IT Manager

This role manages the company networking, communications infrastructure, applications and help desk to provide consistent and high quality customer service to all employees. Position is also responsible for all hardware/software purchases/reconfiguration, telecommunications and maintaining IT vendor relationships/negotiations.

Skills:
- University certifications preferred degree
- 5 years related experience , with 2 years in supervisory or managerial capacity
- Microsoft or other industry
- Ability to think “outside of the box” to develop/implement solutions with minimal direction
- Ability to effectively deal with crisis situations, such as systems outages, enacting multiple solutions in a timely manner

- Language: Good knowledge of English.
Verifiable references.

Must know:
- Enterprise Network:
Windows 2000/2003
Active Directory
Terminal Services
Exchange 2003
Windows XP Professional
Ms Office 2003
Ms Visio Professional
AntiVirus Software ( preferably CA eTrust Antivirus)
Backup Software (preferably BrightStor ArcServe)
Server monitoring/ performance tools
MS IIS
MS ISA
Disaster Recovery Procedures/Plans
MacOS 9
MacOS X
Ms Entourage
Basic knowledge of Adobe Suites
Basic knowledge of QuarkXpress.

- Communications Infrastructure:
Routers (Cisco, AT)
Switches/Hubs
VPN
FTP
Firewall.

- Telecommunications
PBX (preferably Toshiba)
Cell Phones
Blackberries, Pocket PC.

• Responsible for day-to-day management of IT Departments.
• Supervises and manages ongoing operational support of company network and communications infrastructure ensuring highest level of systems availability.
• Supervises and manages the monitoring and maintenance of issue tracking, related to the network and help desk, to identify potential problem areas and take a proactive approach to addressing them
• Manages and maintains, along with the Systems Engineer all IT related hardware/software ensuring optimum performance and highest level of availability.
• Performs research, provides recommendation and implement company wide solutions that support the functions of the business units.
• Develop and implements process improvements for company IT operations.
• Plan, develop, recommend, upgrade, improve and implement IT policy and procedures within company.

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