Technical Specialist, Mainframe z/OS

3 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time R1 200 000 - R1 800 000 per year


Minimum requirements:

  • First Degree in Information Technology
  • 3-4 years experience in risk management and identifying mitigating strategies and plans
  • 5-7 years proven experience in mainframe ESM software. 
  • Demonstrated experience in identifying, reporting, and finding solutions in new and existing software. 
  • Strong hands-on experience with installation and configuration of mainframe products and software
  • 5-7 years strong IT understanding, gaining insight into digital and platform operating models and information security trends and solutions

Responsibilities:

  • To provide mainframe engineering InfoSec expertise, professional knowledge, and technical skills in implementing SBGs information security initiatives to protect sensitive data and systems from infiltration or misuse and execute InfoSec capabilities against policies, standards, and controls on the banks mainframe. 
  • Provide technical expertise in the relevant technical IT domain. 
  • As the SME in the relevant technical domain provide insight and advice to the Group on all matters relating to the relevant domain. 
  • Ensure that all the relevant technical specifications are up to date and work with domain vendor to ensure that all domain parameters are up to specification. 
  • Ensure that all relevant training is up to date and that all vendor requirements and competencies are met. 
  • Perform and monitor day to day scheduled and ad hoc (as per task requests) activities on associated IT infrastructure. 
  • Perform deployment work for projects on demand and in accordance with project schedules. 
  • Ensure all software is on supported levels including operating system software and 3rd party software. 
  • Ensure all mainframe hardware is on supported levels. 
  • Performance and tuning of the IT domain systems to acceptable levels in accordance with customer SLAs. 
  • Configuration of all hardware across the IT Domain environment. 
  • Review mainframe hardware setup and make recommendations to optimise the environment. 
  • Perform DR exercises as directed by the BCM regime. 
  • Resolve incidents and problems and escalate 3rd level support requirements to 3rd party support contractor(s) and coordinate support provision. 
  • Service restore shall satisfy service level agreements.

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