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Infrastructure Designer

Job Ref
266617
Job Type
Contracting
Employer Type
Recruitment Agency
Date Added 30 May 2016
Expiry Date 14 Jul 2016
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Employer:
Datacentrix

Location:
South Africa

Salary:
Negotiable

Benefits:


Role details:
One of the leaders in thecorporate sector are in search of a Infrastructure Designer to be based in Johannesburg. This is anexcellent opportunity to join a large global multi-national company. A 12 month contract.
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IMPORTANTINFORMATION:
 
The Infrastructure Designer will not be hands on at the client,there is no access to the infrastructure.
 
Work with SME's but have no directaccess to anything other than some general capacity tools and service information. Low use oftechnologies like Azure and Citrix in the rest of Africa.
 
Project requires somefairly general infrastructure knowledge. SME's will provide more in depth view but a high level ishelpful to understand the kind of technologies a large business will use. SME's are not alwaysavailable (sometimes for extended periods) so being able to help oneself will be very useful. Thatbeing said an expert is not really required for a high level infrastructure design, mainlyunderstanding principles and use cases will get someone a long way.
 
 
 
Knowledge of HSM’s and certificate protection, different types of HSM(payment vs standard)
 
Knowledge if RHEL Linux versions 5 – 7 (notparticularly in-depth)
 
Knowledge of J2EE hosting – especially WAS(clustering, JVM sizing, etc.) and JBoss (Domains, etc.) - also very high level, but know enough tobe able to ask the right questions of SME’s
 
Network load balancing – particularly F5 (also high level – basics of probes,session management, failover, etc.)
 
Network basics – effects of latency on data streams, when adding bandwidth willhelp
 
Basics of firewalls
 
Virtualisation at a high level –in-country virtual platforms limited, so storage IOPs, contention etc. is a factor.
 
Oracle basics helpful. How DataGuard works,Databases vs schema’s. Implications of DB links. Sizing.
 
Storage basics helpful – performance, limitations, sizing,resilience etc.
 
Security principlesfor extranet type services, basics like IPSec etc.
 
SOA principles and basics helpful (publish/subscribe, BPM, iBus9(WBI), workflow/orchestration concepts, MQ, Connect: Direct, sFTP)
 
MS SQL basics, concepts around replication, sizingetc.
 
Data warehouse concepts (notvery detailed, but again just understand the basics of getting data to DW etc.)
 
Reading and interpreting capacity data. Effectof running set JVM heaps on capacity readings that sort of thing.
 
Windows basics.
 
Scheduling basics.
 
Basicconcepts and effects of management and monitoring tools (e.g. after looking at hosting WAS –would we want Foglight proxy or just using a global Foglight instance)
 
 
 
Depending on the final design it would be useful to have a general knowledge of howinternet facing apps work at an infrastructure level.
 
 
 
Defence in depth,
 
IDS/IPS(e.g. Cisco SourceFire)
 
ReverseProxies,
 
Presentation / App layerseparated systems vs using more modern services.
 
Authentication, Authorisation
 
Public private certs
 
SSL offloading
 
Protecting databases
 
eCrime monitoring concepts,
 
Firewall basics
 
Management, Monitoring, deployment and protection of these networks
 
Network basics – layer 2 static routing,latency, GTM/LTM, vLANs/vDOMs/802.1q, separating flows e.g. HTTPS in and out on different interfacesetc.
 
Internet silo’s vsextranet silo’s
 
 
 
Other usefulthings, PCI DSS concepts, general backup, scheduling, site resilience, high availability(clustering, load balancing etc.), little endian/big endian issues (moving from Power to Intelarchitectures), good documentation skills, ability to synthesise data putting designs together fromincomplete and contradictory information and then redoing it a few times to reduce costs and fitinformation which start coming to light late in the project while staying within standards.
 
 Overall Job Purpose:
Design infrastructure projects orinitiatives in order to support the execution of the CIO Strategy and targets in line with globalinfrastructure architecture and standards.
 
Key Accountabilities:
Outputsto deliver this accountability:
Takes full responsibility to ensure the End to Endinfrastructure designs of a complex and critical nature meet the business requirements within theproject's budget.
Ensure End to End infrastructure designs are consistent, simple andeffective complying with relevant strategy and policy, making use of applicable patterns andstandard building blocks provided by core engineering.
Work with project manager to reviewand revise cost analysis and risk analysis
Takes leading role in End to End design evaluatingand accessing major design options
Working with Core Engineering, Application architects andGroup Technology to understand and influence changes in architecture policies and strategy
Create and maintain necessary capability, knowledge and skills to deliver Infrastructure
Designs
Create the required Infrastructure designs of Business Unit solution designs inthe Global Demand and Estimation tool
 
Accountability: Build sustainablepractices (10%)
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
Analyse effectivenessof processes and systems in use in the infrastructure design function and make recommendations forimprovements.
Keep abreast of industry and business unit changes by attending regulartraining, conferences, forums, reading and engagement with subject matter experts and industrypeers.
Stay abreast of industry and operational trends and ensure that infrastructure designis well positioned to provide competitive and industry leading services.
Contribute to thedevelopment of the team members by sharing best practices and specialist knowledge.
Challengethe established practices and recommend improvements to continuously enhance and improveinfrastructure design within the Company.
Define and Champion the use of Technical Standards,Procedures and Best Practice.
 
Accountability: Manage Stakeholders and Customers (10%)
Outputs todeliver this accountability:
Expand and maintain networks with Infrastructure Services Africaas well as Company global Engineering stakeholders and role players.
Build and fosterrelationships with colleagues and business stakeholders and role players in order to improve overalleffectiveness.
Position the infrastructure team favorably with all relevant internalstakeholders and colleagues.
Attend to role players, stakeholders and customer servicerequests, enquiries and complaints.
Attend relevant forums where direction is taken in termsof the future development of infrastructure design management and methodology
 
Accountability: Adhere to and drive risk and compliance within Infrastructuredesigns
(10%)
Outputs to deliver this accountability:
Ensure that processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that impact the areaare documented and understood by all members of the team.
Work with operational riskconsultants and other risk champions during the scoping of
Policies/initiatives/projects/plans to ensure fair coverage, protection of the Company’sreputation and income and the overall sustainability of the Company.
Own and agree correctiveaction items with management for findings related to the functional area.
Complete requiredcompliance and SOX attestations and ensure that impacted team members complete theirattestations.
Adhere to and understand own responsibilities in terms of all compliancerequirements and call for the area's Compliance Officer to conduct briefing sessions if gaps areidentified.
 
Education and Experience Required
B-degreein science or an NQF Level 6 equivalent qualification
(5) years’ experience andexposure to the Companying/ ICT Industry
(3) years’ experience implementing complex ITsolutions
(2) years’ experience in working with virtual teams in a complex ITenvironment
 
Knowledge & Skills: (Maximum of6)
Knowledge of Architecture and design principles and practices (Advanced)
Knowledge of various infrastructure platforms (Solid)
Knowledge of Service OrientatedArchitecture and its application (Solid)
Technical documentation Skills (Advanced)
Analytical Skills (Advanced)
Communication skills verbal and written (Advanced)
 
Competencies: (Maximum of 8 competencies)
Adapting and responding to change
Adhering to principles and values
Analyzing
Applying expertise and technology
Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
Learning and researching
Planning and organising
Working with people
 




 
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