JOB DESCRIPTION INFORMATION
Job Title: Specialist Solution Architect/Designer
Employment Type: 4 months, Hybrid contract (Renewable)
Work Location: Johannesburg
ABOUT THE PROJECT: - Documenting existing/as-built solution architectures and designs.
CORE DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES: - Focused on the technical solution design and implementation verification of the various components of the solution architecture.
- Requires a high level of in-depth expertise.
- Closely aligned to relevant technical SMEs for collaboration.
- Responsible for the preparation of artefacts for operational handover.
- Responsible for informing stakeholders about potential threats and misalignment of solutions, including areas for improvement and optimization.
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: - Infrastructure architecture and/or infrastructure solution design in a banking or similar large corporate environment.
- Working knowledge of server hardware and virtualisation technology.
- Working knowledge of server operating systems (RHEL, Windows Server).
- Working knowledge of storage systems (SAN and IP Storage).
- Working knowledge of data centre networking (DNS, GSLB, IP Routing).
MANDATORY SKILLS: - Server virtualisation (VMware preferable).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Windows Server.
- IBM Flash Storage.
- Pure Storage.
- Dell PowerScale (Isilon).
- Dell ECS.
- Familiarity with enterprise grade networking technologies.
BENEFICIAL SKILLS: - Kubernetes experience is advantageous.
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) experience is advantageous.
PACKAGE & REMUNERATION: - Will be agreed based on qualifications, applicable experience, and previous earnings.