8 Infrastructure Architect jobs in South Africa

The position is for a senior Infrastructure & Cloud Architect responsible for designing, modernizing, and securing enterprise-grade infrastructure across data centers, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes high-availability, regulatory compliance, security-by-design, and automation, particularly in financial services or fintech contexts.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Architecture & Planning:
  Define and maintain target-state infrastructure across data centers, cloud, and edge.
• Lead modernization initiatives (virtualization, hyperconverged systems, containerization).
• Create blueprints for compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and networking.
• Align strategy with enterprise architecture principles and SLAs.
• Cloud & Hybrid Enablement:
  Drive hybrid/multi-cloud strategies (AWS, Azure, private clouds).
• Architect secure infrastructure-as-code pipelines using Terraform, Ansible, etc.
• Design cloud landing zones, VPCs, identity federation, and interconnect strategies.
• Ensure observability, cost governance, and elasticity for cloud workloads.
• Security, Resilience & Compliance:
  Integrate security-by-design, micro-segmentation, zero-trust, and encryption.
• Architect HA/DR solutions and ensure compliance with PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR, and local regulations.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams for risk assessments and secure deployment.
• Governance & Collaboration:
  Participate in Architecture Review Boards and ensure infrastructure compliance.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, security, operations, and vendor partners.
• Maintain infrastructure documentation, standards, and runbooks.

Non-negotiable

• Cloud Platforms & Services
• Infrastructure & Virtualization
• Automation & DevOps Tools
• Security & Compliance
• Enterprise Architecture & Governance
• Optional / Desirable Technologies

Minimum Requirement

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Network Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Deliver infrastructure blueprints aligned with enterprise architecture within 90 days.
• Enable cloud readiness for legacy workloads and automate deployment.
• Deploy observability across critical systems and maintain SLAs.
• Ensure security compliance and integrate infrastructure with SIEM/SOAR tools

Infrastructure Architect

Contract duration: 12 months

Location: Cape Town

Key Responsibilities

·   Infrastructure Architecture & Planning

·   Define and maintain the target-state infrastructure architecture across data centres, cloud platforms, and edge environments.

·   Lead the roadmap for infrastructure modernization including virtualization, hyperconverged systems, containerization, and network overlays.

·   Establish infrastructure patterns and blueprints for compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery (DR), and network architectures.

·   Align infrastructure strategy with enterprise architecture principles, performance objectives, and service level agreements (SLAs).

·   Cloud and Hybrid Enablement

·   Drive hybrid and multi-cloud architecture strategy across AWS, Azure, and private cloud (e.g. OpenStack, VMware).

·   Architect secure, compliant infrastructure-as-code pipelines, integrating Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.

·   Guide cloud landing zone design, architecture, identity federation, and interconnect strategies.

·   Ensure observability, cost governance, and elasticity in cloud-native workloads.

·   Security, Resilience & Compliance

·   Embed security-by-design principles into infrastructure blueprints, including micro segmentation, encryption, and zero-trust access.

Technical Experience:

Essential:

• years in infrastructure or cloud architecture roles in high-availability environments.

• Strong background in data center and cloud network architecture, compute and virtualization, storage and backup, hybrid cloud design, IaC and automation, CI/CD and infrastructure observability.

• Experience with platform engineering, service mesh, and secure enclave deployment.

• Familiarity with Fintech or payments grade infrastructure standards.

• Clear understanding of layered security, zero trust, and identity federation.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting Infrastructure:

·   Hybrid/multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes), IaaS/PaaS adoption models.

• Deep understanding of architectural implications for regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR, ISO

• Experience integrating Zero Trust Architecture, identity management (OAuth2, OpenID, SAML), and encryption protocols into enterprise design.

• Familiarity with architecture risk assessments, threat modelling, and secure-by-design principles.

• Strong experience in designing high traffic, scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.

• Understanding of cloud architecture  and services (e.g., serverless

• Architect HA/DR solutions across critical systems, ensuring geographic redundancy and failover readiness.

• Ensure infrastructure compliance with PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and local regulatory requirements.

• Support infrastructure risk assessments and penetration testing preparation.

Governance & Collaboration

• Participate in Architecture Review Boards to assess infrastructure impact and conformance to strategy.

• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, security, and operations teams to promote infrastructure reliability and automation.

• Engage with vendors, cloud providers, and technology partners for capability assessment and solutioning.

