Specialist Infrastructure Solution Architect

ATS Client; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a Specialist Infrastructure Solution Architect to join the ESPO team. You will design and deliver fit-for-purpose, strategy-aligned infrastructure solution architectures, working with infrastructure and applications teams to document architectures and designs.

The role requires deep expertise in server hardware, virtualization, OS, storage, and data centre networking, with exposure to hybrid cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Infrastructure Architecture.
• Infrastructure architecture and/or design in banking or large corporate environment.
• Working knowledge of server hardware and virtualization.
• Working knowledge of server OS (RHEL, Windows Server).
• Working knowledge of storage systems (SAN/IP Storage).
• Working knowledge of data centre networking (DNS, GSLB, IP Routing).
• Gathering business and application requirements and translating that into an infrastructure architecture/design artefact.
• Hybrid Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, VMware, Azure Local, RedHat OpenShift, Nutanix).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Windows Server.
• IBM Flash Storage.
• Pure Storage.
• Dell PowerScale (Isilon) ECS, PowerFlex.

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 SME's 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.

Skills

Infrastructure Architecture

Hybrid Cloud

RHEL

Windows Server

Storage Systems (SAN/IP)

Data Centre Networking

Kubernetes

Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

OpenShift / Huawei Cloud Stack

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Tools

IBM Flash Storage

Pure Storage

Dell PowerScale (Isilon) ECS, PowerFlex

Job description

Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together...one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Design & deliver fit for purpose, business strategy-aligned, high impact, cross domain technology solution blueprints & associated solutions.

Job Description

Our ESPO team is looking for a Specialist Infrastructure Solution Architect to joing their team. ESPO (Engineering, Services and Platforms Office), fundamentally infrastructure and operations. The successful candidate will work with the Infrastructure and applications teams and will be responsible for documenting Infrastructure Solution Architectures and Designs.

Key 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 SME's 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.

Minimum Skills & Experience Required

• A minimum of 5 years experience in Infrastructure Architecture
• 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).
• Gathering business and application requirements and translating that into an infrastructure architecture/design artefact.
• Hybrid Cloud (e.g AWS, Azure, VMware, Azure Local, RedHat OpenShift, Nutanix, HCS - Huawei Cloud Stack).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Windows Server.
• IBM Flash Storage.
• Pure Storage.
• Dell PowerScale (Isilon) ECS, PowerFlex.

• Familiarity with enterprise grade networking technologies.

Desired Skills

• Kubernetes experience is advantageous.

• Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) experience and certification is advantageous.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised