Senior Systems & Cloud Engineer (Presales & Solution Architecture)

About the role

Edge Communication Technologies PLC, an Ethiopian technology solutions and systems integration company founded in 2018, is looking for a Senior Systems & Cloud Engineer in Addis Ababa. The role covers presales, solution architecture, implementation and technical leadership, reporting to the CTO. The engineer manages the technical solution lifecycle, from customer requirements gathering and technical proposals through implementation, commissioning and support.

Key responsibilities

• Work with customers on technical consultations, site surveys and RFP/RFQ analysis, turning requirements into compliant, scalable and cost-effective solutions
• Design enterprise computing, storage, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery and cloud solutions, including HLD, LLD, architecture diagrams and BoM/BoQ
• Prepare technical proposals, implementation plans, migration strategies and acceptance criteria
• Lead technical activities, mentor junior engineers and coordinate with OEMs and distributors

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience
• Hands-on experience with enterprise computing, servers, storage, virtualization, backup and cloud platforms
• Ability to work independently and lead technical teams
• Preference for HPE and Oracle enterprise solutions; experience with Oracle workloads in banking, government or enterprise environments is strongly considered

Required skills

• HPE ProLiant, Synergy, Alletra, GreenLake, OneView, iLO, StoreOnce and sizing/configuration
• Oracle Database, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, Exadata, OCI and licensing
• Virtualization (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, KVM) and VDI (Horizon, Citrix, Azure Virtual Desktop)
• Cloud IaaS, PaaS, private/hybrid cloud, Docker and Kubernetes