Vodacom Cape Town Jobs

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1. Senior Specialist: Senior Specialist: Machine Learning Engineer
2. Specialist Software Engineer
3. Principal Specialist: Practice Lead
4. Account Manager
5. Specialist Corporate Security

Senior Specialist: Senior Specialist: Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

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When it comes to igniting a team of trailblazers, we’re number 1. 

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. 
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Are you ready to join Vodacom’s exciting world of Digital IT and become part of a high performing, dynamic technology team? With our customers at the heart of our purpose, you will be part of the evolution of our IT technology landscape, harnessing the latest technical innovations available.
• The SS Machine Learning Engineer delivers through self and others to:
• Use their knowledge of ML/AI and combine it with programming and software engineering skills to enable easier use of and access to machine learning models and analyses.
• Support local markets and group functions in obtaining business value from the ML
• Support ML deployments following MLOps and DevOPS approach

Your responsibilities will include:

• Design and develop Machine Learning systems and patterns
• Automate predictive model software, including model training
• Productionise data science prototypes and develop Machine Learning apps according to data science requirements
• Facilitate the flow of data between ML/AI models and the companies data systems
• Enhancing data pipelines to ensure that data is clean, accurate and optimized for machine learning models
• Work with the architecture team to evolve the Big Data capabilities (reusable assets/patterns) and components to support the business requirements/objectives
• Research, investigate and evaluate new technologies and methods to improve delivery and sustainability of machine learning applications and services
• Make contributions to the process of defining best practice for the agile development of applications to run on the Big Data Platform
   

The Ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Matric essential.
• 3 year degree or diploma in IT, Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field is essential
• Advanced degree in Computer Science/Math/Statistics or a related discipline would be an advantage
• Relevant cloud certification at professional or associate level would be an advantage
• 5+ years Machine Learning, Data Engineering or related software development experience
• Agile exposure, Kanban or Scrum

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Experience managing the development life-cycle for agile software development projects
• Robust data modelling and data architecture skills
• Knowledge of Big Data frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Yarn, Airflow, etc.
• Experience in working with distributed ML frameworks like H2O and/or TensorFlow
• Experience in working with various ML libraries
• Programming experience in Java, Python is required

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• Experience working containerisation services such as Docker/Kubernetes or cloud alternatives would be an advantage
• Working experience with AWS or GCP would be desirable.
• Working experience with other distributed technologies, NoSQL databases and streaming technologies would be desirable
• Strong written and verbal communications
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and an exclusive 13th cheque
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 01 August 2024

The base location for this role is Cape Town or Midrand

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.

Specialist Software Engineer

Job Description

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When it comes to igniting a team of trailblazers, we’re number 1. 

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. 
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

The Software Engineer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome.  This role is responsible for estimating user and technical stories, designing and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests.  The incumbent is responsible for performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design, and ensuring that enough technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support.  This role is responsible for providing software-related operations support, including managing level two and level three incident and problem management.
 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Estimate user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
• Design modules according to user stories, and technical stories
• Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
• Suggest improvements to user stories 
• Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
• Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
• Manage incidents as level two and level three support
• Manage problems as level two and level three support

The Ideal Candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications and experience: 

• Matric/Grade 12 qualification (essential).
• 3-year degree or diploma in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant field.
• At least 3-5 years relevant experience of which a minimum of three years is in DevOps is essential
• Experience with Git and CI/CD (GitLab will be advantageous)
• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD is advantageous
• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles is advantageous
• Experience working in cloud-native environments (AWS Cloud) is essential
• Professional experience and knowledge of the Telecommunications industry preferred
• Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) preferred

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web-scale environments
• Backlog item estimation
• Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing
• Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
• Automated testing and tools
• Code reviewing
• Software incident and problem management
• Expertise in Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programming
• Proficient in database technologies, including Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in Python 
• Experience IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
• Experience with Linux and writing bash scripts
• Strong System Administration skills; User Access Management, Security, Server Management, Monitoring, Automation
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools
• DevOps culture, processes, and tools
• Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
• Highly cross-functional and able to swap and perform adjacent roles at short notice

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• Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to learn new methods and processes
• Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills that drives internal-and cross-team constructive feedback and support
• Strong communications skills, with the ability to distil difficult technical concepts into simple and actionable modules
• Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls, and comfortable working under pressure
• Willingness to track, assess, and incorporate practice and technology developments into day-to-day working
• Good understanding of the business capability / user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes
• Understanding of both the current Telecommunications and digital services market and emerging business and technology trends

We make an impact by offering: 

• Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and Commision
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 29 July 2024

The base location for this role is Cape Town

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
 

Who we are

You may have already heard of Vodafone – We’re a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether that’s Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you’ll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.

Principal Specialist: Practice Lead

Job Description

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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1. 

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. 
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• The incumbent will be required to design, scaling, and management of all SDM eco-system platforms to improve operating efficiency. Maintaining and operating the data pipelines and establishing best-practice processes. Maintaining and operating controls that ensure a well-governed and compliant environment with relevant laws, regulations and industry standards.

• Maintaining and operating Service Management practices with specific focus on continual service improvement. Provide strong leadership and steer team members in the right direction based on the division’s strategy and goals based on providing technical domain expertise making use of cutting edge technology.

