Mid – Senior Platform Engineer
Engineering/Technical
Cape Town – Western Cape
ENVIRONMENT:
This Senior Platform Engineer is part of the Site Reliability Engineering team for a radio astronomy company, focusing on automation, deployment, and management of operational systems. This role involves collaboration with global software engineers to ensure reliable CI/CD pipelines and providing senior-level support for complex issues. Senior engineers also mentor junior team members and are accountable for their deliverables. You must have a BTech, Degree, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields to qualify for this role.
DUTIES:
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement and verify the computing platform in collaboration with the software team.
- Define and implement CI/CD pipelines for the software system.
- Contribute to systems engineering and operations documentation.
- Support users, operators, and system changes.
- Collaborate with other teams in construction and operations.
- Support system/array integration and testing.
- Serve as a senior technical specialist in the Computing and Software team.
- Maintain professional relationships with the Compute Infrastructure and Networks team.
- Participate in project management and training activities.
- Research and implement new technologies.
- Mentor junior engineers.
REQUIREMENTS:
Key Requirements:
Qualifications:
- BTech, Degree, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
Experience:
- BTech with 13 years, Degree with 9 years, Master’s with 7 years, or PhD with 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in software engineering, large-scale computing, high-performance computing, private cloud, and virtual computing (e.g., OpenStack, Kubernetes).
- Systems administration experience with Linux and open-source tools (Docker, Helm, Ansible).
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GoCD, Gitlab, Travis-CI).
Knowledge:
- Proficient in C++ and Python.
- Experience with application servers, web servers, and databases.
- Integrated security practices in DevOps pipelines.
- Systems Engineering processes.
- Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools in cloud or virtualized environments (AWS, OpenStack, GCP).
- Working knowledge of Git and related best practices.
- Understanding of lean/agile principles.
- Ethernet network technologies and management.
- Linux operating system and standard tools.
Skills/Competencies:
- Strong team-based working enthusiasm based on lean/agile principles.
- Ability to transition between system development, roll-out, and support operations.
- Experience in mentoring and educating junior engineers.
- Proficient in continuous integration and automated test execution tools.
- Knowledge of infrastructure provisioning and cloud environment tools.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Passion for Excellence
- World-class service
- People-centered
- Respect
- Integrity and Ethics
- Accountability