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    Production Support Manager

    Location:Johannesburg
    Type:Permanent
    Reference:#GZ61163
    Company:E-Merge IT Recruitment

    We’re looking for an experienced Production Support Manager to lead our support function and ensure the reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of critical systems.

    This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-pressure environments, leads with clarity, and takes ownership of operational excellence.

    What you’ll do
    • Lead and mentor a team of support analysts, providing guidance and fostering growth
    • Establish and enforce structured incident, problem, and change management processes
    • Act as the primary escalation point for production issues and service disruptions
    • Proactively monitor system performance and implement alerting and monitoring strategies
    • Coordinate rapid response to incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and business impact
    • Serve as the communication bridge between IT and business stakeholders during incidents
    • Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and drive corrective and preventative actions
    • Continuously improve support processes, tools, and operational workflows
    What you bring

    Qualifications and experience
    • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
    • ITIL certification or relevant service management training
    • Proven experience in a production support / IT operations leadership role
    Technical expertise
    • Strong understanding of:
      • Digital platforms and enterprise application environments
      • Back-office systems and integrations/ API specific experience required
      • Incident, change, and problem management frameworks
    • Experience with monitoring tools and ticketing systems (e.g. Jira)

    Reference number for this position is GZ61163 which is a permanent position based in Sandton offering a cost to company salary of R1.3m per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on az.oc.egrem-e@zhtrag or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

    Are you ready for a change of scenery? The E-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.

    Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!

    Posted on 23 Mar 10:33, Closing date 22 May

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    Garth Zoutendyk
    garthz@e-merge.co.za
    0114633633

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    e-Merge IT Recruitment
    e-Merge is a service orientated, boutique agency working in specific technology verticals. We only recruit within our specialised fields, assuring both client and candidate of expert attention, knowledge and advice.
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