-wide technology change impacting multiple business/stakeholders

- Hands-on experience or extensive knowledge of IT Infrastructure including Azure, AWS, Enterprise Compute, Storage, Servers, Data Centers, Linux, Windows, Authentication, Authorization, Deployment, Monitoring, Data Protection, Infrastructure as a Service, Continuous Integration and Automation

- Sound knowledge of AI, Agile Methodology, Machine Learning, Big Data, DevOps, Virtualization, Cloud Automation etc. and strong knowledge and expertise in virtualization and managing cloud based virtualized infrastructure