Job Description

A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Senior Platform Engineer
Qualifications:

• BTech/ Degree/ Masters/ PHD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields

Experience:

• BTech coupled with 13 years relevant working experience or Degree coupled with 9 years relevant working experience or Masters coupled with 7 years relevant working experience
• or PHD coupled with 5 years relevant working experience in software engineering, large scale computing, high performance computing, private cloud and virtual computing (e.g. OpenStack, Kubernetes)
• Experience with systems administration, provisioning of MAAS, preferably using Linux and open source tools (such as Docker, Helm,Ansible)
• Proficiency with one or more Continuous Integration and automated test execution tools (Jenkins, GoCD, Gitlab, Travis-CI).

Knowledge:

• Proficient in C++ and Python programming languages.
• Experienced in administering application servers, web servers and databases.
• Experienced in integrated security practices such as secrets management into the DevOps pipelines, SSO, platform and application hardening.
• Have some experience of line management.
• Systems Engineering processes.
• Willingness to transition between system development, roll-out and system support and operations

Essential Competency:

• Experience in using infrastructure provisioning tools (such as Docker, Helm, Ansible, Terraform) in a cloud environment or in a virtualized environment (AWS, OpenStack, GCP).
• Working knowledge of the git distributed version control system and related best practices.
• Proficiency with one or more Continuous Integration and automated test execution tools (Jenkins, GoCD, Gitlab, Travis-CI).
• Demonstrated understanding and enthusiasm for team based working based on lean/agile principles.
• Ethernet network technologies and management of switches and routers.
• Linux operating system and standard tools.

Please note that if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application that your application was unsuccessful.
However, please keep a lookout on our website, www.sixsense.co.za for available positions which may be inline with your career aspirations.