IT Network Administrator
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I have been in the IT industry for over 20 years ranging from working in a corporate environment to more recently running the IT department for an educational institute for the past 13 and a half years. I have 2 daughters, aged 18 and 21 with the youngest matriculated last year and currently at university. I am looking for a change of environment to grow my current skill set and also have the freedom to travel more.
I am dedicated, hard working and definitely service orientated. I have strong administration skills and require minimal supervision; although happy to work as part of a team as well.
1999 - 2009: I started out on the IT Helpdesk; outsourced at Telkom. During this time I obtained my A+
certification and started doing basic desktop support as well. In 2002, I was outsourced by
BCX to the Cadbury site where i remained for
7 years. Duties during this period included the following: Helpdesk support, including remote support to other provincial branches. I was elected the Asset Manager for South
Africa and Swaziland regions for Cadbury; I was also elected as the Change Manager for the entire EMEAA region for Cadbury's and facilitated all changes including SAP,
Network etc.
Once I had obtained my MSCE certification;
Duties included server support, after hours standby for the factories; anti virus support,
active directory etc.
2009 - 2023: Collegiate Girls' High School
After having my second daughter; I decided to move to an environment that would be more beneficial for family life. I have single handedly been running the IT Dept for the school for 13
years now. Duties include but not limited to:
Desktop and network support - onsite and remote;
IOS and windows support across a variety of devices for 720 pupils and 70 staff. I manage the pabx support, printers, backups (VEEAM); wifi network (HP Aruba & Cisco); Hyper V Servers;
CCTV (NVR's + approx 50 cameras); manage all invoicing relating to the IT Dept, manage an annual budget of approx 3 million; manage external contractors; support data projectors,
apple tv's; finger print readers, have sound knowledge of Office 365 and experience on the
Azure portal. Manage the O365 licences; manage active directory and the creation of all users onsite; have experience on managing the JAMF backend for IOS devices. Maintain the backend of the school's website (wordpress), including updating the website regularly and setting up the online purchasing platform for textbooks etc. I also have sound knowledge of MS Teams.
Matric - Westering High School
A+ Certification - CompTIA
MCSE and diploma in Systems Engineering - Damelin College