Job Vacancies at Paracon

For over 20 years, our client has been at the forefront of delivering on the promise of positive change that the Internet delivers. They are pioneers in demonstrating how the Internet can change the way people interact with each other and the way organisations operate.

• They are urgently looking for multiple L1 and L2 Desktop Support Technicians to assist with a 2-month migration project. Your main objective will be to support various Office 365 activities that form part of the migration project. 
•  There are various position around the contry eg. Cape Town / Johannesburg / Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth.
• To apply, you must have 3 to 5 years experience with Office 365 and Active Directory, and be available immediately.

Please note that you may be required to work overtime and/or on weekends if the need arises.

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• Architect, design, implement and drive next generation system cloud architectures and automation solutions within the organisations Digital Disruption Stream.
• Act as a technical liaison between clients, product owners, security specialists, full-stack developers, and support engineers;
• Ensure that the digital solution’s functional and non-functional requirements are appropriately managed, and the application supports the agreed product vision and high-level capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership, project guidance, and business development in various emerging technology areas i.e. (IoT, Cloud, AI, Robotics, Blockchain, etc..)
• Prototype new Emerging Technologies in order to complement new platform adoption recommendations within the organization’s Digital Disruption Stream.
• Advise business on how to quickly translate potential opportunities into executable technology solutions utilizing existing Fintech and / or cloud-enabled platforms;
• Serve as a change management evangelist providing thought leadership to teams within the organization on new innovative ways of working in order to further streamline the current execution life-cycle.
• Act as a customer champion, continuously advocating for a superior customer experience though out the product lifecycle

Minimum Experience Level

• 6 to 8 years line management
• 10 years IT Industry experience
• Experience in using cloud technologies in solving problems, namely Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud etc.
• Demonstrating a proficiency across a number of diverse technologies. I.E. Java, Python, .NET, Ruby, Perl, etc.
• Demonstrating a proficiency across a number of diverse technologies. I.E. Java, Python, .NET, Ruby, Perl, etc.
• Demonstrating an understanding of clustered application containerization technologies, i.e. Docker Swarm, Kubernetes.
• Discuss where you have incorporated a custom or off the shelf analytics engine (Google Analytics, Omniture) into a greater solution to gather customer insights.
• Demonstrating an understanding of Dev-Ops and has experience with one or more tools within a continuous digital delivery lifecycle. These can include Jenkins, CircleCI, Bamboo, Buddybuild, Testflight, HockeyApp, etc.
• Maintain awareness of opportunities provided by new technology to address challenges or to enable new ways of working.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Change management
• Client service management
• Communication Strategies
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk, and Controls
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic planning
• Talent management
• Workforce planning
• Business writing skills
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• ITIL
• IT Architecture
• General Communication Skills
• Joint application development
• Organizational structure
• Influencing
• IT Assets management processes