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• The Storage Engineer supports the design, implementation, management, and optimization of enterprise storage systems that enable the Telescope technical and operational goals.

Qualifications:

• National Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 7 years’ experience
• BTech/BSc in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 6 years’ experience
• BENG/MTech in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 4 years’ experience
• MENG in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 3 years’ experience
• PHD in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent qualifications coupled with 1 years’ experience.

Experience:

• Experience withing with SANs and storage systems
• Experience working with storage server installations, monitoring and diagnoses
• Experience with hardware and storage software upgrades and repairs
• Experience working with Operating Systems, IAAS tools
• Experience working in data centers or server rooms/environments
• Basic experience with computer networks
• Basic hands-on experience in infrastructure design and automation, distributed systems, observability, CI/CD, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), DevOps/SRE practices and cloud native technologies.
• Experience working in international teams or initiatives that intersect with data platforms, storage, networking, and systems engineering domains.

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and resource scheduling within Linux-based environments.
• Hands-on experience monitoring, diagnosing, and repairing (break/fix) various OEM hardware, including HPE, Dell, and Super Micro systems.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Podman), orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Helm), and container runtime architectures (e.g., CRI).
• Knowledge in infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD methodologies, utilizing tools such as GitLab CI, Ansible, and Terraform (advantageous).
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including cabling and basic diagnostic procedures.
• Experience in asset management practices, including maintaining asset registers, system and architectural mapping, warranty and service tracking, and related tools/processes.
• Experience working with service levels (SLAs) and an understanding of operational frameworks such as Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), ITIL, and COBIT.
• Knowledge of IT security principles, especially regarding change management, physical and logical access control.
• Awareness and adherence to Health and Safety standards and best practices.

Closing:  2025-10-03

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• A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Senior Platform Engineer

Qualifications:

• 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

Closing:  2025-10-03

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• A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Senior Compute Systems Engineer
• The Senior Computer Systems Engineer, will lead the compute and storage systems team and will report to the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager within Computing & Software, providing hands-on technical leadership in the design, implementation, and long-term operation and maintenance of secure, reliable, and high-performance computer systems infrastructure for the Telescopes hosted by company.

Qualifications:

• BTech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic
• Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 13 years’ experience,
• BENG/MTech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems,
• Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 9 years’ experience, MENG in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 7 years’ experience,
• PHD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic
• Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 5 years’ experience.

Experience:

• 3+ years in a technical leadership or software/system architectural role with direct responsibility for large-/platform-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in infrastructure design and automation, distributed systems, observability, CI/CD, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), DevOps/SRE practices and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience leading teams or initiatives that intersect with data platforms, storage, networking, and systems engineering domains

Knowledge:

• In-depth understanding of systems engineering principles, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and resource scheduling in Linux-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of containerized environments (Docker, Podman), orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Helm), and runtime architectures (containerd, CRI).
• Expertise in infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD), and configuration management tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD).
• Advanced understanding of distributed computing and storage architectures, including Ceph, S3, NFS, and local/clustered file systems.
• Operational and architectural fluency in relational and NoSQL database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), including replication, backups, and performancetuning.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, security protocols, and systems level observability (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack).
• Familiarity with the HPC ecosystem (e.g., SLURM, job schedulers) is beneficial for environments supporting scientific or research computing.

Closing:  2025-10-03

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• Well established business is seeking to appoint a ICT Manager.

Experience:

• Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in computer sciences or an equivalent qualification, with at least seven (7) years' experience in ICT, including five (5) years in management and five (5) years in ICT project implementation.
• Experience with the DPSA ICT governance framework and regulations is an advantage.

Knowledge:

• ICT infrastructure setup and maintenance.
• PFMA and all applicable legislation
• ICT troubleshooting.
• System development, implementation and maintenance.
• Procurement processes.

Skills:

• System development.
• Communication.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Management skills.
• Conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and professional ethics.
• Research, interpretation and presentation skills.
• Risk planning and management.
• Project management.
• Budgeting principles.
• Report Writing and Presentation Skills
• Financial Management
• Risk Management
• Audit Management

Closing:  2025-10-05