Are you an experienced Operations Engineer ready to manage enterprise-level output management solutions for a global automotive leader
Advanced operations role supporting global Group infrastructure
Remote / On-site work location flexibility
Dynamic global team collaboration environment
POSITION : Contract : 01 January 2026 31 December 2028
EXPERIENCE : IT Infrastructure Management and / or Operations / 1st / 2nd Level Support
COMMENCEMENT : 01 January 2026
LOCATION : Hybrid : Midrand / Menlyn / Rosslyn / Home Office rotation
TEAM : Output Management
Qualifications / Experience
- IT Degree and / or relevant qualifications
- Project management qualification and / or relevant experience
- Qualification : Degree / Diploma in Information Technology or alternatively a qualification related to IT Technical Support
Essential Skills Requirements
- Experience in IT Infrastructure Management and / or Operations / 1st / 2nd Level Support
- Experienced in LINUX (Linux Support - operations and administration)
- Change Management (CM)
- IT Service Management (ITSM)
- Release Planning
- Start Up Management (SUM)
- System Monitoring
- Technical Continuity Management (TCM)
- Knowledge of Group YPA (Advantageous)
- Excellent proficiency in the Agile Tool Chain (JIRA Confluence)
- Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
Advantageous Skills Requirements
- Experience with Output Management Solutions (Spooling Systems Document Composition)
- Experience with Exstream and / or VPSX solutions
- A team player with leadership skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Experience in IT middleware platforms / architectures based on Unix / Linux OS
- Maintain a positive attitude focused on customer satisfaction
- Good Knowledge of output management solutions on Unix / Linux operating systems :
- Print Spooling Systems : VPSX CUPS Group Plotclient PriPlo Group PlotServer gXnetplot Easycopy and EasyConvert
- Including the different input output and filter scripts and their individual configurations
- Document Generation Software : Exstream
- Basic Knowledge of : Windows Server Active Directory SAP Output Management Database technologies (Oracle / PostgreSQL) Printer and printer languages (PCL PS ZPL) Business processes requiring enterprise output management
- Operation Tools : SC-Venus CMDB ConnectIT
- Monitoring tools : Systems Management Portal (NAGIOS)
- Server technologies : Linux (SUSE) UNIX (AIX) Server administration and virtualisation (VMWare)
- Database technologies experience : Oracle / PostgreSQL
- Storage technologies experience : NAS / SAN / Archive (GS3)
Role Requirements
- Operational and Support tasks of the Enterprise Services Output Management solution :
- Group KWOM & CAPPO
- VPSX and CUPS Print Spooling
- Exstream Document Composition
- Group Plotclient PriPlo
- Group PlotServer gXnetplot
- Easycopy and EasyConvert
- Including the different input output and filter scripts and their individual configurations
- Perform all tasks in a 100% agile manner according to the agile guidelines agreed by the department
- Awareness of agile roles defined within the environment
- Maintaining a high awareness of user needs regarding output management requirements
- Keeping deep knowledge about underlying Group infrastructure master solutions (Unix Storage : SAN NAS etc. mounting and unmounting of Shares Share credentials)
- Interacting with other IT architects as needed to ensure fitting infrastructure solutions
- Understanding and incorporating all relevant IT security guidelines of the Group
- Provide or support all necessary Group IT documentation (Operations Manuals)
- Ticket creation and resolving requests for incident management change management and problem management and ITIL support processes at Enterprise level
- Ticket creation co-ordination and communication with service groups responsible for failures affecting Output Management Infrastructure daily operations
- Adhere to set SLAs for service delivery of Operational pre-requisites
- Maintain Output Management landscape to required supportable Software version levels
- Provide Output Management Operations Monitoring support to ensure operational uptime for all business applications across multiple countries (Germany South Africa China America etc.)
- Support Output Management Dev / Maint Team with required Project tasks
Notes
- South African citizens / residents preferred.
- Valid work permit holders will be considered.
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