Operations Engineer (Contract) - Gauteng / Hybrid - ISB9403108

iSanqa ResourcingMidrand, GP, South Africa

3 days ago

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Job description

Our client is looking for an Advanced Operations Engineer to drive innovation in High-Performance Computing (HPC) Tools .

If you thrive in complex computing environments and have a passion for optimizing performance at scale, this role is for you!

Location : Midrand / Menlyn / Rosslyn / Home Office rotation
Amazing brand with cutting-edge technology
Excellent teams in the Global team collaboration
High work-life balance with Flexible hours Agile working environment

POSITION : Contract until December 2027

EXPERIENCE : 4-6 Years related working experience.

Years related working experience.

COMMENCEMENT : 01 May 2025

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE :

Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience

ITIL certification (advantageous)

Any Scrum certification (advantageous)

Any Scrum Master certification

Any storage vendor certification

Any operating system certification relating to data management

Minimum of 4 years of IT operations experience including ITIL

Minimum of 4 years of storage experience

Minimum of 4 years of Scrum work experience

Minimum of 4 years of VDI and operating systems experience

ESSENTIAL SKILLS :

Experience in Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket / GitHub

Experience in Unix, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows

Experience in mounting technologies such as Autofs and DFS

Knowledge of protocols NFS and CIFS

Experience in CAD & CAE

Knowledge of Virtualisation technologies such as VMWare Horizon / ESXi / Cloud Foundation

Experience in cloud migration technologies including Azure Public Cloud and Automation

Experience in dealing with stakeholder and architectural technical issues

Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS :

Experience in ServiceNow ITSM Suite

Experience in Automation and AI

Knowledge in agile working model (AWM) Framework and dedicates roles

Knowledge in DevOps Working and steering in / of teams

Knowledge in migrating complex VDI environments (e.g. platform switch)

Knowledge of LINUX Redhat / Ubuntu Operating systems running in a virtualisation environment in High Performance configurations

Knowledge of storage technologies like emc

and NetApp

Knowledge of Systems Management such as scVENUS and Ansible

Knowledge of Ansible Tower, playbook design and deployment

Knowledge of Public Cloud Technologies such as Azure and AWS

Knowledge of Private Cloud solutions

Knowledge of Handling sensitive data (Data Security & Privacy) to ensure confidentiality of productive data

Knowledge of Directory Access Manager (DIVA)

Knowledge of Intelligent Storage Orchestration Environment (iStore) and Active Directory Gruppentool (ADGR)

Basic knowledge of Active Directory / LDAP

Professional communication and documentation skills

Experience in coordination and steering decentral international teams

Good knowledge of ITSM Suite and ITIL processes

Basic knowledge of ServiceNow (ITSM.next)

Knowledge of agile working in Scrum and Kanban Mode

Deep knowledge of operation and maintenance of web applications (programming)

Knowledge and understanding of programming languages such as Java, Python, Perl

ROLE :

Able to understand complex application architecture / dependencies (CA related) and the impact it can have on a VDI environment

Designing VDI solutions to support business requirements based on GROUP guidelines

Design Ansible playbooks to meet business requirements for CA-Application performance (VDI deployment / Public- and Private Cloud)

Responsible for VDI operations & maintenance in a hybrid cloud architecture

Understanding GROUPs CA Data Management / "Follow the Data" as an VDI deployment approach

Driving possible VDI automation topics (deployment / resource management / asset management)

Defining specific engineering roles for VDIs matching their exact application needs and supporting the GROUP partner onboarding process (e.g. Crash Test simulation)

Understanding global engineering (ItO) resource demands and consulting / designing the optimal VDI solution

Driving GROUPs CA VDI cloud strategy towards constant "state of the art" architectural design

Perform housekeeping / monitoring / managing of the VDI platforms focusing on stability / performance as well as cost optimization.

Defining self service requests in ServiceNow portals for VDI demands (e.g. resizing, additional VDI, Platform switch)

Perform reporting of / forecast overall CA VDI demands (related to user requirements / platforms)

Supporting and consulting applications owners on specific cloud migration requests with a focus on VDIs

Manage Problem, Incident and Change process for dedicated ITSM service

Upon demand willing to work on weekends (changes)

Operate and maintain scripts (e. g. deletion)

Keep documentation up to date in all relevant systems (e. g. as is configuration CMDB / Application Instance Wizard, to be configuration Connect IT, knowledge database resolveIT)

Attend and moderate operation meetings

Coordinate external contractors

Manage security vulnerabilities

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Also note, that if you have not received a response from us within 2 weeks, your application was unsuccessful.

Candidates MUST be based in Gauteng or WILLING TO RELOCATE!

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