Engineer IT Infrastructure
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. The Company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social and governance practices. The Company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.
At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.
Our Africa operations employ approximately 5,900 employees and contractors, with the majority working at the Ahafo Mine. We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunity and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This, combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont a great company to work.
Our Akyem and Ahafo mines have made significant sustainable community development investments in our host communities. These include establishing Development Funds at our Akyem and Ahafo operational areas with each mine contributing US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net pre-tax annual profit into its community development fund.
Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.
Your Impact:
- To plan, deploy, and secure operational technology (OT) infrastructure across global mining operations, integrating the OTIS stack, managing cloud/data center/compute platforms and vendor relationships—while improving reliability and optimizing costs.
As Part of Our Team, You Will:
- Monitor latest developments in mining and processing on-premises and cloud computing, data center technologies, virtualization, Azure Stack Cloud managed solutions, storage solutions, and data transfer / communications technologies.
- Plan, build, and implement technologies across the entire IT stack.
- Support ongoing operational strategy for critical mining and processing compute platforms, multi-geolocated cloud services and hosting / data center operations, and core Active Directory services across OTIS solutions.
- Build relationships with internal stakeholders, technical teams, vendors and partners including mining and processing software providers, cloud service providers, and third party information technology service providers. Assist in developing scopes of work with third-party IT service providers.
- Monitor and diagnose the performance and capacity of all cloud and on-premises information technology systems hosted in data centers, servers / compute platforms, and storage infrastructure.
- Coordinate and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure OTIS data and services, migrated to the cloud, are secure and leverage efficient resource utilization.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to establish and carry out robust security measures for all cloud, on-premises, server / compute and storage infrastructure.
- Drive the optimization of licensing, software, hardware, cloud, server / compute, and storage resources to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Support and carry out capital IT projects that provide the ongoing and efficient delivery of OTIS cloud and computing services.
- Support acquisitions, divestitures, and merger activities ensuring activities meet security, availability, and integrity requirements.
Your Work Environment:
- The location for this position is at our Accra hub.
Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:
Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration or other.
Additional Knowledge:
- Extensive knowledge of Information Technology across several different disciplines, providing understanding of complex, interconnected systems and technology.
- Deep understanding of the mining industry, including tools, technologies, and vendor landscape is required.
- Must possess strong business acumen and understanding of mining value chain.
- Deep knowledge of IT and OT solution providers, technology stacks, and related ecosystems building understanding and strategy of vendor landscape and capabilities.
- Project management knowledge and understanding.
- Knowledge creating technical details / scopes of work.
- Knowledge of cloud, compute platform, and licensing cost optimization.
Experience:
- Experience and deep knowledge of working in a global company, successfully working across different cultures, languages, and backgrounds.
- Supporting relationships with external vendors and service providers.
- Ability to provide technical management to multiple projects simultaneously, supporting the on-time and within budget delivery.
- Ability to coach and mentor third party service providers.
Technical Skills:
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to work with cross-functional teams and senior management.
- Ability to take highly complex, technical subject matter and effectively communicate and message the content to all levels within the organization including front line staff to peers to executive management.
- Highly collaborative with ability to work well, lead discussions, and interact with various departments throughout the organization.
- Mastery of Microsoft Office productivity software.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Social Process Skills:
Self-awareness:
- Understands own behaviours and is aware of the impact on others. Adapts their own behaviour where necessary in order to get a productive outcome for the wider team.
Team process:
- Able to be an effective team member by listening, clarifying tasks, receiving and providing feedback. Able to be an effective team member by establishing and maintaining a positive and productive work environment through listening, dealing with different points of view, giving and receiving feedback.
Collaboration:
- Builds positive working relationships with a diverse range of people across disciplines.
We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!
Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that fosters leaders and allows every person to thrive, contribute, and grow. We are committed to selecting and developing our employees, and to establishing a work environment where everyone can take an active part in reaching our strategic goals while feeling a sense of pride in working at Newmont.
Newmont seeks to recruit, hire, place and promote qualified applicants, meaning applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the position, without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnic, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. As part of our diversity efforts. females are encouraged to apply.
NOTE: Newmont does not ask for or require job applicants to pay money to apply or be considered for employment with the Company. In addition, Newmont does not ask potential job candidates to provide sensitive personal data without first submitting a job application through our secure, online portal, and only as requested for legitimate business purposes. If you are asked to provide money or sensitive personal data through any other means, do not respond and please report this immediately to [email protected].
