Technical Intern

3 days ago

Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Siemens Proprietary Limited Full time
Job Title / Role: Technical Intern - Grid Solutions

Organization: Siemens Proprietary Limited

Location: Midrand, South Africa

Line Manager: Head of Integration & Services SI GSW MEA

In-Company Manager: Country Business Unit Lead: SI GSW MEA ZA

The Business

Innovative solutions are the key to success, and that means defining sustainable enterprise digital architecture, selecting appropriate technologies, and ensuring seamless integration. This is the heart of our Digital Grid Solutions. Although individual systems are expected to generate gains by themselves, only a proper integration of those technologies can unleash the full potential of digital transformation. Based on this principle, Siemens has developed a holistic architecture concept to support customers in implementing digital solutions, with a strong focus on eliminating data silos and increasing collaboration across different departments such as engineering, operations, planning, and maintenance.

Involvement in the delivery of Smart Metering Software and Grid Control (Spectrum Power and Microgrid Control) Applications to utilities and municipalities (Water, Electricity, and Gas) across Africa, covering solution design, implementation, training, and maintenance and support.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Technical support functions – You will be a point of contact for customers and respond to technical support requests on IT Infrastructure hosting grid control, smart metering applications (IT Hardware, Compute, Storage, Switches), Virtualization Software (V-Centre/VMWare technologies), OS (Windows, Linux), Databases (ORACLE, MySQL, PostgreSQL).

• Custom Software Development – You will be responsible for assisting the functional project teams in developing custom software or scripts to automate various functions in Grid Control or Smart metering applications (Unix, SQL scripting, Custom JAVA/C# applications).

• Project requirements gathering – You will participate in project requirements gathering workshops pre-deployment of IT Infrastructure to host Smart Metering and grid control applications.

• Documentation functions – You will be responsible for developing and documenting technical support procedures for internal use and for customers, training material, project technical specification based on requirements gathering exercises.

• Smart metering and Grid control application Datacentre configuration – You will work closely with Solution Architects, IT Hardware vendors, and DBA in configuring smart metering and grid control datacentres to suit customer requirements based on developed Project Technical Specifications (PFS).

• Datacentre infrastructure testing – You will be required to develop test procedures for doing Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Performance Testing, etc. You will be required to perform the tests both internally and before customers.

Qualification and Experience:

• Qualifications: B.Sc. Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Science (must have taken Networking/Data Communications and Software Engineering/Development courses)

• Knowledge and experience in at least one core programming language (e.g., C++, JAVA, or C#)

• Knowledge and experience with Software Engineering/Development concepts (Lifecycle)

• Knowledge and experience in Databases (ORACLE or MySQL) including SQL scripting is advantageous.

• Knowledge and experience with Unix based Operating Systems (Linux) including Shell/Bash is advantageous.

Competencies:

• Must have interest in IT Infrastructure (IT Hardware, Software (OS), Virtualization, Databases (Big data) etc.

• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.

• Willingness to challenge status quo.

• Must be willing to travel locally and globally.

• Strong communication skills.

• Ability to manage relationships.

• Growth mindset.

Our Culture:

Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. That's why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

We care about your data privacy and take compliance with the POPI Act, GDPR as well as other data protection legislation seriously. For this reason, we ask you not to send us your CV or resume by email. We ask instead that you create a profile in our talent community where you can upload your CV. Setting up a profile lets us know you are interested in career opportunities with us and makes it easy for us to send you an alert when relevant positions become open.

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