Senior Cloud Platform Architect: Local Sovereign Cloud

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Competitive remuneration packages

Total guaranteed salary with pension/​

Excellence Awards

Job summary

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that advances socio-economic prosperity in South Africa. The Principal Engineer: Localised Cloud Platform is based in Rosebank, Cape Town, reporting to the NICIS Research Centre Manager.

The role provides technical and strategic leadership for the Localised Cloud Platform and related services, shaping architecture, roadmap and operating models while guiding open-source cloud

Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science, computer/electronic engineering, information technology or related field with at least ten years' cloud computing experience.
• Doctoral degree will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, technical and operational leadership for Localised Cloud Platform and cloud services.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of cloud engineers and researchers.
• Define and maintain the technology strategy, architecture and roadmap for the Localised Cloud Platform.
• Guide design, deployment and operation of cloud platforms using open-source tech including OpenStack and CEPH.
• Lead evolution and sustainability of the Sebowa cloud platform and NICIS cloud ecosystem.
• Collaborate to design and deploy sovereign, hybrid and on-premises cloud solutions meeting national requirements.
• Contribute to national cloud, cyberinfrastructure and Digital Public Infrastructure initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and guide adoption where appropriate.
• Build strategic relationships with government, academia and industry.
• Support development of sovereign cloud capabilities and local cloud expertise in SA.
• Develop technical proposals, business cases, project plans and strategic recommendations.
• Contribute to partnerships and funding initiatives for Localised Cloud Platform.
• Ensure reliability, security, resilience, scalability and operational maturity of cloud services.
• Engage in research, innovation and tech development in cloud computing and digital infrastructure.
• Mentor staff and contribute to human capital development in cloud skills.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architectures

Roadmaps

Stakeholder engagement

OpenStack

CEPH

Linux

Infrastructure as Code

Ansible

Terraform

GitOps

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Education

Master's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Doctoral degree (advantageous)

Tools

OpenStack

CEPH

Linux

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitOps

Job description

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that advances socio-economic prosperity in South Africa. The Principal Engineer: Localised Cloud Platform is based in Rosebank, Cape Town, reporting to the NICIS Research Centre Manager.

The role provides technical and strategic leadership for the Localised Cloud Platform and related services, shaping architecture, roadmap and operating models while guiding open-source cloud