This vacancy has closed. It closed on 13 July 2026 and is kept here for reference only.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ANALYTICS
Department of Higher Education and Training
Branch: Skills Development Component: National Skills Fund Directorate: Information Communication Technology And Analytics
- Reference number
- NSF10/07/2026
- Salary
- R932 292 per annum (Level 11) (All-Inclusive Remuneration Package)
- Centre
- Pretoria
- Province
- Gauteng
- Closing date
- 13 July 2026
- Circular
- No 22 of 2026
Requirements
An appropriate bachelor’s degree / advanced diploma (NQF level 7) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Informatics or a related field and certified in Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) or VMware Certified Professional (VCP). A postgraduate qualification and certifications such as ITIL, COBIT, PMP, CISM or CISSP, CompTIA Security+ (for security-focused environments and knowledge of virtualization (VMware Hyper-V) and Microsoft D365 will be an added advantage. A minimum of five (5) years’ relevant experience in ICT, of which at least three (3) years must have been at a junior management level. Working knowledge of the Public Service Corporate Governance of ICT Policy Framework (DPSA), the National e-Government Strategy and Roadmap, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), the Cybercrimes Act, the PFMA, and the ICT House of Values. Practical experience in managing, maintaining and lead the core Backup infrastructure, rectify faults affecting Backup Infrastructure availability and capacity, install Backup server, and ensure that the organisational data is backed up and restores are functional. Provide 2nd,3rd line, and supervisor support to End User Computing (EUC) resources. Resolve medium to high operational incidents and provide support and associated services in the client’s enterprise LAN /End-user environment to ensure good service delivery, and ICT vendor and SLA management. Strong leadership, project management, stakeholder engagement and report-writing skills. A valid driver’s licence.
Duties
Infrastructure Management: Deploy, patch, and monitor physical and virtual servers, storage networks (SAN/NAS), and cloud environments (Azure). Oversee and manage backup jobs and schedules, restore process (VM, files and databases) and resolution of high medium operational incidents. Implementation of all backup services and solutions relating to the Backup infrastructure and Directory services. Design procedures and standards for Directory integrated systems, Servers and related services and monitor implementation thereof. Manage Mimecast platform administration of secure email gateway, email continuity and targeted thread projection. Incident Response: Troubleshoot system bottlenecks, hardware failures, and software issues, providing 2nd and 3rd-line technical support. Monitor availability of the backup infrastructure full, incremental, differential backups, replication and failover. Implementation of Server and Services Toolsets & Dashboards. Performing DR drills and recovery tests. Performing DR drills and recovery tests. Publish/ distribute server software/hardware upgrade. Vendor Management & Procurement: Assist with budgeting, contract negotiations, and evaluating third-party IT service providers. Coordinate incident response and risk-mitigation actions. Manage ICT vendors and Service Level Agreements; review performance against SLAs and PFMA-compliant procurement. Manage the budget, expenditure and human resources of the sub-directorate. Compile inputs into ICT governance committee, EXCO, Board and Audit & Risk Committee reports. Support internal and external audits (AGSA, Internal Audit) on ICT controls.
Enquiries
Mr D Moyane Tel No: (012) 943 3105 / Ms C Els (012) 943 3250 / Ms B Setuki (012) 943 3161
Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 22 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 26 June 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 9 September 2026.
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