• Produce and maintain infrastructure architecture documentation, standards, and runbooks.

Key performance indicators

Infrastructure Strategy & Alignment

• Deliver infrastructure blueprint aligned to EA target architecture within 90 days.

• Define scalable deployment topologies for critical systems (e.g., mobile money platforms, APIs, microservices clusters).

• Champion use of infrastructure blueprints and reusable templates to reduce config drift and accelerate onboarding.

• Cloud Modernization & Optimization computing, containerization, orchestration).

• Experience leading or supporting large scale modernization or transformation programs (e.g., core banking revamp, mobile money overhaul, ERP replacement).

Desirable

• Kubernetes cluster design and day-to day operations experience.

• Experience integrating 3rd-party observability platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk).

• Exposure to edge computing, CDN integration, and mobile backend scaling strategies.

• Cloud certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert).

• Experience of continuous delivery and release automation processes.

• Knowledge and interest in market leading Payments technologies, suppliers and innovations

• Understanding of technical and architectural policies and ability to transform that policy into detailed technical design.

• Experience in Vendor assessment and technical due diligence for major platform selections.

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Network Engineering, or

• Enable at least 3 legacy workloads for cloud readiness with full infra-as-code deployment.

• Design secure, multi-cloud landing zones with federated identity, policy enforcement, and network segmentation.

• Develop migration playbooks and automated cutover strategies to enable safe cloud transitions.

• Resilience, DR, Security & Observability

• Deploy observability and automation across ≥60% of critical systems.

• Establish platform SLAs and work with Tech Ops to monitor, improve uptime and performance.

• Ensure all infra configs comply with internal baselines and pass automated security scans.

• Integrate infra security with SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability tools in collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

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Infrastructure Architect

Location:
Cape Town

Contract:
12 Months

Role:

We are Africa's largest fintech providing financial services to more than 60 million customers and 5 million businesses, with transactions of over $1.2 billion a day across 8 countries.

Driven by a strong passion in innovation, we provide Africa's leading super app, the M-PESA Super App, pioneering a digital financial ecosystem that empowers customers and businesses to send and receive money and payments across the world, enables them with access to affordable credit and savings propositions, and provides them with best-in-class solutions to easily grow their wealth and businesses.

United in our purpose to Transform Lives, we are determined and energetic in exploring and delivering solutions that consistently address our customers' needs as we believe that we can only succeed if our customers and the community around us are succeeding.

Are you driven, passionate and enthusiastic about working on innovations that transform more than 60 million lives across the continent? Join us today

To support M-Pesa in achieving its goal of becoming the #1 FinTech company in Africa, and as part of the M-PESA Africa Architecture Team you will lead the design and standardization of hybrid infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring alignment with M-PESA's platform modernization, cloud adoption, and zero-trust security goals. You will work closely with platform teams, DevOps engineers, domain architects, and operations stakeholders to ensure our digital infrastructure is resilient, cost-optimized, and future-ready.

This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure engineering, architectural governance, and cloud transformation—critical in enabling the real-time, high-volume, secure transactions that power over $1.2 billion in daily value exchange across Africa.

The agile SAFe Framework has been adopted across M-PESA and in line with the framework you will acquire a systems thinking mindset that supports the continuous flow of value through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enabling and fostering a DevOps culture. Working closely with Agile Teams, you will support the delivery teams through architectural enablers, technical runways, and hands-on guidance.

Infrastructure Architecture & Planning

• Define and maintain the target-state infrastructure architecture across data centres, cloud platforms, and edge environments.
• Lead the roadmap for infrastructure modernization including virtualization, hyperconverged systems, containerization, and network overlays.
• Establish infrastructure patterns and blueprints for compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery (DR), and network architectures.
• Align infrastructure strategy with enterprise architecture principles, performance objectives, and service-level agreements (SLAs).

Cloud and Hybrid Enablement

• Drive hybrid and multi-cloud architecture strategy across AWS, Azure, and private cloud (e.g. OpenStack, VMware).
• Architect secure, compliant infrastructure-as-code pipelines, integrating Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Guide cloud landing zone design, VPC architecture, identity federation, and interconnect strategies.
• Ensure observability, cost governance, and elasticity in cloud-native workloads.

