Platforms Engineer

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To deliver subject matter expertise and services within the technology landscape of the Data Asset Management Platform. Direct the deployment of services and enhancements that are engineered to meet requirements and service level objectives of the organisation. Manage and measure usage of services to ensure proactive cost and capacity requirements are met. Nurture and enhance an active community of users to develop their skills, usage and knowledge of the platforms, capabilities and services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Information Technology, Computer Science or related
• VMware Certification will be advantageous

Experience:
3-5 years' experience in IT technical infrastructure support in providing support for technical problems experienced by users or systems including exposure to network, mainframe and server environments.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Exploring Possibilities
• Meeting Timescales
• Providing Insights
• Taking Action

Technical Competencies:

• Application Knowledge for Support
• Incident and Problem Management
• Infrastructure and Platforms Support
• IT Programme Management
• Root Cause Analysis

Additional Information

Key Impact Areas:

• Actively engage with data stakeholders to identify platform gaps and areas of improvement in order to continuously improve.
• Address functional changes in the Data Asset Management platform to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Build, enhance and/or optimise parts of the SDLC or incident lifecycle to improve the reliability of the data asset management
  platforms and ensure both the platforms and infrastructure are always-on and always secure.
• Collaborate as a team to eliminate platform inefficiencies, monitor applications, reduce rework, simplify work practices, define
  metrics, and ensure operational quality of applications.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of all data asset management platform roadmaps with reference architecture,
  technical requirements and business prioritisation.