Ref: ITSAIT0066 – TECHNICAL SPECIALIST II, IT APPLICATION INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY, CAPE TOWN
Listing reference: woolw_000384
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 25 September 2022
Position summary
Industry: IT & Internet
Job category: Others: IT and Telecommunication
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market-related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
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 personnel 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.
Job description
• Administration of cloud-based systems aligned to team processes & requirements
o Ensure the upkeep and health of the system and services are functioning correctly
o Implement preventative maintenance steps
o Maintain system back-ups and ensure recovery mechanisms are in place
o Develop and code scripts to automate certain administration tasks to speed up activities and enable re-use
• Maintain and support existing systems
o Interpret user requirements and translate into administration solutions.
o Investigate and solve systems issues.
o Ensure systems documentation is kept up to date.
• Ensures effective operations
o Implement approved changes as per change control and security process
o Plan, organise and control own work effort, including regular progress feedback to own and other relevant areas
Minimum requirements
• 3 year IT Diploma
• Specific cloud-based administration skills
• Relevant business process context knowledge
• Must be willing to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools
• Great technical skills and scripting skills
Additional Criteria
• Operating System admin skills using Linux, Windows and Unix
• Scripting skills using Python, Javascript, Bash or other shell scripting languages
• AWS Cloud administration skills
• Security & Access Control - AWS IAM, Azure Active Directory, SSO, SAML, OAuth2, Credentials management, Certificates
• Virtualization concepts – Hyper-V, VMware, KVM, etc.
• Containers – Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, AWS EKS, etc.
• Cost Management – effective cost management for cloud-workloads
• 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.
• Preferable:
o API Management concepts & technologies
o Observability technologies such as ELK stack, AWS CloudWatch or equivelant
o Modern Data Lake concepts & technologies
o Event-streams platforms – Kafka, Confluent, etc.
o Middleware & Interation technologies: IBM Integration Bus\Message Broker, IBM MQ, IBM Datapower
o Git-based code repository: BitBucket
• Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends and best practices, and apply findings
• Looks beyond symptoms to uncover root causes of problems to be solved
• Presents problem analysis and a recommended solution rather than just identifying and describing the problem itself
• Anticipates potential obstacles and their impact on the accomplishment of goals and timelines and propose/ take corrective action where required
• Monitors and tracks progress to ensure delivery of all planned commitments, and keeps the appropriate people informed
• Prepares written reports and briefs and communicates ideas clearly.
• Discusses issues and exchanges information with partners to identify areas of mutual interest and benefit.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness in acquiring necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to adapt to change
