Jaco Steyn

Experience

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  Sasol

  Jan 1991 - Mar 1997

  TECHNOLOGY SPECIALITS

  • Configuration Management• Operation of MIMS system• Operation of Unisys Mapper system on the UNIX environment• UNIX Administration and monitoring of work load• Novell Network Administration and Installation• Solved daily configuration problems using LAN Assist" and "LANDesk"• Provided customer quotations.

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  TECOR Group

  Mar 1997 - Jun 1999

  SUPPORT MANAGER

  • Manage a team of 5 field Technicians• Hardware and Software Support on Silicone Graphics Systems• UNIX Administration and Support• Novell Network Administration and Support• St. Paul EDI software on Windows NT• Unix systems Administration and Support• Client liaison and product quotes.

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  Business Connexion

  Jul 1999 - Jun 2003

  SUN SALES SUPPORT EXECUTIVE
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  Umbukiso we Africa

  Jun 2003 - Mar 2004

  Co-Owner
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  SSBS

  Apr 2004 - Mar 2005

  INTERIM PROJECT MANAGER
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  Dimension Data

  Apr 2005 - May 2007

  SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT. PRESALES & SUN PRODUCT MANAGER
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  SSBS

  Jul 2007 - Dec 2008

  PRODUCT SUPPORT MANAGER / COUNTRY MANAGER / DATA CENTRE MANAGER
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  Storex

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  MANAGER MANAGED SERVICES (Consulting only)

  • Branch Manager on a Freelance basis• Managed Services and Data Centre Services to SME’s in the Western Cape• Business Development in Western Cape Region• Meeting with decision makers regarding IT Managed Services, Outsourcing and Data Center services• Project Manager• Architect• Solutions Consultant

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  Dimension Data

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

  Technical Architect

  • Owner of customer Network and Telephony infrastructure and architecture from a Dimension Data Service perspective• Owning and driving technical or infrastructure part of the service improvement program• Owner of customer specific Availability and Capacity Management procedures as well as ensuring capacity and performance thresholds are set within monitoring tools• Producing Capacity and Availability Plans in line with SAB business planning cycles and Dimension Data SLA requirements• Producing regular management reports which include current usage of resources, trends and forecasts• Compiling proposals for recommended architecture or technology changes• Recommending tuning of systems and making recommendations to IT Management on the design and use of systems to help ensure optimum use of all infrastructure resources, as well as ensuring implementation of recommendations• Constant research for innovative solutions• Awareness of all SAB infrastructure projects and communication surrounding these projects• Part of Sign-off team on proposed solutions• Risk Management around implementing solutions• Maintaining knowledge of future demands for IT Services and predicting the effects of demand on performance service levels Show less

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  MECIN

  Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

  Technical Architect / IT Consultant

  With 21 years of IT, Hardware, Software processes including ITIL knowledge, assisting in the following:• Helping existing SME’s with the current environment• Helping them with a 3 – 5 year migration plan for new technology• Understanding and helping smaller clients with Capacity Management• Assisting with Desktop and Server hardware• Assisting with Desktop and Enterprise applications• Assisting with Network layers and layout• Assisting with Internal and External Storage devices• Assisting with Databases. (SQL, Oracle, etc) Show less

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  Huawei

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2015

  Service Level, Capacity and Availability Manager & PMO

  • Assistant Project Director for Managed Service Project for around 30 months• Managing Staff en Senior Stakeholders during Managed Service Project• KPI / SLA Management• Capacity and Availability Management• CSI Management• Document and Knowledge Management• QA Management• ODC Management• ISO Audit - Process and Policy Review• Ensuring the goals of the Capacity Management process are achieved• The main goal is to ensure that cost-justifiable IT capacity in all areas of IT always exists and is matched to the current and future agreed needs of the business in a timely manner• Working closely with SME’s to accomplish their requirements and updating the infrastructure to be scalable for future growth Show less

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  Absa Group

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2019

  • Manage large project budgets, including invoicing and resource budgets (30Mil)• Provide burn down charts and regular project status updates• Led teams structure of around 50 people. Project Managers, Technical resources, Business & Delivery Managers and Planning and Implementation Resources and technical resources.• Manage and coordinate multiple applications, services, platforms and storage solutions. These Include Business-critical services, virtualisation platforms such as Nutanix and UCS for on-premises and AWS as a cloud platform, Mainframe, storage and Hadoop big data solution migrations• Conduct agile meetings including sprint planning, review, retrospective, and stand-up Show less

  • Program Director for Data Centre Migrations / Snr IT Manager

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Data Centre Capacity Demand and IMAC Manager

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2019
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  MECIN Consulting Service

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  Information Technology Project Management

  • Project Management and Delivery in SME’s• Managed AWS Cloud Delivery of a New Project• Stakeholder engagement & Contract Management• Successfully deliver working software on time and mostly under budget• Business Development for SME’s

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  Waxed Mobile (Pty) Ltd

  May 2021 - Dec 2021

  Software Delivery Project Manager

  • Overall Project Management • Managing Software delivery program for Government• Drive dev/ops delivery• Stakeholder engagement and management• Control Budget within the project timeline.

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  Capitec Bank

  Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

  Snr Project Manager

  • Stakeholder Management• Delivering Multiple Projects across different Business sectors• Fast pace Agile Project Delivery approach • Data Migration from APS into AWS

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  Datacom

  Sept 2022 - now

  Snr Project Manager