Square Kilometre Array South Africa (SKA SA) Software Engineer – Control and Monitoring Vacancy 2017
- Permanent Intermediate position
- Pinelands, Cape Town, Western Cape
- Market Related salary
- Job 2116944 | Ref 2588
- Posted 26 Jun 2017
About the Position
SKA SA has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer to join our Control and Monitoring team. The primary responsibility is software engineering with a focus on the MeerKAT Control and Monitoring system.
Minimum education requirement:
- NQF Level 6 or higher in Computer Science, Engineering (With software focus) or related
Minimum work experience required:
- 5+ years of experience in a software engineering environment, preferably in an engineering development project with a strong software focus
- Experience in Python programming language
- Solid experience in development, testing, deployment, commissioning, release and support of large scale projects
- Technical knowledge of developing with Linux operating systems
The ideal candidate will have the following competencies:
Ability
- participate and thrive in a collaborative environment
- work both independently and within a team environment
- troubleshoot issues methodically
- communicate effectively (verbal and written)
Experience
- developing applications targeted for Linux operating system
- programming in the Python programming language
- test-driven development in integration testing techniques, methodologies and frameworks; and supporting systems
- development, testing, deployment, commissioning, release and support of large scale projects
- quality assurance processes and software development processes
- implementation of project management and system engineering principles
Knowledge
- Python programming language
- modern software collaboration tools such as Github, VMs, Google Drive
About The Employer
The South African SKA Project (SKA SA) is a project of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), administered by the National Research Foundation (NFR). SKA SA is responsible for coordinating Africa’s involvement in the design and construction of the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope, the design and construction of the Karoo Array Radio Telescope (MeerKAT) and the African VLBI Network (AVN), as well as the development of skills required to design, build and operate these instruments.
As a business unit of the NRF, SKA SA is committed to employment equity and redress.
This is a permanent position