Support Engineer - Johannesburg

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17 hours ago

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R280,000 - R550,000 (ZAR) per year *
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Job Title: · Support Engineer · Business Unit: · Duration: 6 months · Work Location: · Johannesburg or Cape Town · More about the Area & Team:SWIFT CBPR+ protocol implementation project which is an Industry project and has reputational implications for the bank in the internation ...
Job description

Job Title:
Support Engineer


Business Unit:
Duration: 6 months


Work Location:
Johannesburg or Cape Town

More about the Area & Team:

SWIFT CBPR+ protocol implementation project which is an Industry project and has reputational implications for the bank in the international swift community as well as a requirement for Cloud AWS expertise.


More about the project:
Problem to solve
Solution/Deliverable
Attractive Tech exposure
Support Corporate & Retail banking channels on-boardings in non-prod & prod. Support the existing prod and non-prod environments.


Job Description / Responsibilities:
DevOps & Support


  • Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills to solve technical problems on
existing applications


  • Implement all configuration, optimization (e.g. upgrades) & maintenance activity (e.g. regular
maintenance patches) for enterprise wide applications


  • Provide efficient and effective support of applications including continued development of the
application and security, software patches, reliability, disaster recovery and ensure the application
meets the business needs


  • Schedule and oversee planned maintenance tasks, such as backups and performance tuning, for
production IT services to prevent and to minimize issues


  • Maintain correct and current application documentation and making it available to application users
  • Oversee application implementation and configuration, patches, upgrades and maintenance, and
ensure that application performance meets agreed SLAs and OLAs


  • Ensure minimal business operations impact due to upgrades and maintenance activities
  • Coordinate and execute unplanned maintenance tasks, such as disaster recovery procedures, for
production IT services to prevent and to minimize issues


  • Manage applications throughout their lifecycle and assist in the application-related aspects of
designing, testing, operating and improving technology products & services services


  • Coordinate & communicate across Tribes & Squads (all businesses) to successfully complete
application upgrades


  • Coordinate with infrastructure & architecture teams to ensure that the impact of system / platform
migrations on applications is minimised


  • Develop and maintain knowledge in application functionality, user workflow, and business processes
  • Develop sufficient knowledge of application infrastructure (server, network, security) & broader
organization architecture to assist with application upgrades and troubleshoot issues


  • Compile and maintain inventory of applications and related details
  • Manage and provide support aligned to all SLA's
  • Develop the skills required to operate and maintain the technical products & services (applications)
  • Ensure that a backup system for applications and files associated with business operations is in place
  • Advise on software installation and upgrades, troubleshoot problems and provide resolutions.
  • Work with Information Security teams to define and implement access permissions for applications
  • Develop and maintain expertise in application functionality, user workflow, and business processes.
  • Receive and screen user programming requests for new applications or modifications, and determine
appropriate priority and response.


  • Develop and communicate training and documentation for end users.
  • Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and customers, external solution providers, and IT
stakeholders for application support specific requirements


  • Develop and / or assist with the development and / or execution of project plans for application
upgrades


  • Provide input to current and future application requirements to meet the organization's needs
  • Prepare assessments for proposed applications, projects, and define appropriate integration and
access requirements


  • Maintain awareness of application risks and opportunities for improvement
  • Identify and recommend application improvement to enhance capability and performance, and
minimize costs.


  • Ensure that application users are aware of the application capabilities for enabling their effective use
  • Assess vendor proposals for appropriateness and compliance with organization and industry
standards.


  • Participate in development of Requests for Proposals (RFP) and vendor evaluation and contract
management for IT applications services.


  • Supervise and maintain the organization's repository of applications
  • Help diagnose problems and resolve incidents / issues related to applications.
  • Validate the known error database for application-related entries
  • Work with Tech Centres of Enablement to define the operational activities related to the applications
Application Monitoring & Performance Management


  • Monitor application modification requests and ensure best practices are being utilised
  • Conduct diagnostic investigations of program errors, and implement or recommend solutions or
methodologies for resolution.


  • Maintain metrics of operational performance and evaluate trends
  • Analyse business systems to determine effectiveness, identify inadequacies, inefficiencies and
problems and recommend solutions
Governance, Risk & Control


  • Enhance methods and procedures for collecting, analysing, and documenting application issues, and
completing user change requests.


  • Enhance IT processes for transitioning completed configurations from development to production.
  • Plan and coordinate the processes for the provision of user applications and systems necessary for
business operations.


  • Define and maintain application assessment, development, and support standards, and work with
other IT and business stakeholders to establish configuration and use guidelines.


  • Provide inputs to availability and capacity management process for effective planning.

Must-have Skills (Mandatory Skills):
Include minimum years of experience required per skill
3 years in Java, SQL & Databases


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