A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Senior Platform Engineer. The Senior Platform Engineer works as part of the SKA-Mid Site Reliability Engineering team to ensure the operational systems are developed, deployed, and managed in a way that is highly automated and well understood. The position also works with software engineers from around the world to support the delivery of the software systems and the CI/CD pipelines that ensure their reliability when deployed.
Qualifications & Experience:BTech/ Degree/ Masters/ PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields.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).Competency Essential:Experience in using infrastructure provisioning tools (such as Docker, Helm, Ansible, Terraform) in a cloud environment or in a virtualized environment (AWS, OpenStack, GCP).Working knowledge of the git distributed version control system and related best practices.Demonstrated understanding and enthusiasm for team-based working based on lean/agile principles.Ethernet network technologies and management of switches and routers.Linux operating system and standard tools.Skills:Modern software collaboration tools such as Github, Containers, Google Drive, JIRA etc.Understanding and experience in implementation of project management and system engineering principles.Experience with test-driven development and integration testing techniques, methodologies and frameworks; and supporting systems like revision control and build systems.Experience with quality assurance processes and software development processes and willingness to participate in improving software development processes and software quality procedures.Teamwork and Collaboration:Cooperates with others to achieve organisational objectives and may share team resources in order to do this. Collaborates with other teams as well as industry colleagues.
Judgement and Problem Solving:Anticipates and manages problems in ambiguous situations. Develops and selects an appropriate course of action and provides for contingencies. Evaluates, interprets and integrates complex bodies of information and draws logical conclusions, synthesises proposals and defends options with reasoned arguments.
Adaptability:Demonstrates flexibility in adapting to changing environments and priorities.
SECTOR: Engineering & Technical
Job Reference #: JHB001175/MS
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