This is a very technical, hands-on opportunity and the employee will be part of the HUB Infrastructure/OS Delivery team responsible for delivering advanced technical projects as part of a Paas (Platform as a Service) solution. Services include technologies related to infrastructure Server and FC Storage hardware, Network and FC switches, Network Load Balancers, Operating Systems, Virtualization and Backup and Recovery strategies.
Your responsibilities will include:
- The Systems Engineer will be required to compile granular deployment plans containing step by step technical detail for change implementations.
- Successful implementation of the self-compiled or alternate engineer compiled deployment plans.
- The applicant will become involved in delivery & support of cutting-edge projects within the telecommunications industry and will assist within the team with the analysis and design of new and enhanced roll-outs of the latest PaaS / Cloud delivery solutions.
- Implementation and Maintenance of existing and new monitoring and alerting tools to ensure our 24/7 standby personnel are informed of any alerts generated on customer sites.
- The role also requires the applicant to become part of the 24/7 standby roster which is comprised of both the delivery and ops teams.
Qualifications And Experience
- Senior Certificate
- Relevant IT Qualifications (Diploma or Degree)
- Advanced *NIX (Linux / Unix) certification or relevant experience
- *NIX scripting experience advantageous (bash / perl / python / etc)
- Advanced VMWare VCP certification or relevant experience
- Extensive experience within FC/SAN technologies (HP MSA / 3PAR / Brocade)
- f5 Big-IP LTM certification or relevant experience
- Fortigate firewall certification or relevant experience
- HP network switch experience
- Knowledge of backup technologies advantageous (Symantec / EMC / HP
- Knowledge of Oracle ASM / RDBMS advantageous
- Oracle EXADATA certification or relevant experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Creative approach to problem solving
- Exposure to/understanding of GSM technologies
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to follow instruction
- Strong drive to learn
- Interest in structured approaches to system configuration management
- Strong intellectual curiosity, motivation to advance in the profession
- Ability to communicate in non-technical terms to non-technical people
- Be able to work overtime and standby when required as per standby roster
- Be able to work in a team
- Ability to work well under pressure, especially in maintaining a balanced and logical approach
- Self-motivated and self-managed
- Be able to take ownership and show initiative
- Be able to learn fast and willing to self-study when necessary
- Able to communicate effectively
- Report on progress and raise issues / problems when necessary
- Timekeeping
- Be able to travel outside the borders of South Africa when required
The base location for this role is, Cape Town.
The Company s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.
