MORE ABOUT THE ROLE:

Contract Start Date
01-12-2025
Contract End Date
31-12-2028
Nationality
South African citizens / residents are preferred. Applicants with valid work permits will also be considered.
Product Information
High Performance Computing (HPC) is a comprehensive platform that provides a robust and scalable foundation for Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), and Product Data Management (PDM) applications. HPC combines cutting- edge technology, continuous development, and close collaboration with business, application, and methods specialists to deliver state-of-the-art solutions, focused on Idea to Offer (ITO). HPC offers a platform that is seamlessly integrated with applications and infrastructure, enabling efficient management of users, groups, data, code serving, monitoring, application deployment, system management, and middleware. It delivers high-performance computing systems and job flow operation to support complex CAE applications, as well as infrastructure and services for advanced IT development demands and use cases.
HPC empowers organizations to harness the power of High- Performance Computing to drive innovation, optimize design and engineering processes, and streamline product development workflows.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
System management experience in Ansible Automation Platform/Ansible Tower
Experience in License services, administration, and management such as OpenLM, Matlab, and FlexLM Experience in IT-Operations, standby support and ticket management
Advanced experience in Kubernetes and Dynatrace
AGILE Project Management knowledge and PIC processes
Experience in administrating Windows and Linux OS (client / server) Thorough knowledge of Linux and Linux commands
Software License Management, installation updates, etc. Experience with Ansible Tower or AWX for managing and scaling Ansible automation
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Terraform, Python, Bash, or PowerShell

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:
Experience with configuration management practices and tools, ensuring systems are consistently configured and maintained
Confluence / Jira

Multi-tasking Leadership
Stakeholder and Provider steering and KPI delivery management Experience in Servicenow (ITSM)
Experience with containerisation software (e.g., docker)
Experience with public and private cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google)

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Administration and Monitoring of license services incl. all server and triades, both Linux and Windows License service upgrades
Client license tracking