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Technical Authority Data Centre Services

Job number4193BR
Job titleTechnical Authority Data Centre Services
Location/CityKuala Lumpur
Appointment typePermanent
Job purpose and key deliverablesOperational   

  • Ensure appropriate Data Centre infrastructure and processes are in place to allow effective, resilient core data centre operations supporting the BAT applications landscape
  • Support the development of new and improved service capabilities to meet changing global business requirements
  • Manage the implementation of effective change within data centre operations acting as a gatekeeper across the infrastructure landscape
  • Analyze and asses data centre designs, project requirements, technical proposals and route cause analyses ensuring fit for purpose implementations and outputs
  • Serve as a technical consultant in times of major outages improving the overall IT Services RTO
Transformational 

  • Pro-actively adopt new global processes, tools, policies and metrics.
  • Analyse the current estate and propose cost effective optimized solution driving down data centre operations risk and cost profile

 
Essential requirements

  • Performs a range of technical and professional work activities in order to:

    1. Manage the data centre environment and the technical configuration of the underlying infrastructure
    2. Ensure technology team are providing necessary infrastructure to support application
    3. Act as SME for the following Data Centre Technologies: Storage, Load Balanced Solutions, Resilience, Disaster Recovery
  • Uses agreed global, standardised IT Service Management processes
  • Ensure effective evaluation of business risks and issues related to operational incidents, potential infrastructure changes and internal audit reports.
  • Implement appropriate risk management processes and take appropriate and timely actions.
  • Plans and manages own work to deliver agreed objectives and outputs  
  • Focuses on quality and professional standards and personal growth
  • Ensure the applications requirements are understood and that infrastructure and suppliers deliver against those requirements.
Desirable requirements

  • Degree Educated, with 6-8 years post graduate work experience including the management of complex IT infrastructure environment
  • Experience in large global organisation using in-sourced and out-sourced IT services
  • In depth knowledge of technology infrastructure requirements of supported applications
  • Specialist knowledge of best practice IT Service Management (ITIL) in selected processes
Working at BATBritish American Tobacco (www.bat.com) is a market leading, global organisation with a long, established history and a bright and dynamic future. Thanks to our people we have continued to deliver growth and exceed expectations in an increasingly complex and challenging marketplace.

Our aim is to become the leading tobacco company in each of our markets by providing excellent products with confidence and responsibility expected of global consumer brands.

If you have the talent and motivation to help us succeed you’ll find we are equally committed to helping you reach your full potential too.
Employing companyBritish American Tobacco GSD (Kuala Lumpur) Sdn Bhd
Removal Date25-Jun-2014