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Signals Technician to Defence Software Engineering Director

ICT · 5 stages
Signals Technician to Defence Software Engineering Director

From signals workshop to directing defence software capability, through ZNDU's computer and software engineering programmes.


The journey
1
Signals Technician
Learnership · NQF ZNQF 4 · 12 months
National Certificate in Information Technology with unit signals workshop experience.
2
Software Engineer
NQF ZNQF 8 · 4 years
BSc Honours in Computer and Software Engineering: secure systems, networks and embedded software.
3
Lead Software Engineer
NQF ZNQF 9 · 18 months
Master of Science in Software Engineering, leading mission-system development teams.
4
Research Lead
NQF ZNQF 9 · 2 years
Master of Philosophy in Software Engineering: applied research into defence software capability.
5
Defence Software Engineering Director
NQF ZNQF 10 · 3-5 years
Doctoral research (DPhil) and direction of the software engineering capability portfolio.