Security, Resilience & Compliance

• Embed security-by-design principles into infrastructure blueprints, including micro segmentation, encryption, and zero-trust access.
• Architect HA/DR solutions across critical systems, ensuring geographic redundancy and failover readiness.
• Ensure infrastructure compliance with PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and local regulatory requirements.
• Support infrastructure risk assessments and penetration testing preparation.

Governance & Collaboration

• Participate in Architecture Review Boards to assess infrastructure impact and conformance to strategy.
• Collaborate with DevOps, SRE, security, and operations teams to promote infrastructure reliability and automation.
• Engage with vendors, cloud providers, and technology partners for capability assessment and solutioning.
• Produce and maintain infrastructure architecture documentation, standards, and runbooks.

Key performance indicators

Infrastructure Strategy & Alignment

• Deliver infrastructure blueprint aligned to EA target architecture within 90 days.
• Define scalable deployment topologies for critical systems (e.g., mobile money platforms, APIs, microservices clusters).
• Champion use of infrastructure blueprints and reusable templates to reduce config drift and accelerate onboarding.

Cloud Modernization & Optimization

• Enable at least 3 legacy workloads for cloud readiness with full infra-as-code deployment.
• Design secure, multi-cloud landing zones with federated identity, policy enforcement, and network segmentation.
• Develop migration playbooks and automated cutover strategies to enable safe cloud transitions.
• Resilience, DR, Security & Observability
• Deploy observability and automation across ≥60% of critical systems.
• Establish platform SLAs and work with Tech Ops to monitor, improve uptime and performance.
• Ensure all infra configs comply with internal baselines and pass automated security scans.
• Integrate infra security with SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability tools in collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

Technical Experience:

Essential:

• 8+ years in infrastructure or cloud architecture roles in high-availability environments.
• Strong background in data center and cloud network architecture, compute and virtualization, storage and backup, hybrid cloud design, IaC and automation, CI/CD and infrastructure observability.
• Experience with platform engineering, service mesh, and secure enclave deployment.
• Familiarity with Fintech or payments-grade infrastructure standards.
• Clear understanding of layered security, zero trust, and identity federation.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience architecting Infrastructure: Hybrid/multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes), IaaS/PaaS adoption models.
• Deep understanding of architectural implications for regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR, ISO
• Experience integrating Zero Trust Architecture, identity management (OAuth2, OpenID, SAML), and encryption protocols into enterprise design.
• Familiarity with architecture risk assessments, threat modelling, and secure-by-design principles.
• Strong experience in designing high traffic, scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.
• Understanding of cloud architecture and services (e.g., serverless computing, containerization, orchestration).
• Experience leading or supporting large-scale modernization or transformation programs (e.g., core banking revamp, mobile money overhaul, ERP replacement).

Desirable

• Kubernetes cluster design and day-to-day operations experience.
• Experience integrating 3rd-party observability platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk).
• Exposure to edge computing, CDN integration, and mobile backend scaling strategies.
• Cloud certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert).
• Experience of continuous delivery and release automation processes.
• Knowledge and interest in market leading Payments technologies, suppliers and innovations
• Understanding of technical and architectural policies and ability to transform that policy into detailed technical design.
• Experience in Vendor assessment and technical due diligence for major platform selections.

Desirable technical / professional qualifications:

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Network Engineering, or
• related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8 years technical background inclusive of infrastructure architecture experience
• Domain experience in Financial Services and Financial technologies will be an added advantage
• Has demonstrable knowledge and experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Job Description

To provide expertise, advice and support through the design and implementation of information systems to support the enterprise infrastructure of the organisation

To ensure that all systems are working at optimal levels and support the development of new technologies and system requirements in order to continuously enhance service delivery

Hello Future Infrastructure Architect,

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team at FNB ConnectMe, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now's the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are you someone who can:

