Intern-Technical - GSW

Job Title / Role:Intern-Technical

Organization:SiemensProprietary Limited

Location:Midrand,South Africa

Line Manager:Headof Integration & Services SI GSW MEA

In-Company Manager:CountryBusiness Unit Lead: SI GSW MEA ZA

The Business

Innovative solutionsare the way forward and that means to define sustainable enterprise digitalarchitecture, select appropriate technologies, and ensure seamless integration.This is heart of our Digital Grid Solutions. Although individual systems areexpected to generate gains by themselves, only a proper integration of thosetechnologies can unleash the full potential of digital transformation. Based onthis principle, Siemens has developed a holistic architecture concept tosupport customers to implement digital solutions, with a strong focus oneliminating data silos and increasing collaboration across differentdepartments such as engineering, operations, planning and maintenance.

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

Responsibilities of theRole

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

·Custom Software Development – You will beresponsible to assist the functional project teams in developing customsoftware or scripts to automate various functions in Grid Control or Smartmetering applications (Unix, SQL scripting, Custom JAVA/C# applications).

·Project requirements gathering – You willparticipate on project requirements gathering workshops pre-deployment of ITInfrastructure to host Smart Metering and grid control applications.

·Documentation functions – You will be responsiblefor developing and documenting technical support procedures for internal useand for customers, training material, project technical specification based onrequirements gathering exercises.

·Smart metering and Grid control applicationDatacentre configuration – You will work closely with Solution Architects, ITHardware vendors and DBA in configuring smart metering and grid control datacentres to suit customer requirements based on developed Project TechnicalSpecifications (PFS).

·Datacentre infrastructure testing – You will berequired to develop test procedures for doing Unit Testing, IntegrationTesting, System Testing, Performance Testing, etc. You will be required to thetests both internally and before customers.

Qualification andExperience:

·Qualifications:B.Sc. Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Science (must have takenNetworking/Data Communications and Software Engineering/Developmentcourses)

·Knowledgeand experience in at least one core programming language (e.g., C++, JAVA, orC#)

·Knowledgeand experience with Software Engineering/Development concepts (Lifecycle).

·Knowledgeand experience in Databases (ORACLE or MySQL) including SQL scripting isadvantageous.

·Knowledgeand experience with Unix based Operating Systems (Linux) including Shell/Bashis advantageous.

Competencies:

·Musthave interest in IT Infrastructure (IT Hardware, Software (OS), Virtualization,Databases (Big data) etc.

·Analyticalmindset with attention to detail.

·Willingnessto challenge status quo.

·Mustbe willing to travel locally and globally.

·Strongcommunication skills.

·Abilityto manage relationships.

·Growthmindset.

Our culture:

Our culture embraces different perspectives,open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspectof our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than justreact to it. That’s why we invite you to take on new challenges, test yourideas, and celebrate success.

The company’s approved Employment Equity Planand Targets  underthe Employment Equity Act  will be considered as part of the recruitmentprocess. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people withvarious disabilities to apply.

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

Closing date 28August 2024