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Senior Compute Systems Engineer
Six Sense ConsultingCape Town, South Africa19 hours ago
Job description3+ 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 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.
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.
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