IT Infra Engineer De Heus Animal

De Heus Animal Nutrition is a fourth-generation Dutch family business that has grown into a major global player with over 10,000 employees. De Heus is large in Europe and Asia and is growing fast in Africa. It is a top ten animal nutrition company globally. De Heus produces animal feed for a wide variety of livestock. It has over 80 production locations in 20 countries, serves more than 75 countries and sells over 12 million tons of feed per year. In Uganda, De Heus is best known for its brand Koudijs. To extend its business in East Africa, De Heus will start local production of animal feed in Uganda and Kenya. The construction of a new tilapia fish feed plant in Uganda will boost aquaculture, create jobs, improve food security, and shift from import to export.

What is your role?

You will work in the local IT department as an IT engineer. We are working to keep the infrastructure stable and safe and to improve the infrastructure for our local business unit. In this role you are responsible for the local IT infrastructure (both on-premises and cloud) and you will support our users with their day-to-day IT matters

Focus:

• Register and solve IT related issues, handle changes and requests, where needed involve other colleagues or suppliers.
• Maintain, improve and update our local IT infrastructure, with the support of global colleagues and external suppliers.
• Provide technical advice and support for projects.
• Stay on top of requests from our users and support our business processes.
• Advise our management on improvements.
• Raise security awareness amongst our users and mitigate issues that you might encounter.
• Ensure new users are properly onboarded in our systems and have the appropriate devices and access.
• Be a sparring partner for our organization on projects and alternatives that have an IT component.

 What do we ask of you?

• Can-do mentality;
• For this position we expect you to have adequate education on IT, possibly with focus on IT infrastructure.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in IT infrastructure, amongst which cloud concepts, network and server infrastructure, directory services, security and collaboration tools.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Relevant certificates, such as MCSA or Azure (hybrid) certifications (e.g. AZ-104, AZ-800, AZ-801, AZ 400, AZ-305). Networking certifications (Cisco or Fortinet) are a plus.
• Relevant knowledge of platforms and tools such as Hypervisors, Windows server, enterprise grade networks, PowerShell, Microsoft Azure, etc.
• Experience with support ticket systems, incident management and change management.

What do we offer?

De Heus offers you a challenging position in a dynamic and international context. You will have the opportunity to help realise our strategy and truly impact Uganda by adding a missing link in the protein value chain and improving food security. Our employees make a difference and power the progress of our fast-growing, highly ambitious organisation.

The package comes with a competitive salary, depending on education, skills, and experience—with plenty of room for personal development.

Location

At the plant in Njeru (near Jinja).

Application

Would you like to work in a successful and fast-growing international company with many opportunities for personal growth? If so, please do the following before the 30^th of November 2024