Lead File Transfer Specialist- Sterling Gateway - Randburg, South Africa - Absa Bank Limited

Absa Bank Limited

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Randburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together one story at a time.
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary

We are looking for a systems engineer to join our IT department and ensure that all the systems are monitored and maintained correctly.

You will be required to maintain system functionality and ensure it is delivering highquality performance. You are responsible for the efficient maintenance and functioning of our systems.

Job Description:

What to expect from the role Work experience with different systems, software, and hardware. Opportunity to work on IT projects. Exposure to IT and development. Work in collaboration with a team. Guided by experts and professionals in the field and learn on the job.
Responsibilities Ensure that all systems and infrastructure is monitored and maintained. Perform the installation configuration and maintenance of the operating systems, operational software, and system management tools. Ensure systems are maintained and are functioning with high quality. Ensure that there is a high level of security and regular back up being carried out. Assess the systems, identify problem areas, and fix them. Collaborate with developers and fellow engineers to ensure that systems are functioning at an efficient capacity. Write and maintain scripts to provide readymade solutions and reduce human intervention at any point of time for a task. Design operational and information support systems in collaboration with fellow engineers and developers. Be available to provide 2nd and 3rd level support. Negotiate and coordinate with vendors and IT support personnel to resolve problems. Operations and Support Provide technical services and support for the following areas:

Network level: WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls and Security

Internal systems, cloud and network infrastructure Microsoft related technologies: windows server, office 365, SQL, SharePoint, Active Directory Virtualization technologies: VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Remote monitoring and management of systems alerts and notifications f. Administration of Cloud Tenancy infrastructure Identify problems and deliver timely solutions Perform daily reviews of system monitoring logs verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes. Performing remedial actions as required Configure maintain and regularly review a robust backup policy for all CHL data sources Effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems/network hardware software and related infrastructure as required Administer and manage Active directory to ensure appropriate secure access to relevant resources for all staff Maintenance Plan and maintain production systems change control, as well as facilitate the development, enhancement evaluation, testing and implementation of new software and software releases in consultation with vendors where necessary Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning Maintain up to date system documentation Customer Support Communicate technical information in nontechnical language to users with varying expertise and seniority Develop, maintain, and implement efficient and uptodate system management techniques to optimize utilization of resources Contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of relevant service standards, procedures, and guideline
Experience Required:

Prior 5 years' experience as a systems engineer. Prior work experience with installation and configurations of operating systems and system management tools. Excellent knowledge of security software, automation software, scripting, and virtualization. Strong time management, organization, and multitasking skills.
Support (installation and configuration) for IBM Sterling products (SFG / Secure Proxy / Control Centre / authentication services as part of a managed file transfer solution. Progress MOVEit Automation and Transfer with Gateway services onboarding/ support and maintenance configurations on Unix/windows/OS400 and ZOS file transfer Protocols which include Connect: Direct, SFTP/AWS S3/UNC share/Azure Blob and SSH key authentication. AWS Cloud skill products knowledge and experience in supporting business flows. (GitHub /GOCD / Education

Bachelor's Degree:
Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_