Senior Platform Engineer - - Cape Town City Centre

JOB DESCRIPTION

Implement and verify -Mid computing platform - Work in collaboration with the Software team to define and implement the Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration pipeline for the software system.
Contribute to systems engineering and Operations documentation refinement.
Support users, operators, as well as the implementation of releases, system changes and fixes.
Work with other teams within construction and operations
Work with system/array integration team, supporting integration and testing
Be an integral member of the -Mid Computing and Software team, as a senior technical specialist that supports the establishment of -Mid Computing Platform operations
Establish and maintain a professional relationship with company Compute Infrastructure and Networks team
Participate in project management and activity management activities.
Attend relevant training/courses to gain experience and improved knowledge.
Research new technologies, methods or approaches, with the purpose of utilizing them within the organization.
Participate in innovation and technology development initiatives.
Mentor and educate more junior engineers as and when required

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Qualification:

BTech/ Degree/ Masters/ PHD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields

Experience:

BTech coupled with 13 years relevant working experience or Degree coupled with 9 years relevant working experience or Masters· coupled with 7 years relevant working experience or PHD coupled with 5 years relevant working experience in software engineering, large scale computing, high performance computing, private cloud and virtual computing (e.g. OpenStack, Kubernetes)
Experience with systems administration, provisioning of MAAS, preferably using Linux and open source tools (such as Docker, Helm, Ansible)
Proficiency with one or more Continuous Integration and automated test execution tools (Jenkins, GoCD, Gitlab, Travis-CI).

Knowledge:

Proficient in C++ and Python programming languages.
Experienced in administering application servers, web servers and databases.
Experienced in integrated security practices such as secrets management into the DevOps pipelines, SSO, platform and application hardening.
Have some experience of line management.
Systems Engineering processes.
Willingness to transition between system development, roll-out and system support and operations Additional Notes

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