• The context of these responsibilities relates to the Mediation Platform, Infinity, SDM Data Platforms and visualization of platform, systems, and applications for on-premises and in-cloud implementations. Identify and manage risks by proactively recommending mitigation strategies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of operations and DevSecOps specialists supporting the Mediation & Data Integration ecosystem.
• Responsible for the data platforms and all related components both on-premises and in-public-cloud ito of hardware, software, application, operating system lifecycle, cybersecurity, patching, and lifecycle management. 
• Implement practices, processes, and measures to continually assess, review and improve data platform performance following a continuous improvement approach.
• Develop, establish, maintain, and optimize DevOps practices, processes, and measures (KPIs & SLAs) to manage and ensure SLAs and KPIs of services are maintained.
• Establish, Implement, manage and control SQA (service quality agreements), vendor management, and performance management, and ensure value realization from these services for the SDM ecosystem landscape all by SCM policies and procedures.
• Contribute, guide, and develop the minimum capability to adhere to governance and compliance policies including regulatory requirements for the SDM ecosystem landscape.
• Acting as a technical authority, providing input and guidance into technical solutions and implementations.
• Engage with various support teams & vendors to ensure that the data platforms are optimal and efficient.
• Competently communicate and collaborate with multiple product lines, customers, and development teams for anything data related to the communication plan.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure the platform aligns with the best design and operating practices.
• Develop automation for the setup and maintenance of data platforms and ensure the software is always at OEM supported level.
• Modernize data platforms to make them more sustainable, scalable, performant, and cost-effective.
• Executing and managing operational projects to ensure delivery as per agreed timelines and scope.
• Acting as a technical authority, providing input and guidance into technical solutions and implementations.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional qualifications: 

• Matric/ Grade 12 is essential.
• A 3-year IT or IS degree or diploma or related field is essential.
• 10+ years of overall IT experience with Mediation, Data Management, DevSec Ops and Platform Management and Platform as a Service (PaaS). 
• Relevant certifications at a professional level are desirable.
• Relevant cloud certification at the professional or associate level is desirable.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Service Management experience working closely with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, and Kanban, and with teams leveraging DevSecOps and Continuous Delivery / Integration (CD/CD). 
• Experience within the SDLC practices like CI/CD Pipelines, Data Management, Platform Management, Application Operations, CyberSecurity and Governance/Compliance.
• Experience in using a wide range of integration technologies.
• Experience in using a wide range of Cloud-native AWS or OCI data services including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, and APIs.

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 26 July 2024. 

The base location for this role is Century City, Cape Town. 

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.

Account Manager

Job Description

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When it comes to igniting a team of trailblazers, we’re number 1. 

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. 
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.
 

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

The Account Manager will secure new business from their allocated customer list, derived from a specific set of customers. The Account Manager will need to successfully manage their current base whilst selling additional products and services into these customers.  The Account Manager will be required to minimise churn and maximise revenues with revenue growth being a key performance indicator. The objective is to increase the business from a target list of customers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for managing specific accounts and delivering profitable, long term business from those accounts
• Works collaboratively to set up service relationship for nominated accounts
• Provide input to help with decisions about new propositions, product mix and services for customers

The Ideal Candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications and experience: 

• Matric with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Account  Management
• A 3 year commercial (B. Com/Business Science, IT) Degree or Equivalent qualification will be an advantage. 
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• A 3 year commercial (B. Com/Business Science, IT) Degree or Equivalent qualification with 3 years’ experience in Account Management

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Experience in solution sales and relationship management with a track record of solution selling 
• A broad understanding of the ICT Landscape and Strategic ICT enablers. 
• A thorough understanding of converged and networking technologies and services.
• Demonstrated understanding of important financial concepts, the IT&T environments, purchasing practices and industry specific aspects of corporate customers. 
• Products, Services and Technology
• Mobile and Fixed Voice, Data and Email (including security)
• Unified Communications
• Mobilising Business Process and M2M
• Managed Services

We make an impact by offering: 

• Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and Commission
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 26 July 2024

The base location for this role is Century City 

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
 

Specialist Corporate Security

Job Description

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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1. 

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. 
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

Execution of high-risk tactical security tasks which include protection of Executives essentially to avoid risks or threats against the assets and people.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identify and prevent any threat against  Executives or any assets 
• Conduct security risk assessments  
• Management of the overall security of Senior executives and delegates
• Managing the secure transportation of Executives and delegates.
• Event/Venue security management including board meetings and highly sensitive meetings on and off site
• Residential reviews for Executives in order to provide guidance and support relating to threats and security technology

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric/Grade 12 (Essential)
• City and Guilds International CPO qualification
• Certification in first aid level 3 (Essential)
• PSIRA registration
• Firearm Competency

At least 3 – 5 years’ relevant experience which must include the following: 

• 3 years as a CPO for a CEO of JSE Top 40, Government Minister or equivalent
• Military/ SAPS or security service training 
• Advance driving techniques, offensive and defensive driving
• Unarmed combat
• Threat and risk assessment
• Operational planning 

Job-Related Skills:

• Excellent planning and organising skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good oral communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable 

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 24 July 2024. 

The base location for this role is Cape Town

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.

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All the best with your applications.