JOB DESCRIPTION

IT Infrastructure & Architecture Manager

Company : Division or Section:
VAS IT Division

Job Classification Reports to: CIO

PURPOSE.
 Establish the Strategic Plan to strengthen VAS Infrastructure & Architecture which introduce
the strategic value to VAS Operation.
 Manage entire of IT Infrastructure & Architecture and ensure the local implementation will
be in alignment with Group Policy & Standard
 Maintenance of Infrastructure & Architecture to meet the Service Level Agreement
 Ensure the Information Security Control in place following to the Policies.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
(IPE Factors: Impact & Innovation)

 Establish the Strategic Plan for Infrastructure & Architecture in alignment with IT Strategic Plan,
 Adhere & actively participate to the development of VAS IT strategy Plan, policy, procedures and
standards for IT Infrastructure & Architecture.
 Play the role of Project Manager or assign subordinates to all projects under Infrastructure &
Architecture Section and ensure the project implementation is fully compliant with IT Project
Governance in place.
 Introduce the new initiatives, actively involved in building the business case showing the project
feasibility & opportunities in term of enhancing Top-line, reducing the Bottom-line or mitigating
the business risk.
 Lead the process in selecting technology based solution following the IT Project Governance in
place.
 Actively participating & contributing in the annual budgeting process and commits to archiving
cost target of department.
 Ensure actual Software/Hardware licenses under Infrastructure & Architecture shall be in
compliance with local law & international convention.
 Ensure the IT service management deliver the services in alignment with SLA
 Manage & Lead the day to day of activities for entire Infrastructure & Architecture Team
 Lead the Infrastructure & Architecture Team including the Planning, Organizing, Leading,
Staffing & Controlling toward to efficiency and effectiveness of Operation

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 Monitor, Plan and control the growth of Infrastructure & Architecture Team & specially has plan
to develop the team members to flexibly meet business development.
 Translate and implement all the initiates/request from management team/business executive and
make sure all the accommodation service delivery to be always ready for future.
 Proactively find out the issue or problem in business operation, discuss and propose the enabling
solution to mitigate.
 Share knowledge and Expertise in order to prepare the internal successors ready for the
incumbent’s position and other lower key positions in the section or department within the time
frame of employment term.
 Ensure the information security in the Infrastructure & Architecture Platform to be in place and
ensure all confidentiality of works in VAS should not be disclosed to any third-party for any
purpose. Ensure the needed control to be installed in Infrastructure & Architecture system &
Devices following to Information Security Policies.
 Periodically update the new solutions in the market and look for opportunities to apply for VAS
for real value.
 Read, acknowledge understanding, stay updated, set good example of compliance with the
company’s policies stipulated in various regulations, guides and manuals including but not
limited to the Company policy, Staff Manual, IT Guideline, IT Instruction, Letter of Authority,
Anti-corruption policy etc… Make sure all the team members should be aware of this.
 Set goals and objectives for members of team to meet the objective of whole Business team
particularly and of department objective generally.
 Actively lead the business process reengineering
 The position strives for continuous improvement in systems & processes in the function in order
to make the outputs user friendly, improve the business process, makes information more
available to decision makers.
 Ensure the DRP and BCP active in place.

REPORTING AND SCOPE

(IPE Factor: Knowledge-Teams & Breadth)
 Direct reports
IT BA Administrator
 The position reports to the CIO

CRITICAL QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
(IPE Factor: Knowledge)
 Requires a degree in computer science.
 Requires proficiency in English communication.
 Having experience of Education Industry is advantage
 Requires a good knowledge of Oracle and SQL, and Windows operating systems, with hands-on
applications experience. Requires demonstrated proficiency with backup/recovery techniques.

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 Have experience in Managing the complex Infrastructure system including AD, SAN Storage,
Server Room, Wifi, Virtualization by Hyper-V or VMware, LAN/VLAN,WAN, Firewall, Proxy,
DMZ, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, DC,
 Experience in building the business case with justice by using IRR, NPV, TCO, ROI
 Really understand the System & Network Architecture to be in alignment with Business
Application
 Requires the 3 years of experience of project management for the Group-wide project
 Have a good leadership and management skills
 Business Knowledge will be preferable

LEARNING & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

In this position, the incumbent will have an opportunity to acquire skills and knowledge in the following
areas:
 Exposure to high class IT solutions in Professional Organization
 Experience in working under the good IT Governance Structure
 Enhanced project management skills.
 Enhanced the business acumen Skills
Relevant next career steps might be;
 Any IT management function with more responsibility & complexity

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Approved by Date
CIO

Approved by Date
Chairman cum CEO

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