Cape Town - Western Cape
ENVIRONMENT:
ENSURE the enablement and delivery of innovative technology based digital solutions in order to satisfy business and IT requirements as the next Integration Engineer sought by a growing Retail Group. You will operationalize world-class services to ensure the Groups business systems are operating cost effectively and efficiently. The ideal candidate must have Grade 12/Matric and a relevant IT Degree/Diploma (3 Years) with 5 years relevant work experience including proficiency with Java or Python & a solid working knowledge of Release Engineering technologies: IaC Terraform, Ansible; Git-based Version Control such as: GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, AWS Code Commit; Containerization AWS ECS, AWS ECR, Docker, DockerHub; Jenkins, Bamboo, Elasticsearch, Kibana, LogStash, Beats (ELK), AWS CloudWatch, Kafka, etc.
DUTIES:
Ensure effective Stakeholder Management to reduce risk
- Communicate progress, status, events, planned activities and issues to all relevant parties.
- Communicate technical decisions, discoveries, practices, processes, knowledge, and information.
- Conduct the necessary research and development to deliver innovative solutions in line with both IT and Business strategies.
- Test new technologies derived from approved business cases and manage implementation where appropriate, i.e., software.
- Keep abreast of non-technical factors that have a direct bearing on technological decisions such as budget constraints and business objectives by establishing business contacts and doing appropriate fact finding to ensure delivery within Time, Scope and Budget.
- Understand and keep abreast of the IT technical infrastructure by using the appropriate internal sources of information.
- Perform the administration of technical solutions according to the agreed plans and processes and propose continuous enhancements to these processes where applicable.
- Ensure set standards implemented and adhered in support of a healthy and stable environment.
- Maintain and analyse internal records of problem causes and resolutions, identify recurring problems and modify the resolution actions to prevent recurrence.
- Ensure that team members, management and other staff members working in related areas of technical concern are informed on all relevant technical decisions, discoveries, practices, processes, knowledge, and information for effective delivery.
- Ensure that sustainability and impact of the administration of technical solutions are understood and taken into account when technical solutions are proposed.
- Be a subject matter expert of multiple technologies and platforms.
- Investigate and remediate complex problems directly and indirectly linked to your area of responsibility.
- Keep Track of tasks and identify risks and challenges that could compromise delivery.
- Be an ambassador of the team and be capable of playing the role of liaison between customer, EUC and Infrastructure.
- Grade 12/Matric and relevant IT Degree/Diploma (3 Years).
- 5 Years relevant experience (preferable experienced broadly across multiple areas of IT).
- Programming and scripting experience in Java or Python (or any modern programming languages)
- Thorough working knowledge of Release Engineering technologies:
- IaC Terraform, Ansible, etc.
- Git-based Version Control such as: GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, AWS Code Commit, etc.
- Containerization AWS ECS, AWS ECR, Docker, DockerHub, etc.
- Observability Elasticsearch, Kibana, LogStash, Beats (ELK), AWS CloudWatch, Kafka, etc.
- Security Azure AD, AWS IAM, etc.
- CI tools Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.
- Test Automation JUnit, etc.
- Workflow Jira.
- Preferable Technologies:
- IBM Integration Bus (IIB) or App Connect (ACE).
- IBM MQ & MFT.
- IBM DataPower.
- AWS.
- Ability to apply emerging technologies to business solutions.
- Able 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.
- Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends and best practices, and present 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.
