To ensure the administration of our cloud-based Integration & Middleware platforms, based on digital solutions in line with Business and IT strategies. Assist developers, support personel and operators with cloud administrative tasks that will enable seamless, secure and cost-effective functioning of our cloud-based integration platform. This is a permanent position based at the Head Office in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
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Job Title: TECHNICAL SPECIALIST II\/CLOUD ADMINISTRATOR<\/strong> Job Summary:<\/strong> Desired Experience & Qualification:<\/strong> TECHNICAL:<\/strong> Additional Criteria:<\/strong>
\nLocation:<\/strong> Cape Town<\/p>\n
\nDuties & Responsibilities:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Administration of cloud-based systems aligned to team processes & requirements
\no Ensure the upkeep and health of the system and services are functioning correctly
\no Implement preventative maintance steps
\no Maintain system back-ups and ensure recovery mechanisms are in place
\no Develop and code scripts to automate certain administration tasks to speed up activities and enable re-use
\n\u2022 Maintain and support existing systems
\no Interpret user requirements and translate into administration solutions.
\no Investigate and solve systems issues.
\no Ensure systems documentation is kept up to date.
\n\u2022 Ensures effective operations
\no Implement approved changes as per change control and security process
\no Plan, organise and control own work effort, including regular progress feedback to own and other relevant areas<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 3 year IT Diploma
\n\u2022 Specific cloud-based administration skills
\n\u2022 Relevant business process context knowledge
\n\u2022 Must be willing to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools
\n\u2022 Great technical skills and scripting skills<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Operating System admin skills using Linux, Windows and Unix
\n\u2022 Scripting skills using Python, Javascript, Bash or other shell scripting languages
\n\u2022 AWS Cloud administration skills
\n\u2022 Security & Access Control – AWS IAM, Azure Active Directory, SSO, SAML, OAuth2, Credentials management, Certificates
\n\u2022 Virtualization concepts \u2013 Hyper-V, VMware, KVM, etc.
\n\u2022 Containers \u2013 Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, AWS EKS, etc.
\n\u2022 Cost Management \u2013 effective cost management for cloud-workloads
\n\u2022 Infrastructure as Code\\DevOps – codify and manage underlying IT infrastructure using technologies such as AWS CloudFormation, Git-based code repositories, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins, etc.
\n\u2022 Preferable:
\no API Management concepts & technologies
\no Observability technologies such as ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch or equivelant
\no Modern Data Lake concepts & technologies
\no Event-streams platforms \u2013 Kafka, Confluent, etc.
\no Middleware & Interation technologies: IBM Integration Bus\\Message Broker, IBM MQ, IBM Datapower
\no Git-based code repository: BitBucket<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends and best practices, and apply findings
\n\u2022 Looks beyond symptoms to uncover root causes of problems to be solved
\n\u2022 Presents problem analysis and a recommended solution rather than just identifying and describing the problem itself
\n\u2022 Anticipates potential obstacles and their impact on the accomplishment of goals and timelines and propose\/ take corrective action where required
\n\u2022 Monitors and tracks progress to ensure delivery of all planned commitments, and keeps the appropriate people informed
\n\u2022 Prepares written reports and briefs and communicates ideas clearly.
\n\u2022 Discusses issues and exchanges information with partners to identify areas of mutual interest and benefit.
\n\u2022 Demonstrates resourcefulness in acquiring necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to adapt to change<\/p>\n