IT- Senior Systems Administrator

Company: Arab Bank
Location: Dubai – United Arab Emirates
Employment Type: Full-time
Description:
Accountabilities and Key Roles:
• Ensure adherence to related PnPs & prompt closure to Audit findings
• Ensure IT services continuity and efficient AS/400 support to all units.
• Develop documentation ex. operating manuals for AS/400 systems
• Contribute in the development of IT projects
• Provide adequate training, and awareness to achieve optimal performance from HUBs and all ITC’s
• Adopt technical and security controls.
• Monitor systems performance
• AS400 platforms OS upgrades and PTFs installations.
• Systems performance and tuning.
• Mentor and provide technical supervision for other administrators in related field.
• Ensure abidance with system administration standards to ensure most efficient and reliable environmental aspects of operating systems and databases including recoverability, integrity, security, availability, performance, software upgrades and maintenance, software distribution.
• Contribute to the implementation of projects and initiatives related to IT systems… administration in line with the industry best practices and Risk and Regulatory requirements, and Identify best practice solutions (H/W,S/W) to automate / enhance systems administration procedures, or to resolve audit findings.
• Research/Suggest/direct implementations of solutions to remotely monitor/administer global administration functions.
• Develop and update operating and control manuals for related IT systems and ensure adequate training
• Provide first / second line of technical support and expertise to different group entities for all AS/400 systems and dependent solutions where applicable and needed
• Participate in the development of IT PnPs
• Adherence and compliance to all IT PnPs and work actively to close all related audit findings
• Development of standard scripts per system platform to automate daily/periodic administration or diagnostics procedures
• Responsible for AS/400 reporting tools and using standard management systems and compliance systems to proactively identify system administration gaps and issues.
• Coordinate with external vendors to ensure servers and related equipment are always working in healthy conditions.
• Initiate and lead troubleshooting with external third parties and IT.
• Lead and manage systems implementation with external third parties and IT.
• Manage, supervise and participate in systems security & tuning.

Job Requirements:

Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering/ Science or any other technical discipline from a recognized university

Experience:
• 6+ years of experience in a related job function

Competencies:
• Strong working knowledge of IBM iSeries system hardware.
• Strong working knowledge of Support platform’s servers management, operating system, data replication .
• Strong knowledge in software upgrade/migration process & backup solutions.
• Strong knowledge of system security , backup & recovery tools, capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Strong skills in networking concepts ( TCP/IP)
• Any certification in above skills is a plus
• Strong knowledge and experience in LPAR technologies.
• Strong MIMIX experience.
• BRMS experience is a plus.
• Equation knowledge is a plus.
• AS400 external storage knowledge is a plus.

Experience:
• Fluent in English
• Good presentation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a team, Verbal & written communication
• Inquisitiveness and willingness to learn new technology
• Good Project Management skills

Source: LinkedIn

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