• Explore, develop, and design solutions utilising Kubernetes.
• Enhance operational efficiency and propose solutions to improve cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders, including end-users, SMEs, project managers, and senior staff, to gather and analyse business requirements.
• Work on Cisco PCCE system design solutions for improved administration and solutions delivery.
• Communicate system requirements to testers, developers, business analysts, and other relevant teams.
• Design and deliver infrastructure components supporting multiple domains within the architecture, combining both current and emerging technologies.
• Ensure compliance with audit, risk, and regulatory requirements, and implement necessary interventions.
• Document technical architecture designs, conduct analysis, and support post-project evaluations and metric collection.
• Provide technical consultancy on application or infrastructure projects, aligning systems with architecture standards and adapting the architecture when needed.
• Drive continuous improvement in service quality, processes, and automation of IT system .
• Define and guide enterprise technology decisions and contribute to governance activities ensuring architecture compliance.
• Support personal development and competency growth.
• Deliver training on current systems and solutions when required.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have an IT-related Degree or Diploma.
• Have 5+ years of experience in the IT field.
• Have programming experience or knowledge of programming principles.
• Have 2-3 years of experience in Systems Architecture and Kubernetes.
• Have strong design skills on Linux and Windows systems.
• Have advanced implementation and administration expertise in Kubernetes/Rancher.
• Have a Java development background (advantageous).
• Have experience with automated deployments (advantageous).
• Have solid understanding of infrastructure, data, and application systems.
• Have TOGAF and/or Zachman certification (advantageous but not required).
• Have knowledge of Test-Driven Development.
• Are familiar with Agile methodologies.
• Have experience with OpenShift.

You will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging Working
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now

Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

27/09/25

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group's Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.

Specific skills / knowledge / experience.

Participate in Hybrid Cloud and Datacentre Solution campaigns.

Solution designs resulting in winning proposals.

Seen as a thought leader both internally and externally to the company evidenced through peer review.

Assist with campaigns for designated portfolio elements.

Consistently produces designs, which require minimal re-work following review.

Provides evidence that demonstrates the ability to design a solution at the appropriate optimised cost point.

Uses company prescribed processes and methodologies for development of solutions and their approvals.

Demonstrates the maximisation of standard portfolio and delivery capability in their designs.

Regular contribution to, and user of, company knowledge repositories and events

Assist with Proposal and Technical Writeups as part of the design artifacts

Own and develop elements of the companys Solution portfolio including alliance management.

Take complete responsibility for technical input to qualification and business approval meetings, designing larger more complex solutions.

Shapes technical proposals to be commercially acceptable to the customer and may make solution/service trade-offs.

Represents the company at customer forums, conferences, and professional bodies to build company reputation in the marketplace.

Contributes to definition of customers' overall IT architecture, designing new solutions of significant size and complexity, and can manage the work of specialists contributing to the design and implementation.

Partner enablement to drive the portfolio value proposition.

Assisting sales personal in articulating a clear win strategy.

Participation in focused events creating brand and portfolio awareness for Nutanix / SUSE / VMware portfolios.

Be entrenched as a trusted advisor.

Actively drive portfolio value messaging on defined social media platforms.

Solution ownership that takes complete accountability from requirements gathering to solution delivery.

Define TCO and ROI modules where cost justification is required.

Responsible for technical input for Proof of Concept and business approval meetings and for making a recognised technical contribution.

Shares knowledge and makes a useful contribution to the knowledge base.

Works with the designated bid teams to deliver winning solutions for qualified opportunities.

Point of contact for central and partner portfolio teams, drives pre-sales campaigns for SAP, VMware, Integrated Systems, and any other designated portfolio elements.

Stays abreast of industry trends and specific OEM product portfolio.

Deliver training and solution workshops for the sales team and partner landscape.

Deliver customer / partner presentations, training, and workshops.

Establishes an internal/external business network with customer middle management and technical staff to understand current and future needs and identify new business opportunities.

Bachelors' Degree or equivalent through other qualifications / work experience.

Successful track record in technical Pre-sales of Data Centre and Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Nutanix, SUSE and VMware Solutions.

Strong background and understanding of Enterprise storage, Virtualization, Converged, Hyper Converged and Cloud infrastructures.

5+ years' experience in the design of Infrastructure Solutions.

Demonstrable knowledge of the design considerations, technologies and tools enabling new generation Data Centre solutions.

Appropriate accreditation / certification including one or more convergence technology.

Previous exposure and demonstrable understanding of Infrastructure Solutions for SAP environments.

Previous exposure and demonstrable understanding of complex VMware and SUSE environments (both converged and hyperconverged).

