# Infrastructure Engineer (N000053) (Re-Advertisement)

About our company NWU Introduction NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS) | DIVISION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLATFORMS | POSITION NUMBER: N000053 | VACANCY: INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER PEROMNES GRADE: 7 | EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT APPOINTMENT Job description PURPOSE OF THE POSITION This position forms part of the IT Infrastructure and Platforms group. This position focuses on planning and managing all the university's campuses' IT infrastructure. The position's primary emphasis will be on planning and managing the network and security estate of the NWU, including but not limited to Software defined networks (Leaf and Spine architecture), 3 Tier network architecture, NSXT, Wi-Fi, Next generation firewalls, and automation technologies. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Emerging technology monitoring EMRG (SFIA Level 5) Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies. Assesses and documents the impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation. Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others. Specialist Advice TECH (SFIA level 5) Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area. Act

- **Id**: 3801617
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nwu-infrastructure-engineer-n000053-re-advertisement>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Potchefstroom, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T11:44:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T19:17:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10021
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 1780571
- **Name**: NWU
- **Domain**: nwu.ac.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nwu-ac-za>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Careers Interface

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **Nagios** — Optional: no
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T11:44:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 42
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.729
- **P room**: 0.578
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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