Technology Evangelist with the ability to connect and work with C-Level stakeholders

Technology Evangelist - Public Speaking at events

SAP HANA Platform knowledge will be beneficial

Between 5 - 7 Years

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Date posted

Oct 03, 2025

Job number

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

0-25%

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Digital Sales and Solutions

Discipline

Digital Cloud Solution Architecture

Employment type

Full-Time

At Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C), we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team—one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success. By uniting our Small Medium Business, Corporate, Strategy, and Partner teams, we are unlocking the largest customer opportunity, backed by the industry's most significant investments. Leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and our extensive partner ecosystem, we are redefining how businesses of all sizes adopt technology to drive growth and innovation. SME&C is more than a sales organization—it's a culture of innovation, opportunity, and inclusivity. Here, you'll be part of a diverse, high-performing, and customer-obsessed team where collaboration, connection, and continuous learning fuel everything we do. If you thrive in a fast-paced, digital-first environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how SME&C can be the next step in your career. Together, we are shaping the future of business.

As a Principal Digital Cloud Solution Architect (DCSA), you will become part of the next generation of technical sales leaders at Microsoft. With the aid of sales processes, techniques, and technologies, you will be empowered to shape customer relationships for a strategic set of Microsoft's customers. These customers are adopting industry-leading products and services for their businesses, education or government systems. You will serve as the central point of contact for the customer across engagements helping to drive Microsoft's existing cloud & enterprise consumption through developing and managing customer relationships.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Numerous years experience in technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, and/or technical sales

• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND several years experience in technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, and/or technical sales

• OR Relevant certifications from Microsoft or competitive platforms AND a number of years experience in technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, and/or technical sales

• OR equivalent experience.

• Number of years of experience with cloud solution sales

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND Numerous years experience in technical architect, consulting, design and implementation, and/or sales

• OR equivalent experience.

• A Number of years experience with cloud-based solution designs, migrations and management of technology.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

• You will end up leveraging your skills either in AI, Infrastructure or Cloud.
• You will lead, drive, and manage engagementsY for repeatable achievement of revenue and consumption targets.
• You will leverage practices to guide customer strategy and future growth to expand the use of Azure by cultivating customer affinity with Microsoft programs/solutions that drive impact for the customer and establishing Microsoft as a leader. Provide feedback to Microsoft on customer development needs, customer blockers, or mitigation strategies.
• You will conduct analyses into what customers are using versus needs. Drive consumption (cloud and support) with customers based on analysis of both usage and needs. Leverages insights to provide guidance and recommendations to customers that expands, retains, and/or optimizes the customer's Azure consumption.
• You will run Architectural Design Session(s) to build plans for implementing solutions which align to customer business goals and technical environments.
• You will collaborate and orchestrate with other Digital Cloud Solution Architects and the Microsoft ecosystem to ensure properly deployed cloud solutions on Azure.
• Through close engagement with the customers the DCSA will work to meet or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual team targets and accurately manage their customer progress in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to forecast, assess risk, and identify performance plans in weekly deal and pipeline reviews with their manager.
• Other: Embody our Culture and Values

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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The Department of Infrastructure, Western Cape Government has an opportunity for a suitably qualified and competent individual to manage all aspects of the sub-programme for management and implementation of capital and maintenance health infrastructure projects for a defined region set in line with the Western Cape Government values.

An appropriate B degree in Architecture or relevant qualification; A minimum of 3-years post-qualification architectural experience; Compulsorly registration with SACAP (South African Council for the Architectural Profession) as a Professional Architect; A valid code B driving licence.

None.

Manage professional project teams and relevant committees for a particular project or package of projects; Manage the procurement process of projects; Monitor, control and report on project/programme implementation Identify and extract data and information to assist client departments with the drafting of their user asset management plan; Research and study literature to keep abreast of new technologies and procedures, including interaction with professional Councils, Boards and organisations; Assisting technical staff to achieve the pre-determined performance; indicators and service delivery imperatives; Management of framework, term service and consultant agreements including appointment and payment processes. Experience in the following will be advatageous: Contract documentation and administration; Project Management, formulation of policies in a multi-disciplinary professional environment.

Knowledge in the following: Act/regulations of Occupation Health and Safety (OHS Act); National Building Regulations; SANS and all relevant built environment legislation; Programme and project management; Research and planning procedures; Financial management; Formulation of policies in a multi-disciplinary professional environment. Skills needed: Leadership and organising; Written and verbal communication; Conflict management; Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines; Conflict management; Able to work in a team.

Grade A R OSD as prescribed)

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Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit documentation for verification purposes and criminal record vetting. These candidates will be required to complete a practical assessment and attend interviews on a date and time determined by the department and may also be required to undergo competency assessments/proficiency tests. The selection process will be guided by the EE targets of the employing department.

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